Introduction: Duncan Kuehn is a professional genealogist with over nine years of client experience. She has worked on several well-known projects, such as “Who Do You Think You Are?” In this blog post, Duncan searches GenealogyBank’s recent obituaries collection and discoveries some truly interesting – and sometimes funny – passages in some of these... (Read More)
Newspapers often published commemorative articles celebrating milestones. Take for example the 50th wedding anniversary of Elizabeth Kern and Valentine Humburg. They were both born in Germany, married 3 April 1854 in New York, and settled in San Jose, California, six years later. This detailed newspaper article names their five children and their nine grandchildren... (Read More)
An article about NASA’s Apollo 11 space flight successfully landing the first humans on the moon, on 20 July 1969... (Read More)
An article about Walt Disney’s dream coming true when the Disneyland theme park opened in Anaheim, California, on 17 July 1955... (Read More)
An article about African American journalist, civil rights activist and suffragist Ida Bell Wells, born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on 16 July 1862... (Read More)
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this blog article, Mary presents some of the enlightening and entertaining sayings she found from 100 years ago while browsing through newspapers from the year 1915. The allure of genealogy makes genealogists curious – or perhaps it is the... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about an interesting aspects of genealogy: uncovering the stories of your “black sheep” ancestors... (Read More)
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this blog article, Mary shares some of the interesting and/or funny quotes about birthdays and aging that she found in old newspapers. While researching birthdays and aging in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives, I came across some delightful quotes from... (Read More)
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about an exciting genealogy discovery: learning about his cousin Jacob Robinson’s journal from the Mexican-American War... (Read More)
