Can You Find My Grandfather’s Date of Death?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 10, 2014
An article about using the Social Security Death Index to find the death date of an ancestor you're researching for your family history... (Read More)
Olive Oatman’s Rescue: A True Indian Captive Story
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 9, 2014
Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about the Oatman family massacre and the subsequent Indian captivity of Olive Oatman... (Read More)
34th Anniversary of Ex-Beatle John Lennon’s Death
By Tony Pettinato on December 8, 2014
An article about the murder of ex-Beatle John Lennon by a fan, Mark David Chapman, in New York City on 8 December 1980... (Read More)
Amazing Inventors: Thomas Edison & the Electric Light Bulb
By Duncan Kuehn on December 8, 2014
In this article, Duncan Kuehn searches old newspapers to learn about Thomas Edison and his invention of the electric light bulb that changed the world... (Read More)
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor Propels U.S. into WWII
By Tony Pettinato on December 5, 2014
An article about the Japanese attack against the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941 that triggered the U.S. entry into World War II... (Read More)
Records Lost in Typhoon Haiyan Are Replaced by Digital Copies
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 5, 2014
When Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last year, it destroyed everything in its path including the local civil registration offices containing the area birth, marriage and death records. According to a recent article in the Deseret News: “By the time the storm got to Tacloban, there was a storm surge behind it with 10-foot... (Read More)
Are You a Descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim John Alden?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 4, 2014
John Alden was an original Mayflower passenger and helped found Plymouth Colony. Learn more about John and Priscilla Alden and their descendants... (Read More)
DNA Shows That Jews Came from the Middle East
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 2, 2014
This might sound obvious, but this new DNA-driven conclusion is loaded with political impact that will reverberate around the world. FamilyTree DNA’s finding is a clear indicator of the growing sophistication of current DNA technology to predict the ancestral origins and geographic spread of our ancestors. For example, some of this testing showed that... (Read More)
DIY Project: Your Own Holiday Family Advent Calendar
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on December 1, 2014
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this blog post, Mary uses ideas and graphics from old newspapers to show how you can make your own Advent calendar for this holiday season. One of the great joys of the holidays is the anticipation of what is... (Read More)
