Painting: "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emanuel Leutze. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Family Heirlooms: Revolutionary War Artifacts

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 30, 2016

Do you have family heirlooms passed down from colonial times? The Roukema family of Richmond, Virginia, does... (Read More)

Photo: Mt. Denali, Alaska, the highest point in North America. Credit: U.S. National Park Service; Wikimedia Commons.

Seward’s Alaska Purchase Not ‘Folly’

By Tony Pettinato on March 30, 2016

Two years after the Civil War ended, Secretary of State William Henry Seward surprised many by negotiating with Russia to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million... (Read More)

Women’s History Month: 4 Sporting Women

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 29, 2016

In this article – in honor of Women’s History Month – Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about four American sporting women... (Read More)

Photo: President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Credit: White House; Wikimedia Commons.

Death of Ex-President and General Dwight D. Eisenhower

By Tony Pettinato on March 28, 2016

Article about the death of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States... (Read More)

Illustration: a drawing of detective Sherlock Holmes

Finding His Story in Old Newspapers

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 25, 2016

Article about an 1884 newspaper interview providing Theophylact Bache Bleecker’s recollections of the past 75 years, including the War of 1812... (Read More)

Illustration: Civil War Battle of Chickamauga. Credit: Kurz & Allison; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

A Confederate Soldier Writes Home

By Tony Pettinato on March 24, 2016

Some of the most moving accounts we have from the Civil War are the letters soldiers wrote to their loved ones during that great conflict... (Read More)

Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt and Fala in Hyde Park, New York. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration Link.

5 Facts about Presidential Wives

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 24, 2016

In this article – in honor of Women’s History Month – Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about some of the nation’s First Ladies... (Read More)

Audio Clips: Are You Recording Your Family’s Stories?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 23, 2016

An article about taking your genealogy to the next step by adding audio or video recordings to your family history... (Read More)

Stories Told by California Gold Rush Obituaries

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on March 22, 2016

This article shows how obituaries from the California Gold Rush era can tell you more about your ancestors and the difficult times they lived in... (Read More)