Photo: American contralto Marian Anderson performing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in front of 75,000 spectators on 9 April 1939, Easter Sunday. Finnish accompanist Kosti Vehanen is on the piano. Credit: U.S. Information Agency; Wikimedia Commons.

Marian Anderson, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at Peace

By Jane Cook on May 8, 2024

Jane Cook’s follow-up to her story about Black singer Marian Anderson’s 1939 Easter concert to an integrated audience of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial... (Read More)

Marian Anderson Sings Her Way into History, Easter 1939

By Jane Cook on March 28, 2024

Jane Cook writes about an Easter concert in 1939 when Black contralto Marian Anderson sang to an integrated audience of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial... (Read More)

Photo: Real Daughters Committee members (left and right) Helen Coe Hammond and Grace A. Coe, and (middle) Real Daughter Caroline Phoebe Hassam Randall, taken 19 June 1938. Courtesy of the D.A.R., Washington, D. C.

Original Daughters of the American Revolution (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on June 30, 2023

In this astonishing article, Melissa Berry continues writing about 22 women still alive in 1925 whose fathers fought in the American Revolutionary War!.. (Read More)

Photo: the D.A.R. in the 1922 July 4th parade. From the left to the right, the participants standing in front are: Mrs. Frank Corwith, Miss Betsy Bush, Mrs. C. E. Foster, Mrs. Lewis E. Downs, Mrs. Eli Fordham, Mrs. J. M. Jagger, Mrs. H. H. Hildreth, and Mrs. Raymond Corwith. From left to right onboard the float, the participants are: Mrs. R. Kendrick, Mrs. A. W. Tunnell, John M. Nugent as a child, Helen C. Bishop as a child, a young Edward. H. Foster, a young E. Halsey Howell, Adelaide Corwith, and a young Mercator Cooper Kendrick. Courtesy of the South Hampton Museum, South Hampton, New York.

Original Daughters of the American Revolution (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on June 27, 2023

In this astonishing article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about 22 women still alive in 1925 whose fathers fought in the American Revolutionary War!.. (Read More)

GenealogyBank’s Detailed Revolutionary War Burial Lists

By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 25, 2015

GenealogyBank has a strong collection of Revolutionary War records. We have thousands of newspapers that were published before, during and after the war that permanently recorded the troops that served: their battles during the war, and their accomplishments throughout the rest of their lives. The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was founded in... (Read More)

Illustration: “Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Top 7 Websites for Revolutionary War Genealogy

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 28, 2014

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega discusses—and provides links to—seven top online resources for researching your American Revolutionary War ancestors... (Read More)

DNA Testing & Genealogy: Is It Working for You?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on October 25, 2013

Clearly DNA testing is revolutionizing 21st Century family history research. DNA Testing Helps Orphan Find His Family There are heartwarming stories about successful DNA tests—like that of 80-year-old Patrick J. Holland, who was raised in an orphanage and through DNA testing finally found his family. Here is the full report on this touching family... (Read More)

Eleanor Roosevelt’s ‘My Day’ Newspaper Column: A Public Diary

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 18, 2013

For 27 years she wrote a daily newspaper column. Today, 'My Day' provides insights into the daily life and issues of the time... (Read More)

Revolutionary War Graves List

By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 16, 2009

Get the most out of GenealogyBank! The annual reports of the DAR – Daughters of the American Revolution are in GenealogyBank. They were published annually as part of the US Serial Set. I didn’t know that was in GenealogyBank! One of the important contributions that the DAR has made over the past 119 years... (Read More)

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