In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega tells a remarkable story: how the peace of Christmas temporarily stopped the fighting during WWI in 1914... (Read More)
An article about WWI ending when Germany signed an armistice in November 1918, and on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, fighting ended... (Read More)
In this article, Scott Phillips searches old newspapers to learn more about the origins and history of an American icon: Uncle Sam... (Read More)
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary gives examples of how your ancestors’ diaries and journals—some available online in various collections—are invaluable to your family history research. As family historians, we turn to newspapers to corroborate vital records—but often neglect to... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn about the Thanksgiving dinners our ancestors had during World War I... (Read More)
Military cemeteries traditionally have a uniform look: clean, unadorned, orderly. The appearance of the military crosses was immortalized in the lines of the poem “In Flanders Fields,” written by Canadian John McCrae during WWI on 3 May 1915: In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place;... (Read More)
An article about Harrybelle Stark, the last casualty of WWI – even though she didn’t die until 16 April 1937... (Read More)
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena searches old newspapers to examine food columns that may have provided the recipes our ancestors used—and shows how those food columns that featured recipe contests may contain names and addresses helpful to our... (Read More)
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary shows some of the unique historical maps that can be found in old newspapers, and proposes a fun “gencaching” game to find more of these maps. Some of the greatest tools of genealogical research... (Read More)
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