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Genealogy Education: A Glossary

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 19, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explains that genealogy education has its own language and provides a glossary to understand these terms... (Read More)

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

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 37 (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 16, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, again focusing on Southworth Allen Howland Jr. and his family line... (Read More)

Photo: cabinet card portrait photograph of Victoria C. Woodhull, c. 1870. Credit: Nate D. Sanders; Wikimedia Commons.

The First Woman Nominated for U.S. President by a Political Party – in 1872!

By Jane Cook on August 14, 2024

The current presidential campaign reminded historian Jane Cook of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for U.S. president for a political party... (Read More)

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 37 (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 13, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Southworth Allen Howland Jr. and his family line... (Read More)

Photo: President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt Shot While Campaigning for President

By Jane Cook on August 12, 2024

The recent news reminded historian Jane Hampton Cook of another shooting of a former president while campaigning: Theodore Roosevelt, on 14 October 1912... (Read More)

Illustration: Benjamin Franklin, by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, c. 1785. Credit: National Portrait Gallery; Wikimedia Commons.

Fellow Printer Edmund Blunt, Benjamin Franklin & Scandal

By Melissa Berry on August 9, 2024

Melissa Berry writes about a colonial printer with a strong link to Benjamin Franklin, Edmund March Blunt, who lost his temper and caused a scandal... (Read More)

Photo: abandoned infants, from the Foundling Library Collection. Credit: Denver Public Library Archives.

Genealogy Tips: Locating Lost Kin – Abandoned Babes (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 7, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about a subject that often causes brick walls for genealogists: finding lost kin, especially abandoned infants... (Read More)

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Finding Grandma: Resources for 20th Century Research (part 2)

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 6, 2024

In this article – the second in a two-part series – Gena Philibert-Ortega gives more tips and links to help you research your family’s 20th-century women... (Read More)

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Finding Grandma: Resources for 20th Century Research (part 1)

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 5, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips and links to help you research your family’s 20th-century women... (Read More)