A Christmas Tree Story (part 2)
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 30, 2024
In this second article, Katie Rebecca Merkley gives more history of celebrating Christmas with Christmas trees set up inside the home... (Read More)
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A Christmas Tree Story (part 1)
By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 24, 2024
In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley describes the history of celebrating Christmas with Christmas trees set up inside the home... (Read More)
Memorable Events Connected with Christmas (part 2)
By Melissa Berry on December 20, 2024
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shares more stories and trivia connected to Christmases past... (Read More)
Memorable Events Connected with Christmas (part 1)
By Melissa Berry on December 18, 2024
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shares some stories and trivia connected to Christmases past... (Read More)
Remember the ‘Titanic’: History and Your Family
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 15, 2024
In this article – on the anniversary of the sinking of the “Titanic” – Gena Philibert-Ortega wonders how the disaster impacted her ancestors... (Read More)
Celebrating National Coloring Book Day
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 3, 2020
Yesterday was National Coloring Book Day, inspiring Gena Philibert-Ortega to search old newspapers to learn more about painting and coloring books... (Read More)
On This Day: U.S. Forced Japan to Open Its Ports to American Trade
By Tony Pettinato on July 29, 2020
After 200 years of shielding itself from the outside world, Japan was forced by a U.S. treaty to end its policy of seclusion on 29 July 1858... (Read More)
What Was Life Like 100 Years Ago?
By Sarah Stevens on June 9, 2020
Are you trying to learn more about family members from 100 years ago? This article will give you some idea what life was like during that time!.. (Read More)
Two Scholars, One Celestial Event: The 1769 Transit of Venus
By Melissa Berry on June 2, 2020
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells the story of two men who carefully observed the transit of Venus across the Sun in 1769... (Read More)
