Photo: boy in front of a menorah, c. 1955. Credit: PikiWiki - Israel free image collection project; Wikimedia Commons.

Celebrating Hanukkah with Favorite Family Recipes

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 20, 2016

An article (with many recipes) by Gena Philibert-Ortega about Hanukkah and special foods for this celebration, especially latkes... (Read More)

Photo: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California. Credit: D Ramey Logan; Wikimedia Commons.

Did Two Cons Escape from ‘Escape-Proof’ Alcatraz?

By Tony Pettinato on December 16, 2016

An article about two convicts, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe, who may have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on 16 December 1937... (Read More)

Photo: early Cabinet card of Sitting Bull, 1881. Credit: Orlando Scott Goff; Wikimedia Commons.

Sitting Bull Killed by Indian Police

By Tony Pettinato on December 15, 2016

An article about the death of Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota Indian chief and holy man, killed by Indian police on 15 December 1890... (Read More)

Photo: U.S. troops in trench in France, WWI. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Food in the Trenches: Christmas Menus during the World Wars

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 15, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn what Christmas dinner our soldiers were served during WWI and WWII... (Read More)

Photo: Iowa farmer driving mule-drawn wagon. Credit: JGKlein; Wikimedia Commons.

Christmas Karma – 200 Years Ago

By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 14, 2016

An article about a genealogist finding the story of his 3rd Great-Grandfather, who ran away as a 10-year-old indentured farmworker in 1818... (Read More)

Illustration: Rep. Joseph Hayne Rainey. Credit: Simmie Knox; Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

First African American Congressman Elected: Newspapers React

By Tony Pettinato on December 12, 2016

An article about Joseph Hayne Rainey becoming the first African American ever elected to Congress, on 12 December 1870... (Read More)

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

Genealogy 101: #7 Home Sources

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 12, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how items in your home may have important family history information helpful to your genealogy... (Read More)

Photo: Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, c. 1875. Credit: Mathew Brady & Levin Corbin Handy; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Pinckney Pinchback: The Nation’s First African American Governor

By Tony Pettinato on December 9, 2016

An article about Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback becoming the nation’s first African American governor on 9 December 1872... (Read More)

Photo: Ellis Island, East side of the main building. Credit: Ingfbruno; Wikimedia Commons.

Ellis Island History & Immigration Facts

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 8, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about Ellis Island and its history as an immigrant inspection station... (Read More)