Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 44 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on May 8, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry features the family lines of Oregon pioneers who descend from Mayflower passengers such as John Howland and William Bradford... (Read More)

Illustration: Sherlock Holmes investigates a mystery. Illustration credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

L.A. Mystery: A Kidnapping in Hollywood (part 2)

By James Pylant on May 7, 2025

In this article, James Pylant concludes his story of the puzzling kidnapping of a young mother in Hollywood in 1921 that confounded the police... (Read More)

L.A. Mystery: A Kidnapping in Hollywood (part 1)

By James Pylant on May 6, 2025

In this article, James Pylant describes the puzzling kidnapping of a young mother in Hollywood in 1921 that confounded the police... (Read More)

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What to Do with Inherited Genealogy

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 5, 2025

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega suggests three steps to follow when you inherit family history material... (Read More)

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 44 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on May 2, 2025

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, featuring direct descendants of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley... (Read More)

Photo: the Kansas State Capitol, Topeka, Kansas. Credit: Nils Huenerfuerst; Wikimedia Commons.

Kansas Archives: 367 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on May 1, 2025

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

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 43 (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on April 30, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her Mayflower descendants series, with more on the Snow family who descend from Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins... (Read More)

Photo: chocolate bars in their most common dark, white, and milk varieties. Credit: Lynnereal; Wikimedia Commons.

My Ancestor and the Chocolate Factory

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 29, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley finds that newspapers help her understand the life of an ancestor who worked in a chocolate factory more than a century ago... (Read More)

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Do You Have a Look-alike? Find Your Doppelgänger (part 2)

By GenealogyBank on April 28, 2025

This article explores doppelgängers (look-alikes) further, including facial recognition technology and websites to find out your very own doppelgänger... (Read More)