Illustration: flag of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Credit: NuclearVacuum; Wikimedia Commons.

Photo Album: Coffin-Carlisle and Allied Families

By Melissa Berry on July 12, 2024

Melissa Berry continues her series about the founders of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and their descendants, with photos of the Coffin-Carlisle family... (Read More)

Photo Album: Howland and Gorham Descendants (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on July 9, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series about the founders of Nantucket, Massachusetts, showing photos of Howland and Gorham descendants... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Spirit of ’76,” by Archibald Willard. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

For Independence Day: Spirit of ’76 (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on July 3, 2024

To help celebrate Independence Day on July 4, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about some Revolutionary War Minutemen, with their genealogy... (Read More)

For Independence Day: Spirit of ’76 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on June 28, 2024

To help celebrate Independence Day on July 4, Melissa Davenport Berry profiles Isaiah Thomas, Revolutionary printer and publisher, with his genealogy... (Read More)

For Independence Day: Spirit of ’76 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on June 26, 2024

To help celebrate Independence Day on July 4, Melissa Davenport Berry profiles Revolutionary War heroes and their descendants, and provides genealogy... (Read More)

Photo Album: Coffin-Standish-Nickerson and Allied Families

By Melissa Berry on June 21, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shows photos from an old Nantucket photo album and provides genealogy... (Read More)

Photo: the harbor of San Francisco, California, in 1851, with Yerba Buena Island and the Berkeley Hills in the background. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Photo Album of California Pioneers (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on June 11, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry showcases more pictures from a photo album of California pioneers, featuring the Osborn and Moore family lines... (Read More)

“The Skipper, Nantucket, Mass.” postcard, c. 1937. Credit: Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers collection; Wikimedia Commons.

Jones Family Photo Album: ‘Mayflower’ and Nantucket Roots

By Melissa Berry on June 5, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry provides photos and genealogy from the Jones family photo album of Nantucket... (Read More)

Photo Album of California Pioneers (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on May 31, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry showcases a photo album of California pioneers, featuring the Osborn and Moore family lines... (Read More)

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