Photo: close-up of the cover of a 1945 school memory book. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

The Mystery of the ‘School Memory Book’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 21, 2025

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega solves a genealogy mystery: identifying the owner of a 1945 school memory book she finds in an antique shop... (Read More)

Illustration: the Bates sisters on the cover of “Harper’s Weekly,” 1878, illustration by E. A. Abbey. Credit: Scituate Historical Society.

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Scrapbook (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on January 30, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues exploring a DAR scrapbook created by Mary Louisa Foster (Nash) Power, showing lots of old photos... (Read More)

Illustration: close-up of the portrait of Chief Justice William Cushing. Credit: Supreme Court Historical Society, Washington, D.C.

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Scrapbook (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on January 29, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry begins to explore a DAR scrapbook created by Mary Louisa Foster (Nash) Power... (Read More)

A Peek into Yesteryear: Using Scrapbooks for Genealogy Research

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 9, 2013

Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena describes how scrapbooks can be a surprising and valuable resource for your family history research. Did you ever keep a scrapbook? I’m not referring to the modern-day scrapbooks that are essentially decorated photograph... (Read More)

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