Genealogy Tip: Diaries (Part 2)
By Melissa Berry on February 22, 2022
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shows how a diary entry from George Washington settled a New England dispute... (Read More)
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Revolutionary Fake News: George Washington’s War against Lies
By Jane Cook on April 12, 2021
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a disinformation campaign against George Washington while he was in Valley Forge with the Continental Army... (Read More)
3 Steps to Researching Your Presidential Ancestors
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 15, 2021
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives three tips for researching that family story saying you’re related to a U.S. president... (Read More)
How Did Newspapers Report George Washington’s December Triumph in 1776?
By Jane Cook on December 28, 2020
Jane Hampton searches old newspapers to learn about Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War... (Read More)
Freedom of the Press: George Washington & a Loyalist Printer
By Jane Cook on November 4, 2020
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about an example of press freedom in early America, involving George Washington and James Rivington... (Read More)
Are You Related to George Washington?
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 17, 2020
In this article, on the holiday Washington’s Birthday, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to find claims of relation to George Washington... (Read More)
A Revolutionary War Ancestor with a Very Important House Guest
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 26, 2017
An article about Joseph Appleby, whose home in Dobbs Ferry, New York, was used as George Washington’s war headquarters in 1781... (Read More)
18 Historical and Modern Rules of Civility for Genealogists
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on September 22, 2016
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak takes etiquette rules George Washington wrote down when he was a boy – and sees how they apply to genealogy today... (Read More)
Veterans Day: Saluting Amos Barnes, Revolutionary War Vet
By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 11, 2015
Our nation has long been grateful to our veterans, starting with the American Revolutionary War. When Amos Barnes died in 1840 newspapers remembered him – giving the details of his life, his family and his service to the nation in a detailed obituary. He died 6 December 1840 in Conway, New Hampshire He had... (Read More)
