Bored with Quarantine? Fun ‘Look Up Quotes’ Game to Play
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on August 7, 2020
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak suggests a game to shake the quarantine blues: finding quotes in historical newspapers... (Read More)
Tag: Quotes and Sayings
Quarantine Blues? Longing to Get Away? Our Ancestors’ Travel Quotes
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on July 8, 2020
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find some of our ancestors’ comments about traveling... (Read More)
Love & Courtship Quotes for Valentine’s Day
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on February 14, 2020
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find some of our ancestors’ sayings about love and courtship... (Read More)
Women’s Suffrage Centennial Quotes – Can You Guess Who Said Them?
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on February 12, 2019
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find quotes from some of the suffragettes who worked so hard to get women the vote... (Read More)
Words of Wit and Wisdom by Mark Twain!
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 31, 2018
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find quotes from one of America’s favorite writers: Mark Twain... (Read More)
Great Advice from an Interview with a Very Old Man
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 27, 2015
An article in which Sam Cox, on the occasion of his 102nd birthday in 1921, gives advice for living well to an old age... (Read More)
What Were Your Ancestor’s Last Words?
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on February 3, 2015
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak takes a fascinating look at some of the last words people said before they died – both famous and not-so-famous... (Read More)
Genealogy Humor: 101 Funny Quotes & Sayings for Genealogists
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on January 22, 2014
In this article, genealogist Mary Harrell-Sesniak presents 101 of the funniest or most touching genealogy sayings that she’s encountered in her career... (Read More)
