In this article, Scott Phillips searches old newspapers to see how the news of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was reported in the nation’s newspapers... (Read More)
Search the Titanic passenger list to find if your ancestors were aboard. Access survivor lists, victim records, and newspaper coverage from 1912... (Read More)
Mary Harrell-Sesniak explains that ancestral surnames may have been spelled differently in the past and provides search tips for these name variations... (Read More)
An article showing how newspapers announced to the nation the shocking news that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had suddenly died on 12 April 1945... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how lost & found ads in old newspapers can turn up a surprising amount of information about your ancestors... (Read More)
In this article, Scott Phillips writes about Confederate General Lee’s surrender to Union General Grant that effectively ended the American Civil War... (Read More)
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary follows up on one of her earlier blog posts by presenting more of the funniest, quirkiest, or most touching sayings about genealogy that she’s encountered in her career as a family historian. After the... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn about the first “foodie” writer: Clementine Paddleford... (Read More)
An article about the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, on 4 April 1968... (Read More)
