Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the probate fight by 21 unhappy relatives over the huge fortune left by railroad magnate Mark Hopkins... (Read More)
An article (with a complete title list) about the 564 Illinois newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)
Vernon Case Gauntt concludes his story of discovering who “Duke” was – the unknown friend who appears in photos and letters from his Dad during WWII... (Read More)
A mystery: Vernon Case Gauntt follows clues to discover who “Duke” was – the unknown friend who appears in photos and letters from his Dad during WWII... (Read More)
An article (with a complete title list) about the 132 Idaho newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)
Photos of homemade coronavirus masks that people are making for themselves, their families and friends, and for health care personnel and first responders... (Read More)
In this article, timely for our current coronavirus pandemic, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes how our ancestors used masks during the 1918 flu pandemic... (Read More)
Exactly what was the Mayflower Compact? Discover how it began and whether your ancestors were a part of this historic moment... (Read More)
In this article, with the whole world fighting COVID-19, Jane Hampton Cook compares this pandemic to the fight against polio 70 years ago... (Read More)
