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Photo: the Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the departing space shuttle Atlantis, flying STS-125, HST Servicing Mission 4, 19 May 2009. Credit: Ruffnax; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day, a Scientific Marvel: Hubble Space Telescope Was Launched

By Tony Pettinato on April 24, 2018

After seven long years of frustrating delays, the Hubble Space Telescope was finally launched into space on 24 April 1990 by the space shuttle Discovery... (Read More)

Photo: a classroom at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Malate269; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy 101: Listening to Podcasts

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 23, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about genealogy podcasts – and the websites where these podcasts can be heard for free... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Cove Mills,” by Lyell Edwin Carr (1854-1912). Source: Facebook.

I Use GenealogyBank for More than Genealogy!

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 20, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn more about a painting of his hometown of Stamford, Conn., by Lyell Edwin Carr... (Read More)

Painting: "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emanuel Leutze. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Jonathan Wheelock, Revolutionary War Drummer Boy

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 18, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding the obituary of Jonathan Wheelock, a 16-year-old drummer boy in the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)

Photo: a classroom at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Malate269; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy 101: Tax Records

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 17, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how tax records can fill in some missing pieces in your family history research... (Read More)

Photo: "The Lexington Minuteman," by Henry Hudson Kitson, erected in Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1900. Credit: Daderot; Wikimedia Commons.

Revolutionary War Hero: Col. Israel Hutchinson

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 16, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about Danvers, Massachusetts, erecting a monument in 1896 to honor Revolutionary War hero Col. Israel Hutchinson... (Read More)

Illustration: “Titanic Sinking," by Willy Stöwer, 1912. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Two Crew Members Who Survived the ‘Titanic’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 13, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about two crew members who survived the Titanic disaster: Violet Jessop and Charles Lightoller... (Read More)

Photo: detail from a Carte de Visite of John Wilkes Booth, undated. Credit: Black & Case; Wikimedia Commons.

American Traitor: 3 Facts about John Wilkes Booth, Slayer of Abraham Lincoln

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 12, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about President Abraham Lincoln’s killer: John Wilkes Booth... (Read More)

Illustration: a drawing of a laughing woman

Genealogy Humor: Unusual & Funny Names of People (Part III)

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on April 11, 2018

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find more curious or amusing names our ancestors once used... (Read More)

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