Photo: Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Credit: Mulad; Wikimedia Commons.

Minnesota Archives: 367 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on September 9, 2021

An article (with a complete title list) about the 367 Minnesota newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Photo: Quaker tapestry devoted to Mary Fisher. Courtesy of Patheos.com from "Great Quaker Women: Mary Fisher, Jailed Repeatedly for Preaching."

Colonial America: The Coming of the Quakers, Part I

By Melissa Berry on September 8, 2021

Melissa Berry explores Colonial America by writing about the first two Quakers (Ann Austin and Mary Fisher) to arrive at the Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Photo: a railroad worker for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Credit: DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University; Flickr the Commons.

5 Sources for Learning about Your Ancestor’s Occupation

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on September 7, 2021

For Labor Day yesterday, Gena Philibert-Ortega researched her ancestors’ occupations, and wrote this article to share some of the resources she used... (Read More)

Photo: close-up of the cover of “Good Cooking” by R. V. Pierce, M.D. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Genealogy Surprise: Finding More Than Recipes in ‘Good Cooking’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on September 3, 2021

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega finds a treasury of genealogy information in a most unexpected place... (Read More)

Illustration: a researcher using a computer

Newspaper Research Backs Up Old Family Story

By Katie Rebecca Garner on September 2, 2021

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner uses an example from her own family history research to show how important newspapers are to your genealogy... (Read More)

September Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 91 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on September 1, 2021

An article (with a complete title list) about the new content from 91 newspaper titles that GenealogyBank added to its online archives in September 2021... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Scarlet Letter" by Hugues Merle, 1861. Credit: Walters Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Searching Sources for Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’

By Melissa Berry on August 31, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about court cases that may have influenced Nathaniel Hawthorne when he wrote “The Scarlet Letter.”.. (Read More)

Photo: official STS-8 crew portrait in flight suits. Seated from left to right are Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; Richard H. Truly, commander; and Guion S. Bluford Jr., mission specialist. Standing from left to right are Dale A. Gardner, mission specialist; and William E. Thornton, mission specialist. Credit: NASA; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Dr. Guion Bluford Became 1st African American in Space

By Tony Pettinato on August 30, 2021

On 30 August 1983, Dr. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. became the first African American in space, as a member of the crew of the space shuttle Challenger... (Read More)

Photo: suffragist parade in New York city, May 1912. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

19th Amendment’s Botched Signing Ceremony Angers Women

By Tony Pettinato on August 26, 2021

An article about women suffragists’ dismay at the botched signing ceremony for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote... (Read More)