Photo: group portrait of (left to right) Helen Bourne Joy Lee, Helen Hall Newberry, and Edith Stanton Newberry at the 30th wedding anniversary dinner of Helen Hall Newberry Joy and Henry Bourne Joy, Sr. Edith wears the wedding dress of her mother-in-law Helen P. Newberry. Courtesy of the Detroit Historical Society.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 22

By Melissa Berry on August 8, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on some more Pilgrim descendants who made their way to Michigan... (Read More)

Illustration: portrait of Pocahontas engraved by Simon van de Passe in 1616. It is the only known representation of her made during her lifetime. Credit: National Portrait Gallery; Wikimedia Commons.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 8

By Melissa Berry on August 5, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, focusing on a descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Illustration: DNA double helix horizontal. Credit: Jerome Walker; Wikipedia.

Do Siblings Have the Same DNA? An Easy Guide to Sibling DNA Testing

By GenealogyBank on July 28, 2022

Do siblings have the same DNA? No, biological siblings may have less in common than you think. Learn more about sibling DNA with GenealogyBank... (Read More)

Photo of Mrs. Charles Horton Metcalf (1864-1961). Courtesy of the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder, Colorado, from the Charles H. Jones Studio Collection.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 21

By Melissa Berry on July 25, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Pilgrim descendants who made their way to Michigan... (Read More)

Illustration: Colonel George Washington, by Charles Willson Peale, 1772. Credit: Washington and Lee University; Wikimedia Commons.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 7

By Melissa Berry on July 14, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, wrapping up a story of the French ancestor of George Washington... (Read More)

Photo: Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and his wife Abigail Brown Brooks (1808–1889). The couple are sitting on the porch of their home "Peacefield" in Quincy, Massachusetts. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 20

By Melissa Berry on July 11, 2022

Melissa Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Charles Francis Adams, 6th great grandson of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins... (Read More)

Illustration: "General George Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, the 18th of October 1794" Artist: Frederick Kemmelmeyr. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont. Courtesy of Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 6

By Melissa Berry on July 8, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing more about the French ancestor of George Washington... (Read More)

Photo: Myles Standish Monument, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Credit: Pete Forsyth; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19

By Melissa Berry on July 1, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Winslow Brewster Standish, a descendant of Myles Standish... (Read More)

Genealogy Tip: The ‘Missing’ 1890 Census

By Katie Rebecca Garner on June 28, 2022

Katie Rebecca Garner writes about 1890 U.S. Census records, which were mainly destroyed in a 1921 fire at the Commerce Building in Washington, D.C... (Read More)

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