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

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on April 25, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series describing three brave Quaker women who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s... (Read More)

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 23, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry begins a series describing three brave Quaker women who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s... (Read More)

Illustration: German and American flags. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Tips: Records for German American Research (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Garner on April 22, 2024

In this article – the first of a two-part series – Katie Rebecca Garner reviews resources to research your German American ancestors... (Read More)

Illustration: a close-up of “Clipper Ship Captain” (Capt. Ryder) by Charles Webster Hawthorne. Credit: Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia.

Scrapbook Photos of Provincetown, Massachusetts (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on April 18, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Provincetown sea captain, Richard Ryder, who had a long and adventurous career... (Read More)

Photo: ox team hauling granite slab on Washington Street, annisquam, Massachusetts. Colonel Jonas French is standing second to the right. According to sources, Elizabeth Blood, widow of Joseph Blood, sold the quarry and lands to Col. French for the sum of $2,500. Credit: Annisquam Historical Society.

19th Century Stonecutters Featured in Old Scrapbook

By Melissa Berry on April 16, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry gives news clippings and photos from a scrapbook showing an earlier way of life... (Read More)

Illustration: “Titanic Sinking," by Willy Stöwer, 1912. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Remember the ‘Titanic’: History and Your Family

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 15, 2024

In this article – on the anniversary of the sinking of the “Titanic” – Gena Philibert-Ortega wonders how the disaster impacted her ancestors... (Read More)

Photo caption: James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Marlon Brando clown around. Duvall and Brando had an ongoing mooning contest. New York Post (New York, New York), 14 December 2008, page 72.

How ‘The Godfather’ Movie Almost Didn’t Get Made (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 12, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry details how it took a deal with the real Mafia to get the gangster film “The Godfather” made... (Read More)

Photo: interviewing an older relative. Photo credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Genealogy Tips: Sample Questions for Interviewing Older Relatives

By Jessica Edwards on April 10, 2024

In this article, Jessica Edwards provides a list of 42 questions to ask older relatives to begin your oral history family research project... (Read More)

Illustration: a close-up of the portrait of Abraham Quary by Jerom Thompson, 1834. Credit: New York Public Library, New York.

Abraham Quary, the Last Male Wampanoag Indian on Nantucket

By Melissa Berry on April 9, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry shows portraits and belongings of Abraham Quary (1768-1854), the last male Wampanoag Indian on the island of Nantucket... (Read More)