In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about how her family honors the veterans buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Southern California... (Read More)
What happened to the Hanssons of Kent, Washington? Did you know John and Olea Hansson? They were both born around 1885-1900 and in 1948 they lived at 516 3rd Avenue South, Kent, Washington. One of our GenealogyBank members living in Norway is trying to see what became of the Hanssons. Olea Hansson is related... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak fantasizes about being able to invite some of her famous ancestors to a family reunion... (Read More)
If you committed murder in 1755 you were dealt with severely. However, the punishment for the crime was not always the same for a man as it was for a woman. In this article from an old 1700s newspaper, we learn that a man and a woman servant were found guilty of the murder... (Read More)
How many stories can a family remember and pass down? Some of the great family stories from the past were not recorded and have been forgotten. Time after time genealogists have found amazing stories in their ancestry research that they never knew about their family. Look at what we learn from the obituary of... (Read More)
Scott Phillips explains how he adds the “5 Ws” (Who, What, When, Where & Why) of newspaper journalism to enliven his family history research... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak writes about using family Bible records and a folk art called “frakturs” to document early family history... (Read More)
We are all grateful for our mothers—but Tony Cavallo of Lawrenceville, Georgia, has been especially grateful for his mom, Mrs. Angela Cavallo. Friday 11 April 1982 was a day like any other. Tony Cavallo was in the driveway fixing his 1964 Chevy Impala. Suddenly the jack collapsed and he was knocked unconscious, pinned under... (Read More)
Chillicothe, Ohio, was the state’s first capital—from 1803-1810—and then it became Ohio’s third capital from1812-1816. GenealogyBank has that early period of “The Buckeye State’s” history covered with four Chillicothe newspapers from 1801 to 1839. Wait— Chillicothe was Ohio’s first and third capital? Why did the capital of Ohio change so much? In the 1800s... (Read More)
