On 2 February 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War and granted to the United States a huge swath of Mexican territory... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes an important resource for family historians: the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)... (Read More)
An article about the liberation of Cuba when occupying American troops relinquished control on 28 January 1909... (Read More)
Imagine a world without electric lights. Then thank Thomas Edison for his "Electric-Lamp" U.S. Patent #223898, granted on 27 January 1880... (Read More)
Melissa Berry continues exploring an overlooked aspect of Puritan life in the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony: paternity and child support cases... (Read More)
Melissa Davenport Berry continues exploring an aspect of Puritan life in the 17th century that is often overlooked: paternity and child support cases... (Read More)
An article about the inauguration of John Kennedy as the nation’s 35th president on 20 January 1961; the youngest elected president in American history... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows a genealogy methodology for trying to prove if an old family story is true... (Read More)
An article about the Int. Olympic Committee returning Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Olympic gold medals to his family 70 years after unjustly taking them from him... (Read More)
