Tag: Temperance Movement

Researching Your Female Ancestor: Women in the WCTU

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 16, 2015

Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how to research your female ancestor by searching old newspapers for articles about the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union... (Read More)

Clues in Petitions: Did Your Ancestors Petition the Government?

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on February 21, 2013

Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary writes about our ancestors’ petitions to the government, an often-overlooked source of family history information. From the establishment of companies, to divorces, to relief from tobacco weighing, the right to petition the government “for... (Read More)