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Photo: “Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy” poster displayed in Defense Square, Washington, D.C., for a month beginning 7 November 1941. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 30, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Photo: Chrysler Motor Car Company tank plant in April 1941. Credit: Detroit Free Library.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 27, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Illustration: a man using a computer

Genealogy Tips: Problems with Personal Names, Place Names, Dates & Occupations (Part II)

By Jessica Edwards on April 19, 2022

In this article, Jessica Edwards gives tips for dealing with difficult dates and occupations in your family history research... (Read More)

Photo: a railroad worker for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Credit: DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University; Flickr the Commons.

5 Sources for Learning about Your Ancestor’s Occupation

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on September 7, 2021

For Labor Day yesterday, Gena Philibert-Ortega researched her ancestors’ occupations, and wrote this article to share some of the resources she used... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Boston Massacre" (1770) as depicted in a colored engraving by Paul Revere. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910 (accession no. 10.125.103); www.metmuseum.org.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Mary Jackson, ‘She Merchant’ of Boston, Part 2

By Melissa Berry on August 17, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series about women in colonial America with Part 2 of Mary Jackson and her son William’s story... (Read More)

Illustration: a depiction of the Old State House, c. 1801. The Brazen Head was located nearby in the adjacent square. Credit: James Brown Marston; Wikimedia Commons.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Mary Jackson, ‘She Merchant’ of Boston

By Melissa Berry on August 10, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Mary Jackson, one of the women in colonial America who ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)

Illustration: tavern scene. Credit: Edwin Tunis papers, University of Oregon; Lauren Goss, MLIS, CA, Special Collections Public Services Librarian.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Their Stories and Their Ads, Part 2

By Melissa Berry on August 5, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues to show how women in colonial America ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)

Illustration: woman making candles. Credit: Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Their Stories and Their Ads

By Melissa Berry on July 30, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shows how women in colonial America ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)

Photo: a classroom at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Malate269; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy 101: How to Use Occupational Records

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on September 13, 2019

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes some of the occupational records she uses with her own family history research... (Read More)

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