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Photo: Thomas Edison, c. 1922. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Let There Be Light: Thomas Edison’s Patent for the Electric Light Bulb

By Tony Pettinato on January 27, 2021

Imagine a world without electric lights. Then thank Thomas Edison for his "Electric-Lamp" U.S. Patent #223898, granted on 27 January 1880... (Read More)

Photo: the Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah. Credit: Jkinsocal; Wikimedia Commons.

Utah Archives: 83 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on January 26, 2021

An article (with a complete title list) about the 83 Utah newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Photo: “Tales and Ales” from Historic New England.

Paternity Court Drama in 17th Century America, Part II

By Melissa Berry on January 25, 2021

Melissa Berry continues exploring an overlooked aspect of Puritan life in the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony: paternity and child support cases... (Read More)

Photo: the Founders' Monument in Newbury, Massachusetts. Credit: Wayne Chase.

Paternity Court Drama in 17th Century America

By Melissa Berry on January 22, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry continues exploring an aspect of Puritan life in the 17th century that is often overlooked: paternity and child support cases... (Read More)

Photo: the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Cqui; Wikimedia Commons.

Texas Archives: 659 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on January 21, 2021

An article (with a title list) about the 659 Texas newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Photo: President Kennedy speaking at Rice University in Houston on 12 September 1962. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

John F. Kennedy Inaugurated: Nation’s Youngest Elected President

By Tony Pettinato on January 20, 2021

An article about the inauguration of John Kennedy as the nation’s 35th president on 20 January 1961; the youngest elected president in American history... (Read More)

Photo: Doroteo Arango Arámbula, better known as Francisco or "Pancho" Villa, a Mexican Revolutionary general, between 1908 and 1919. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

A Family Story: Mexico, Mormons, Pancho Villa and Me

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 19, 2021

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows a genealogy methodology for trying to prove if an old family story is true... (Read More)

Photo: Jim Thorpe, c. 1910. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

A Wrong Redressed: Jim Thorpe’s Olympic Medals Returned

By Tony Pettinato on January 18, 2021

An article about the Int. Olympic Committee returning Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Olympic gold medals to his family 70 years after unjustly taking them from him... (Read More)

Photo: Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. Credit: Kaldari; Wikimedia Commons.

Tennessee Archives: 247 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on January 15, 2021

An article (with a complete title list) about the 247 Tennessee newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

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