Illustration: Ebenezer Scrooge visited by Marley's ghost. Color illustration from “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,” by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by John Leech, 1843. Credit: British Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Helps Reinvent Christmas

By Tony Pettinato on December 19, 2017

An article about Charles Dickens and his enduring Christmas classic, “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.”.. (Read More)

My Favorite Books for Learning to Research Female Ancestors

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 31, 2017

In this article, for Women’s History Month, Gena Philibert-Ortega shares some of her favorite genealogy books that help her research her female ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: close-up from the cover of "Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters"

Book Review: ‘Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters’

By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 12, 2016

A book review of Myron J. Smith, Jr.’s 2015 book “Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters.”.. (Read More)

North Carolina Civil War Obituaries

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 21, 2016

Book review for “North Carolina Civil War Obituaries, Regiments 1 – 46,” by E. B. Munson... (Read More)

Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade.; Wikimedia Commons.

Books for Genealogists: ‘African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England’

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 8, 2016

A review of Glenn A. Knoblock’s book “African American Historic Burial Grounds and Gravesites of New England.”.. (Read More)

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

New Book: ‘The Boy Who Fell off the Mayflower’

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 1, 2016

Book review: “The Boy Who Fell off the Mayflower” by P. J. Lynch... (Read More)

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