In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry searches old newspapers to find the story behind the unusual name of a woman in colonial America: Truecross... (Read More)
In this article – the second in a series about Mayflower descendants – Melissa Berry tells stories about some ancestors in the Knowles family line... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells a wild story about two of the youngest passengers who arrived onboard the Mayflower... (Read More)
Melissa Davenport Berry digs into old newspapers and family records to tell the story of the Hart family, nearly wiped out by the pandemic of 1915-1917... (Read More)
An article about Salisbury, Massachusetts, Police Chief Harold Congdon and the illegal rum-running operation he ran... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells the story of the famed journalist Benjamin Poore – and the scandal he endured in Georgia... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells the story of James and Marguerite Zafris and their sweet shops in Newburyport, Massachusetts... (Read More)
Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the probate fight by 21 unhappy relatives over the huge fortune left by railroad magnate Mark Hopkins... (Read More)
Vernon Case Gauntt concludes his story of discovering who “Duke” was – the unknown friend who appears in photos and letters from his Dad during WWII... (Read More)
