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Illustration: the patent drawing of William Mayall's invention of a corn sheller

Genealogy Discoveries: My Cousin William Mayall Invented a Corn Sheller!

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 16, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about researching his 19th century cousin William Mayall and discovering he invented a machine to shell corn... (Read More)

Photo: early Cabinet card of Sitting Bull, 1881. Credit: Orlando Scott Goff; Wikimedia Commons.

Two Worlds Collide: Sitting Bull Visits St. Paul, Minnesota

By Tony Pettinato on March 14, 2018

An article about Lakota Chief Sitting Bull’s visit to St. Paul, Minnesota, on 14 March 1884, to see white civilization for himself... (Read More)

Photo: a stack of newspapers

March Update: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 35 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on March 14, 2018

An article (with a complete title list) about the new content from 35 newspapers from 21 states that GenealogyBank added in March 2018... (Read More)

Photo: Flint Hills, Kansas. Credit: Edwin Olson; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Wikimedia Commons.

Kansas Archives: 152 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on March 9, 2018

An article (with a complete title list) about the 152 Kansas newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va." by Currier and Ives (1862). Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

My Cousin Lieut. Charles Haskell Was Killed in Action in the Civil War

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 8, 2018

In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp searches old newspapers to learn more about his Haskell family line, especially Civil War soldier Charles B. Haskell... (Read More)

Photo: Cumberland County Courthouse, Maine. Credit: AlexiusHoratius; Wikimedia Commons.

Piecing Together the Life of My Uncle Aretus Haskell

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 7, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about researching old newspapers to learn more about his third-great-uncle Aretus Haskell... (Read More)

Illustration: the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. It was first printed in 1854 in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Credit: Frank Thompson, "The Alamo" (2005), p. 106; Wikimedia Commons.

Battle of the Alamo: Martyrs for Texas Freedom

By Tony Pettinato on March 6, 2018

An article about the Battle of the Alamo on 6 March 1836, when 2,000 Mexican troops stormed the adobe mission and killed approximately 200 defenders... (Read More)

Photo: Bay Meeting House, Sanbornton, New Hampshire, built in 1836. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Finding My 3rd-Great-Grandparents’ Wedding Announcement in the Newspaper

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 5, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding the wedding announcement for his third-great-grandparents William Brier Huse and Fanny Plummer... (Read More)

Photo: the "come and take it" cannon of the Battle of Gonzales of the Texas Revolution (the cannon is the real thing, the carriage a reproduction) on display at the Gonzales Memorial Museum, Gonzales, Texas. Credit: Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons.

A New Nation Is Born: The Republic of Texas

By Tony Pettinato on March 2, 2018

An article about the Texas Declaration of Independence (from Mexico) being approved on 2 March 1836, forming a new nation: the Republic of Texas... (Read More)

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