Tag: Lincoln

Faithful Family Pets: Researching Dogs Named Fido

By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 4, 2015

I was reading an article in Reader’s Digest by Brandon Specktor (“Unlikely Legacies of U.S. Presidents.” Reader’s Digest November 2015, pages 176-182) that credits Abraham Lincoln’s dog Fido as the poster dog that made that name “synonymous with the family pooch” across the country. I wondered how common Fido had been as a dog’s... (Read More)

I Met Abraham Lincoln: True Stories in Historical Newspapers

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 17, 2014

Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post—in honor of today being Presidents’ Day—Gena searches old newspapers to find amazing stories about people who were still alive in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s who had met Abraham Lincoln. Did your ancestor meet... (Read More)