Photo: the Pemberton Oak. Courtesy of Tennessee Virtual Archive

Tracing Jamestown Family Lines (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on December 15, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about early Virginia families, especially the Pemberton line... (Read More)

Illustration: “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, 23 March 1775. His concluded his speech with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the Revolution. Credit: Currier & Ives; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Tracing Jamestown Family Lines (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on December 12, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Virginia jeweler’s account book from the 1760s and the history it contains about early Virginia families... (Read More)

Photo: Sarah Wheldon Kelley, daughter of Levi Kelley and Sally Wheldon. She was a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers George Soule, Myles Standish, George Sampson, John Alden, and Priscilla Mullins. She married Joseph Folger.

Nantucket Scrapbook Shows Mayflower Lines (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on December 8, 2023

Melissa Berry writes more about photos she found in an old Nantucket scrapbook; many of the families shown have direct lines to the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)

Photo: Electra Morton Hinckley Adams. Courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association.

Nantucket Scrapbook Shows Mayflower Lines (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on December 5, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about photos in an old Nantucket scrapbook, with many of the families shown having direct lines to the Plymouth Pilgrims... (Read More)

Photo: Oregon State University hosted a Veterans Day Ceremony 10 November 2016 in the Memorial Union Quad. Credit: Theresa Hogue; Oregon State University; Wikimedia Commons.

Clues to Military Service, from the U.S. Census

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 9, 2023

For Veterans Day, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for finding clues to your ancestor’s military service found in U.S. Federal Census records... (Read More)

Photo: President Abraham Lincoln delivering his second inaugural address, Washington, D.C., 4 March 1865. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 36

By Melissa Berry on October 3, 2023

Melissa Berry writes about Mayflower descendant Edward Snow recounting the time his grandparents attended President Lincoln’s second inaugural address... (Read More)

Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 8)

By Melissa Berry on September 29, 2023

Melissa Berry gives the 8th part in her series on Mayflower descendants that focuses on Katie Crocker and her family line, with vintage photographs... (Read More)

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 7)

By Melissa Berry on September 15, 2023

Melissa Berry’s 7th part in her series on Mayflower descendants that focuses on Katie Crocker and her family line, featuring more vintage photographs... (Read More)

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 6)

By Melissa Berry on September 12, 2023

Melissa Berry’s sixth part in her series on Mayflower descendants that focuses on Katie Crocker and her family line, featuring six vintage photographs... (Read More)

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