Photo: a close-up of the “SparrowHawk” on exhibit, Boston Common, 1865. Courtesy of Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part II

By Melissa Berry on October 7, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers... (Read More)

Photo: Souther Barnes (second from left) and his sister Mercie Barnes (third from left) greet guests to the Harlow Old Fort House for the Pilgrim Breakfast on 6 July 1941. The cost was only 50 cents. Courtesy of Plymouth Antiquarian Society Archives, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part I

By Melissa Berry on October 5, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry begins a new series, profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers... (Read More)

Veterans Day: Saluting Amos Barnes, Revolutionary War Vet

By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 11, 2015

Our nation has long been grateful to our veterans, starting with the American Revolutionary War. When Amos Barnes died in 1840 newspapers remembered him – giving the details of his life, his family and his service to the nation in a detailed obituary. He died 6 December 1840 in Conway, New Hampshire He had... (Read More)

Obituaries – Routinely Published in Government Reports & Documents

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 18, 2009

Get the most out of GenealogyBank! The annual reports of the Department of the Interior are in GenealogyBank. They were published annually as part of the US Serial Set. I didn’t know that was in GenealogyBank! What the Commissioner of Education did was publish the obituaries of teachers and educators at all levels.... (Read More)

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