Photo: the harbor of San Francisco, California, in 1851, with Yerba Buena Island and the Berkeley Hills in the background. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Photo Album of California Pioneers (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on June 11, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry showcases more pictures from a photo album of California pioneers, featuring the Osborn and Moore family lines... (Read More)

Photo: farmland. Photo credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Tips: Land Records

By Katie Rebecca Garner on June 10, 2024

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner describes how helpful land records can be for your genealogy research, and provides links to find land records... (Read More)

“The Skipper, Nantucket, Mass.” postcard, c. 1937. Credit: Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers collection; Wikimedia Commons.

Jones Family Photo Album: ‘Mayflower’ and Nantucket Roots

By Melissa Berry on June 5, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry provides photos and genealogy from the Jones family photo album of Nantucket... (Read More)

Photo: Soldiers National Monument at the center of Gettysburg National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Credit: Henryhartley; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tip: Don’t Forget about Government Publications

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on June 4, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how helpful government publications can be for your family history research... (Read More)

June Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 13 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on June 3, 2024

An article (with a complete title list) about the new content from 13 newspaper titles that GenealogyBank added to its online archives in June 2024... (Read More)

Photo Album of California Pioneers (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on May 31, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry showcases a photo album of California pioneers, featuring the Osborn and Moore family lines... (Read More)

Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on May 29, 2024

Melissa Berry writes more about a brave Quaker woman who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s: Deborah (nee Buffum) Wilson... (Read More)

Photo: Louis Chevrolet, 4 July 1919, photographed by Marvin Dement Boland. Credit: Tacoma Public Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Louis Chevrolet Races into History

By Jane Cook on May 28, 2024

To celebrate the exciting Indianapolis 500 race this past weekend, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a racing pioneer and car designer, Louis Chevrolet... (Read More)

Illustration: “The March of Time,” by Henry Sandham, 1896. This painting shows a parade of veterans of the U.S. Civil War during Decoration Day. General William Tecumseh Sherman is in the front row at the far right. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Memorial Day: GAR Civil War Vets (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on May 23, 2024

In this third of a three-part series, Melissa Davenport Berry looks back over the years at Memorial Day services involving Union veterans of the Civil War... (Read More)