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Photo: “Heywood #2 Gusher,” Spindletop, Beaumont, Texas, 1901. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

A Million Relatives: Fame and Fortune in the Meador Family Tree (part 4)

By James Pylant on February 10, 2026

James Pylant concludes an incredible story about a dirt-poor couple who suddenly lived the life of the super-rich before it all came crashing down... (Read More)

Illustration: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 53 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 6, 2026

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Jennifer (Koehler) Mackall and the Wixon family line... (Read More)

Illustration: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 53 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 4, 2026

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Jennifer (Koehler) Mackall and the Baker family line... (Read More)

Photo: “Heywood #2 Gusher,” Spindletop, Beaumont, Texas, 1901. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

A Million Relatives: Fame and Fortune in the Meador Family Tree (part 3)

By James Pylant on February 3, 2026

James Pylant tells an incredible story about a dirt-poor couple who suddenly lived the life of the super-rich before it all came crashing down... (Read More)

Photo: a Nicholas Blasdel tall case clock, c. 1765. Credit: Gary R. Sullivan Antiques.

Famous Colonial Clockmakers the Blasdel Family

By Melissa Berry on January 29, 2026

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the history and genealogy of the Blasdel family, makers of beautiful colonial clocks... (Read More)

Photo: “Heywood #2 Gusher,” Spindletop, Beaumont, Texas, 1901. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

A Million Relatives: Fame and Fortune in the Meador Family Tree (part 2)

By James Pylant on January 27, 2026

James Pylant tells his genealogical journey exploring his vast Meador family and their many connections to an unclaimed Texas oil fortune... (Read More)

Photo: “Heywood #2 Gusher,” Spindletop, Beaumont, Texas, 1901. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

A Million Relatives: Fame and Fortune in the Meador Family Tree (part 1)

By James Pylant on January 20, 2026

James Pylant tells his own genealogical journey, that started when he was 11, about his vast Meador family and their many connections and stories... (Read More)

Photo: 1915 reunion of veterans from the Civil War Union warship USS Kearsarge, survivors of the battle with CSS Alabama. Credit: U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 52 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on January 16, 2026

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, again focusing on Civil War Medal of Honor recipient John Fairfield Bickford Jr... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Birth of Old Glory,” by Edward Percy Moran, c. 1917. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

New Year’s Day Birthday Celebration: Betsy Ross (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on January 14, 2026

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about an American heroine born on New Year’s Day in 1752: Betsy Ross... (Read More)

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