Who Really Invented the Steamboat? Fitch, Rumsey or Fulton?

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on November 4, 2013

Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary uses old newspapers to research the invention of the steamboat—and describes how much steamboats changed our ancestors’ world. The invention of the steamboat radically changed our ancestors’ world. While researching your ancestors’ lives in... (Read More)