Genealogy Tip: Diaries
By Melissa Berry on February 16, 2022
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shows how diary & journal snippets published in old newspapers can help you understand your own family history... (Read More)
Tag: Letters and Diaries or Journals
Childhood Memories: Dear Pen Pal
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on June 22, 2021
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the joys and memories of having a pen pal when you were growing up... (Read More)
Looking Back in Time: Letters Children Wrote during the 1918 Flu Pandemic
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on April 30, 2020
Mary Harrell-Sesniak finds letters children wrote during the 1918 Flu Pandemic to, hopefully, bring a smile to our readers in this tough time... (Read More)
A Genealogist’s Perspective: Documenting This Pandemic
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 25, 2020
Gena Philibert-Ortega describes ways genealogists can document their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic for the benefit of our descendants... (Read More)
My Dear: Our Ancestors’ Love Letter Secrets
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 14, 2020
In this article, to help celebrate Valentine’s Day, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives some fun examples of secret codes our ancestors used in their love letters... (Read More)
Diary of Young Girl Recalls Gilded Age
By Melissa Berry on December 10, 2019
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a woman’s diary describing life in Mary Hopkins’ Menlo Park, California, estate, Sherwood Hall... (Read More)
The Kinsfolk of Anna Green Winslow Taught Her How to Spin Liberty!
By Melissa Berry on November 22, 2019
Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Anna Green Winslow, a young woman in Colonial Boston who became a fervent supporter of the American Revolution... (Read More)
Last Letters Are Powerful
By Thomas Jay Kemp on October 9, 2019
In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp describes the last letter convicted murderer Tom Bell wrote to his mother right before his execution in 1856... (Read More)
Genealogy Serendipity, Part II: Ancestor’s Diaries Returned to Family
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 28, 2019
Thomas Jay Kemp writes about the kindness of a stranger who found and returned his cousin Ransom Ferdinand Smith’s diaries... (Read More)
