Interviewing Family Members for the Holidays
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 12, 2018
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for asking family history questions of relatives gathered for the holidays... (Read More)
Tag: Holidays
Easter Cooking Delights: Eggcellent Vintage Recipes
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 30, 2018
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to find vintage recipes for using all those hard-boiled eggs she dyed for Easter... (Read More)
Answers for New Year’s Resolutions Research Challenge
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on January 4, 2018
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak writes about New Year’s resolutions of yesteryear in old newspapers... (Read More)
Genealogy Research Challenge: Find These Historical New Year’s Resolutions
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on January 3, 2018
In this first of a two-part article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak challenges her readers to find New Year’s resolutions of yesteryear in old newspapers... (Read More)
Our Ancestors’ Christmas Menus
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 22, 2017
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn what our ancestors served for Christmas dinner... (Read More)
Hometown Tradition: The Christmas Parade
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 21, 2017
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a tradition that has been happening in hometowns for a long time: the annual Christmas parade... (Read More)
Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Helps Reinvent Christmas
By Tony Pettinato on December 19, 2017
An article about Charles Dickens and his enduring Christmas classic, “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.”.. (Read More)
Thanksgiving Recipes: Try Something New!
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 21, 2017
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega presents interesting recipes so that you can try something new this Thanksgiving... (Read More)
Our Ancestors’ Humor: Halloween Jokes
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on October 31, 2017
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find Halloween jokes that made our ancestors chuckle... (Read More)
