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Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who (Thanksgiving special)

By Melissa Berry on November 25, 2025

In this article, to help celebrate Thanksgiving, Melissa Davenport Berry gives some interesting information about the Pilgrim’s Elder William Brewster... (Read More)

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Our Ancestors’ Thanksgiving 100 Years Ago

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on November 25, 2025

In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley writes about our ancestors celebrating Thanksgiving 100 years ago... (Read More)

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Our Ancestors’ Thanksgiving 200 Years Ago

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on November 24, 2025

In this article – the second in a series of three – Katie Rebecca Merkley writes about our ancestors celebrating Thanksgiving, in this case 200 years ago... (Read More)

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Relieved Family Gives Thanks at Thanksgiving

By Melissa Berry on November 24, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry gives us a heartwarming Thanksgiving story about returned children and a gift turkey... (Read More)

Photo: Dr. Gladys Iola Tantaquidgeon. Credit: Mohegan Tribe; https://www.mohegan.nsn.us/about/our-tribal-history/in-memoriam/gladys-tantaquidgeon

Gladys Tantaquidgeon: Caretaker of Mohegan Tribe’s Heritage (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on November 21, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about 106-year-old Gladys Iola Tantaquidgeon, a Mohegan Medicine Woman who preserved her people’s heritage... (Read More)

Photo: President John F. Kennedy, photographed in the Oval Office, 11 July 1963. Credit: Cecil Stoughton, White House; National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

The Assassination of President Kennedy

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on November 21, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley shows some newspaper coverage of the 22 November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas... (Read More)

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Our Ancestors’ Thanksgiving 300 Years Ago

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on November 20, 2025

In this article – the first in a series of three – Katie Rebecca Merkley writes about our ancestors celebrating Thanksgiving, in this case 300 years ago... (Read More)

the New Jersey State House, Trenton, New Jersey. Credit: Lowlova; Wikimedia Commons.

New Jersey Archives: 339 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on November 20, 2025

An article (with a complete title list) about the 339 New Jersey newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)

Illustration: Ousamequin, or “Massasoit” (Wampanoag term for “Great Sachem”) and Governor John Carver smoking a ceremonial pipe at Plymouth Colony in 1621. Credit: Sutro Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Wampanoag Traditions for the Season and Giving Thanks (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on November 19, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry describes some of the seasonal traditions of the Wampanoag Tribe... (Read More)

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