Tag: Professional Football

NFL Family Trees: The Genealogy of 5 Famous Football Families

By on January 31, 2014

Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. In this guest blog post, Scott searches through old newspapers to find stories about five NFL families that have played professional football and made a big impact on the National Football League (NFL). Here comes the Super Bowl... (Read More)

Game On! A Brief Genealogy & History of the Super Bowl

By on January 15, 2014

Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. In this guest blog post—on the 47th anniversary of football’s first Super Bowl—Scott searches old newspapers to find stories about the beginnings of this uniquely American sporting event. While there are older football bowl games such as the... (Read More)