In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how newspaper articles can help you discover your female ancestor’s hard-to-find maiden name... (Read More)
An article about John Chapman (1774-1845), aka “Johnny Appleseed,” who became famous for planting apple trees in the Midwest and Ontario, Canada... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn about how our ancestors regarded the marriage of cousins... (Read More)
Newspaper coverage of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama on 21 March 1965... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the recently-concluded RootsTech 2018 genealogy conference... (Read More)
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about researching his 19th century cousin William Mayall and discovering he invented a machine to shell corn... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega provides tips for researching court records and preparing to visit a courthouse to learn more about your ancestors... (Read More)
An article about Lakota Chief Sitting Bull’s visit to St. Paul, Minnesota, on 14 March 1884, to see white civilization for himself... (Read More)
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp speculating on what tools for family history research might be developed in the future... (Read More)
