Spoiled to Death: The Rhonda Martin Case (part 1)

By James Pylant on September 4, 2024

In this article, James Pylant tries to solve the mystery of Rhonda Belle Martin, a seemingly normal Alabama wife and mother with a secret... (Read More)

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

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 38 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on September 3, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry focuses on the family lines of Ebenezer Tallant, a direct descendant of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins... (Read More)

Photo: “Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy” poster displayed in Defense Square, Washington, D.C., for a month beginning 7 November 1941. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 30, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Genealogy Tips: Marriage License Notices in the Newspaper

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 29, 2024

Gena Philibert-Ortega describes a good family history resource found in newspapers: notices about your ancestors’ application for a marriage license... (Read More)

Photo: Chrysler Motor Car Company tank plant in April 1941. Credit: Detroit Free Library.

For Labor Day: Roosevelt’s Urgent Appeal to American Workers (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 27, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about President Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech in 1941 with the nation on the verge of WWII... (Read More)

Illustration: mixing bowl and cooking utensils

Our Ancestors & Newspaper Cooking Schools

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 26, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a phenomenon that was popular with our ancestors: newspaper-sponsored cooking schools... (Read More)

Photo: traveling exhibition for Harriet Tubman, “The Journey to Freedom,” on exhibit at Philadelphia City Hall, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wofford Sculpture Studio, LLC.

Lancaster County Quaker Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 23, 2024

Melissa Berry writes more about abolitionist families who acted as “conductors” on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... (Read More)

Photo: Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

On the Road: Have You Been to Wall Drug?

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 21, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega begins her new “On the Road” series with Wall Drug Store in Wall, South Dakota... (Read More)

Lancaster County Quaker Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 20, 2024

Melissa Berry writes about abolitionist families who for many years acted as “conductors” on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... (Read More)