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

Genealogy 101: Indexes, an Important Part of Genealogy Research

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 12, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how important genealogical indexes can be for family historians... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va." by Currier and Ives (1862). Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

My Cousin Lieut. Charles Haskell Was Killed in Action in the Civil War

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 8, 2018

In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp searches old newspapers to learn more about his Haskell family line, especially Civil War soldier Charles B. Haskell... (Read More)

Photo: Cumberland County Courthouse, Maine. Credit: AlexiusHoratius; Wikimedia Commons.

Piecing Together the Life of My Uncle Aretus Haskell

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 7, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about researching old newspapers to learn more about his third-great-uncle Aretus Haskell... (Read More)

Illustration: the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. It was first printed in 1854 in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Credit: Frank Thompson, "The Alamo" (2005), p. 106; Wikimedia Commons.

Battle of the Alamo: Martyrs for Texas Freedom

By Tony Pettinato on March 6, 2018

An article about the Battle of the Alamo on 6 March 1836, when 2,000 Mexican troops stormed the adobe mission and killed approximately 200 defenders... (Read More)

Photo: Bay Meeting House, Sanbornton, New Hampshire, built in 1836. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Finding My 3rd-Great-Grandparents’ Wedding Announcement in the Newspaper

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 5, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding the wedding announcement for his third-great-grandparents William Brier Huse and Fanny Plummer... (Read More)

Photo: the "come and take it" cannon of the Battle of Gonzales of the Texas Revolution (the cannon is the real thing, the carriage a reproduction) on display at the Gonzales Memorial Museum, Gonzales, Texas. Credit: Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons.

A New Nation Is Born: The Republic of Texas

By Tony Pettinato on March 2, 2018

An article about the Texas Declaration of Independence (from Mexico) being approved on 2 March 1836, forming a new nation: the Republic of Texas... (Read More)

Using One Wedding Announcement to Find Multiple Cousins

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 1, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn more about his ancestors from Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire... (Read More)

Photo: "Votes for Women" pennant, c. 1900. Credit: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis; Wikimedia Commons.

African American Women: The Alpha Suffrage Club

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 28, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about some African American women leaders in the women’s suffrage movement... (Read More)

Illustration: Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co, 1897. Credit: Henry Roland; Wikimedia Commons.

Searching Old Newspapers: Finding the Details about Your Family

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 27, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn more about his grandfather, Willard H. Kemp... (Read More)