Photo: Secret Service agent Clinton Hill shielding the occupants of President Kennedy's limousine: President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife Nellie, 22 November 1963. Credit: Justin Newman; Wikimedia Commons.

Eyewitness Accounts of President Kennedy’s Assassination

By Tony Pettinato on November 22, 2016

An article about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963... (Read More)

Photo: Thomas Edison and his early phonograph, c. 1878. Credit: U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Thomas Edison Invents the Phonograph – and Immortality

By Tony Pettinato on November 21, 2016

An article about Thomas A. Edison inventing the phonograph on 21 November 1877... (Read More)

Photocrom: Sackville Street and O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, c. 1895. Credit: U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Library of Congress Adds Large Photochrom Collection

By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 18, 2016

An article about the Library of Congress putting online over 6,000 full color “photochroms” that are of high interest to genealogists... (Read More)

Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade.; Wikimedia Commons.

Another Place to Find Your Ancestors’ Obituaries

By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 17, 2016

An article about a source of millions of obituaries: GenealogyBank’s Historical Documents section... (Read More)

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

Genealogy 101: #5 Death Certificates

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 16, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega discusses how helpful death certificates can be for your family history research, and where to find them... (Read More)

Photo: Booker T. Washington speaking to a Carnegie Hall audience during his Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary lecture, 1906. Note that Mark Twain is seated just behind Mr. Washington. Credit: New York Times; Wikimedia Commons.

Anniversary of Booker T. Washington’s Death: African American Educator and Writer

By Tony Pettinato on November 14, 2016

An article about the life and death of educator, author, and African American leader Booker T. Washington on 14 November 1915... (Read More)

What’s the Back Story of Those Familiar Thanksgiving Hymns?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 14, 2016

An article about music editor Sigmund Spaeth commenting on some favorite old Thanksgiving songs... (Read More)

Photo: a woman working in a military aircraft factory in Fort Worth, Texas in 1942. Credit: Howard R. Hollem; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Discovering the Work Your Female Ancestors Did

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 11, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives some search tips to help you learn about your female ancestor’s work outside the home... (Read More)

1913 Great Lakes Storm Kills over 250, Destroys 19 Ships

By Tony Pettinato on November 10, 2016

An article about the deadly Great Lakes Storm of 1913, with blinding snow, hurricane-force winds over 70 m.p.h., and killer waves up to 35 feet high... (Read More)