First Lady Edith Wilson & Her Ancestor Pocahontas
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 13, 2013
Edith Galt Wilson was a presidential wife with Native American ancestry: she was a descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)
Category: Genealogy Stories
News of the Weird & Wacky: Just Plain Bizarre Family Stories
By Scott Phillips on November 6, 2013
In this article, Scott Phillips searches through old newspapers to find some truly weird, bizarre—and sometimes funny—family stories... (Read More)
Genealogy Collaboration to Trace Czech American Ancestry Pt. 1
By Scott Phillips on October 21, 2013
In this article, Scott Phillips shows how some old newspaper articles led to a breakthrough in his genealogy work... (Read More)
Researching Our Old Family Vacation Destinations with Newspapers
By Scott Phillips on September 23, 2013
In this article, Scott Phillips reminisces about a wonderful vacation at a Wyoming ranch his family enjoyed when he was 11... (Read More)
Researching Old Occupations in Your Family Tree with Newspapers
By Scott Phillips on August 26, 2013
In this article, Scott Phillips turns to old newspaper articles to teach his grandsons about some of the occupations their ancestors once had... (Read More)
GenealogyBank Made 2013 Best 101 Genealogy Websites List!
By Scott Phillips on August 20, 2013
Scott Phillips reminisces about some of the great family history discoveries he’s found in GenealogyBank’s historical newspaper archives... (Read More)
Newspaper Articles Fill Blanks in Family History
By Scott Phillips on August 12, 2013
Scott Phillips researches old newspapers to find stories about a member of his extended family, the 19th century philanthropist John Huntington... (Read More)
Using Historical Newspapers to Research My Civil War Ancestry
By Scott Phillips on July 29, 2013
Scott Phillips researches old newspapers to learn about his Civil War cousin, Captain James Ham, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Five Forks... (Read More)
Fun Family Folklore: Are These Superstitions Fact or Myth?
By Scott Phillips on July 22, 2013
In this article, Scott Phillips decides to add some of his family’s superstitions to his family tree to make it more complete... (Read More)
