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Illustration: tavern scene. Credit: Edwin Tunis papers, University of Oregon; Lauren Goss, MLIS, CA, Special Collections Public Services Librarian.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Their Stories and Their Ads, Part 2

By Melissa Berry on August 5, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues to show how women in colonial America ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)

Illustration: woman making candles. Credit: Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Their Stories and Their Ads

By Melissa Berry on July 30, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shows how women in colonial America ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)

Illustration: a woman's hand with a ring, signifying she is a "grass widow"

Was Great-Grandma a Grass Widow?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 24, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explains what a “grass widow” is – a term genealogists run across in their research... (Read More)

Illustration: picture of a woman

Genealogy Tips: Looking for Female Ancestors before 1850

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 15, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for finding all kinds of mentions of your female ancestor in historical newspapers before 1850... (Read More)

Illustration: picture of a woman

4 Tips for Finding Women in the Newspaper

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 31, 2020

In this article – to help celebrate Women’s History Month – Gena Philibert-Ortega gives four tips for finding your sometimes hard-to-find female ancestor... (Read More)

Photo: Genevieve Allen, 22 June 1920. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

The Woman in His Life: Finding Female Ancestors via Their Husbands

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 9, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega provides tips and links to help you research your sometimes hard-to-find female ancestors... (Read More)

Photo: American flags covering the National Mall, Washington, D.C. Credit: Lipton sale; Wikimedia Commons.

The 1907 Expatriation Act: Did Your Female Ancestor Lose Her American Citizenship?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 15, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a law that may have affected your married female ancestor by taking away her American citizenship... (Read More)

Photo: Mrs. Genevieve Allen, 22 June 1920. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Finding Mom This Mother’s Day

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 11, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega celebrates Mother’s Day by providing three tips for researching your mom’s life in old newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: a classroom at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Malate269; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy 101: Newspaper Articles That Reveal Her Maiden Name

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 26, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how newspaper articles can help you discover your female ancestor’s hard-to-find maiden name... (Read More)

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