Photo: prospectors working gold placer deposits on 9 July 1850 during the California Gold Rush. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Letters from California Gold Rush ‘49er’ (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 15, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells stories about the California Gold Rush, based on letters a 49er wrote to his fiancée... (Read More)

Photo: Civil War-era cannons, Fort Stevens, NW, Washington, D.C. Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around the city during the American Civil War. Credit: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19 (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on March 24, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing about the yellow fever epidemic of 1855... (Read More)

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19 (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on March 7, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing more on Civil War diarist Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax... (Read More)

Photo: Union Cavalry General Philip Sheridan (1831-1888). From "The Photographic History of The Civil War in Ten Volumes: Volume Four, The Cavalry," The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, p. 268. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Union Soldier’s Civil War Diary (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story of a Civil War veteran returning to Maryland battlefields in 1924 with his wartime diary... (Read More)

Illustration: "Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick, Md." Scene depicts damage caused by Confederate raid, 9 July 1864. Credit: Alfred R. Waud, 1828-1891, artist; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Union Soldier’s Civil War Diary (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 24, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Civil War veteran who returned to Maryland battlefields in 1924 to reminisce and reflect... (Read More)

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 21, 2023

Melissa Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, focusing more on Civil War diarist Elizabeth Virginia Lindsay Lomax... (Read More)

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 10, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, focusing on Civil War diarist Elizabeth Virginia Lindsay Lomax... (Read More)

Illustration: portrait of William Tudor, son of Deacon John Tudor. From "Portraits from Deacon Tudor's Diary" by Mrs. Henry D. Tudor, 1921, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, p. 9.

Genealogy Tip: Diaries (Part 4)

By Melissa Berry on August 19, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry features more diary entries that describe the extremely cold weather that froze Boston Harbor in the 18th century. .. (Read More)

Illustration: John Rowe (1715-1787). Massachusetts General Court, House of Representatives, Committee on History of the Emblem of the Codfish: "A History of the Emblem of the Codfish in the Hall of the House of Representatives," Volume 2, page 14. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Diaries (Part 3)

By Melissa Berry on August 15, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry features diary entries about the extremely cold weather that froze Boston Harbor in early Massachusetts Bay Colony history... (Read More)

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