The Almost-Immortal 122-Year-Old Jeanne Calment
By Duncan Kuehn on May 5, 2015
In this article, Duncan Kuehn searches old newspapers to learn about Jeanne Calment – the only human in history verified to have lived 120+ years!.. (Read More)
Tag: Centenarians
Great Advice from an Interview with a Very Old Man
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 27, 2015
An article in which Sam Cox, on the occasion of his 102nd birthday in 1921, gives advice for living well to an old age... (Read More)
Did Your Ancestor Live to 100? Centenarians in the Newspaper
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 9, 2014
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena writes about ancestors who lived to be 100—and how newspaper articles about them can help your family history research. How old was your oldest ancestor? A 2011 Huffington Post article reported that the... (Read More)
