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Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade.; Wikimedia Commons.

A Glowing Eulogy for a Good Friend

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 16, 2018

An article about Thomas Jay Kemp finding an obituary for his 2nd great-uncle, Andrew Stark (1829-1883)... (Read More)

Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade.; Wikimedia Commons.

Using Obituaries to Find Children Missing from Your Family Tree

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 12, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding an obituary for a child missing from his family tree, Edward Rutledge, who died in 1891... (Read More)

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I Wanted to Add My Cousin to My Family Tree

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 11, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp with newspaper articles about his cousin Emeline Smith (Walker) Fatherley and her husband, Robert Edward Fatherley... (Read More)

Photo: Meetinghouse, New Gloucester, Maine. Credit: Gerda Peterich; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

1790 Arson in New Gloucester, Maine

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 2, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about his ancestor William Widgery, whose house in New Gloucester, Maine, was burned by arsonists in 1790... (Read More)

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Genealogy Resolutions: What Will You Do in 2018?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 29, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shares some of the New Year’s genealogy resolutions she and her friends on Facebook have for 2018... (Read More)

Photo: Nathaniel Haskell’s gravestone, Lower Corner Cemetery, New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. Source: Find a Grave.

My 5th-Great-Grandfather Lt. Nathaniel Haskell in the American Revolution

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 18, 2017

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about his ancestor Nathaniel Haskell, who served in the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)

Photo: an old family Bible. Credit: Thomas Jay Kemp.

Genealogy Tip: Find Family Bible Records Printed in Newspapers

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on December 15, 2017

An article by Mary Harrell-Sesniak about finding records from family Bibles that were printed in old newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: Meetinghouse, New Gloucester, Maine. Credit: Gerda Peterich; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Discovering My Haskell Relatives in New Gloucester, Maine

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 12, 2017

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about researching his Haskell relatives in New Gloucester, Maine, using old newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: Gravestone of Noah Marsh, West Ridge Cemetery, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine. Source: Find a Grave.

Researching My Revolutionary War Ancestor Noah Marsh

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 4, 2017

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about his fifth-great-grandfather Noah Marsh (1755-1830), who was a Revolutionary War soldier and the father of 13 children... (Read More)

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