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October Is National Cookbook Month

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 18, 2018

In this article – to celebrate October being National Cookbook Month – Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about her love of cookbooks... (Read More)

Photo: Mark Twain, by A. F. Bradley, 1907. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Words of Wit and Wisdom by Mark Twain!

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 31, 2018

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find quotes from one of America’s favorite writers: Mark Twain... (Read More)

Photo: a plaque for Agatha Christie at 58 Sheffield Terrace, Holland Park, London, England. Credit: Edwardx; Wikimedia Commons.

Perhaps Her Best Mystery Story: Agatha Christie’s Own Disappearance

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 10, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a mystery in the life of that great mystery writer, Agatha Christie... (Read More)

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)

Photo: Francis Van Wyck Mason

Using Newspapers to Learn More about Francis Van Wyck Mason

By Thomas Jay Kemp on September 27, 2017

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp, showing how he searched old newspapers to learn more about his cousin Francis Van Wyck Mason... (Read More)

Illustration: a woman using a computer

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)

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