Revolutionary War Patriot: The Honorable John Sparks
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 5, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding the obituary of a Revolutionary War patriot: the Honorable John Sparks (c. 1716-1802)... (Read More)
Category: Genealogy Stories
My Revolutionary War Cousin: Captain Stanton Prentiss
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 4, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding his Revolutionary War cousin Stanton Prentiss’ actual date of death in an old newspaper obituary... (Read More)
Genealogy Stories: Lost – and Found – Family Bibles
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on April 3, 2018
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find some interesting stories about family Bibles that were lost – and found... (Read More)
My Cousin Lieut. Charles Haskell Was Killed in Action in the Civil War
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 8, 2018
In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp searches old newspapers to learn more about his Haskell family line, especially Civil War soldier Charles B. Haskell... (Read More)
Searching Old Newspapers: Finding the Details about Your Family
By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 27, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn more about his grandfather, Willard H. Kemp... (Read More)
Book Burning in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1904?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 15, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about discovering that his ancestor, William Kemp, was burning books in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1904... (Read More)
Another Genealogist, Another Random Act of Kindness
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 26, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about another genealogist kindly sending him pictures of his ancestors that she discovered... (Read More)
A Look Back at What GenealogyBank Found about My Revolutionary War Ancestors
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 25, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about using old newspapers to research his ancestors who fought during the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)
Some of the Most Interesting Things I Found on GenealogyBank in 2017
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 9, 2018
Thomas Jay Kemp describes some of the most interesting stories he found about his ancestors using GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives in 2017... (Read More)
