Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena shows how useful newspaper obituaries are for your family history research—and explains clues in obituaries that even some experienced genealogists might miss. Obituaries are the newspaper articles that most genealogists cut their research... (Read More)
Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. In this guest blog post—in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—Scott searches old newspapers to find out more about Dr. King’s family history—and includes a free MLK family tree download. The year was 1968. If you lived... (Read More)
Let’s make 2014 the Year of the Tree: family trees. I encourage you to plant new family trees every month in this New Year. Like you, growing my family tree and documenting each person in it keeps me busy. More and more information is constantly going online for us to search and add to... (Read More)
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)
Introduction: In this article, Scott Phillips explains how he uses the acronym “FETCH” to remind him of his five goals when using historical newspapers for his family history research. Scott is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. The beginning of a New Year is always such a grand... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena describes three goals to get your 2014 genealogy research off to a great start: document your home sources, share your research, and update your family history information. Wow! 2013 seemed to fly by... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena explains how the social media website Pinterest can help with your family history research. Are you a member of Pinterest? Pinterest is a social media website that allows you to gather images from... (Read More)
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary shares some of her readers’ responses to an earlier blog article she wrote about the odd and humorous names she’s run across while researching family history in old newspapers. After publishing my Unusual &... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena searches old newspapers to learn about the history of Christmas cards, illustrating her article with vintage Christmas cards from her own collection. What’s your favorite part of the holiday season? The decorations? The... (Read More)
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