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Photo: Robert Burns Monument in Dorchester Square, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Credit: Emdx; Wikimedia Commons.

Robert Burns Night Tomorrow – Are You Celebrating?

By Melissa Berry on January 24, 2025

Melissa Berry describes how Burns Night – honoring the Scottish poet Robert Burns – has been celebrated for over 200 years; “Auld Lang Syne” indeed!.. (Read More)

Photo: the old and new Florida State Capitols in Tallahassee, Florida. Credit: DXR; Wikimedia Commons.

Florida Archives: 325 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By Tony Pettinato on January 23, 2025

An article (with a complete title list) about the 325 Florida newspapers available in GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives.. (Read More)

Photo: Tewksbury State Hospital, 1908. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Almshouses and Asylums of Massachusetts (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on January 22, 2025

Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about the Tewksbury Almshouse in Massachusetts and provides links to access records from the institution... (Read More)

Photo: family heirlooms (not from the author’s collection). Photo credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Heirlooms and Memorabilia: Family Treasures or Junk? (part 3)

By Jessica Edwards on January 21, 2025

In this article, Jessica Edwards shares some ideas to help you plan what to do with family heirlooms and memorabilia after you’re gone... (Read More)

Illustration: Chief Justice John Marshall, engraving by Saint-Mémin, 1808. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

President Adams’s Gift to the Nation: Chief Justice John Marshall

By Tony Pettinato on January 20, 2025

In 1801 President John Adams nominated John Marshall to be the next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, his “gift” to the people of the United States... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Modocs in Their Stronghold,” a wood engraving published in Harper’s Weekly, 3 May 1873. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Captain Jack’s 52 Modoc Warriors Defeated 400 U.S. Troops

By Tony Pettinato on January 17, 2025

Surrounded by 400 soldiers and two cannons, 53 Modoc warriors fought desperately to defend their families in the First Battle of the Stronghold in 1873... (Read More)

Photo: Tewksbury State Hospital, 1908. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Almshouses and Asylums of Massachusetts (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on January 16, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Tewksbury Almshouse in Massachusetts and provides links to access records from the institution... (Read More)

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

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 13)

By Melissa Berry on January 15, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry focuses on Katie Crocker and her Mayflower family line, featuring photos from the Zenas Crocker Collection... (Read More)

Photo: family heirlooms (not from the author’s collection). Photo credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Heirlooms and Memorabilia: Family Treasures or Junk? (part 2)

By Jessica Edwards on January 14, 2025

In this article, Jessica Edwards writes more about a dilemma that most family historians face: planning what to do with family heirlooms after you’re gone... (Read More)

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