An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about researching his great-great-aunt Mary Stark (1822-1903) using old newspapers and post cards... (Read More)
An article about Autherine Lucy, who in February 1956 became the first African American student to attend a white university or public school in Alabama... (Read More)
An article about the American Colonization Society’s 1820 voyage of freed blacks going to Africa from the U.S.A.; the new colony became Liberia in 1847... (Read More)
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about researching his 2nd great-uncle Harris Sniffen (1836-1894) from Westchester County, New York... (Read More)
An article about the 1925 dogsled relay when 20 mushers and 150 sled dogs combined to carry a batch of life-saving diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska... (Read More)
An article about the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on 1 February 2003 that killed all seven members of the crew... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega provides search tips for finding your ancestor’s name in the U.S. Census... (Read More)
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about exploring the “Merwin Sniffen” line in his family tree... (Read More)
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about another genealogist kindly sending him pictures of his ancestors that she discovered... (Read More)
