Photo: close-up of Rev. Peter P. Cooney. Credit: Notre Dame Special Collection.

Easter Celebration: Remembering Father Cooney

By Melissa Berry on April 18, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Father Cooney celebrating Easter Mass on a Civil War battlefield during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864... (Read More)

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

Easter & Our Ancestors Through the Years (part 3)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 17, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley continues her series exploring mentions of Easter in the newspaper, examining the period during the Civil War, 1861-1865... (Read More)

Photo: the Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa. Credit: Dave Parker; Wikimedia Commons.

Iowa Archives: 468 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on April 17, 2025

An article (with a title list) about the 468 Iowa newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

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)

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)