Photo: “Puck” magazine, 26 March 1902. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Happy Days: Our Ancestors Celebrating Spring and Easter (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on April 16, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about some of the many ways our ancestors celebrated springtime and Easter... (Read More)

Photo: Happy Easter. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Easter & Our Ancestors Through the Years (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 15, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley continues her series exploring our ancestors and appearances of Easter in the newspaper, examining the period 1775-1783... (Read More)

Easter & Our Ancestors Through the Years (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 14, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley begins her series exploring our ancestors and appearances of Easter in the newspaper, examining the period 1690-1774... (Read More)

Photo: "Puck" magazine, 5 April 1899. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Happy Days: Our Ancestors Celebrating Spring and Easter (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 11, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about some of the many ways our ancestors celebrated springtime and Easter... (Read More)

Photo: the Indiana State Capitol, Indianapolis, Indiana.. Credit: Steffen Wurzel; Wikimedia Commons.

Indiana Archives: 281 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on April 10, 2025

An article (with a complete title list) about the 281 Indiana newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Photo: close-up of “The Pilgrim” statue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Smallbones; Wikimedia Commons.

‘The Pilgrim’ Statue in Philadelphia

By Melissa Berry on April 9, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the unveiling of “The Pilgrim” statue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in April 1905... (Read More)

Photo: Louisa May Alcott, from “Louisa May Alcott, Her Life, Letters, and Journals,” published by Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1889. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Author Louisa May Alcott: Loved in Her Day, and Now (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 8, 2025

In this second article, Katie Rebecca Merkley writes more about her lifelong love of the author Louisa May Alcott, especially her novel “Little Women.”.. (Read More)

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By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 7, 2025

In this two-part article, Katie Rebecca Merkley writes of her lifelong love of the author Louisa May Alcott, especially her novel “Little Women.”.. (Read More)

Illustration: close-up of Judge William Savage’s portrait. Credit: San Pedro Bay Historical Society.

A Colorful, Memorable Ancestor: Judge William Henry Savage (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 3, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Judge William Henry Savage, who in his 93 years led a distinguished and colorful life... (Read More)