Illustration: mixing bowl and cooking utensils

What Our Ancestors Ate When They Were Sick

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 9, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old cookbooks and newspapers to find recipes for what our ancestors ate when they were sick... (Read More)

Photo: the Massachusetts State-house in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Fcb981; Wikimedia Commons.

Massachusetts Archives: 631 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on April 8, 2019

An article (with a title list) about the 631 Massachusetts newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Photo: American soldiers at the front during WWI, c. 1918. Credit: Flickr: The Commons.

World War I Genealogy: Next of Kin and Roll of Honor Reports

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on April 5, 2019

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find WWI casualty lists that tell us about our military ancestors – and their next of kin... (Read More)

April Update: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 71 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on April 4, 2019

An article (and a full title list) about the new content from 71 newspapers that GenealogyBank added to its Historical Newspaper Archives in April 2019... (Read More)

Photo: RootsTech genealogy conference. Credit: mormonnewsroom.org.

RootsTech Is Over. Now What?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 3, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explains what to do now that RootsTech 2019 is over, and provides links to genealogy websites and resources... (Read More)

On This Day: President Wilson Asked Congress to Declare War on Germany

By Tony Pettinato on April 2, 2019

An article about President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare a state of war with Germany on 2 April 1917, entering the U.S. into WWI... (Read More)

Photo: sunset over a marsh at Cardinal Cove on the Patuxent River, Maryland. Credit: Mary Hollinger; U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Maryland Archives: 208 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on April 1, 2019

An article (with a complete title list) about the 208 Maryland newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Illustration: "Crossing the Mississippi on the Ice" by C. C. A. Christensen, c. 1878. Credit: Brigham Young University Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Do You Have Pioneer Heritage?

By Sarah Stevens on March 29, 2019

Do you think you may have pioneer heritage? Follow along as we break down what it means to have pioneer heritage!.. (Read More)

Photo: a close-up of Ransom Smith’s diary, showing entries from October 1927

Genealogy Serendipity, Part II: Ancestor’s Diaries Returned to Family

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 28, 2019

Thomas Jay Kemp writes about the kindness of a stranger who found and returned his cousin Ransom Ferdinand Smith’s diaries... (Read More)