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How to Find Ancestors: A Comprehensive Guide to Tracing Your Family Tree

By GenealogyBank on April 8, 2024

Wondering how to find ancestors and uncover your family heritage? Our comprehensive guide will help you trace your family history. Learn more today!.. (Read More)

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Recipes for National Burrito Day (April 4)

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 4, 2024

In this article – to help celebrate National Burrito Day today – Gena Philibert-Ortega gives plenty of delicious recipes for you to try... (Read More)

“Provincetown Pier & Gulls, Massachusetts” by Carl Van Vechten, 1936. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Scrapbook Photos of Provincetown, Massachusetts (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on April 3, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry shares photos and newspaper clippings about the Lost Pilgrims Memorial being unveiled in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in 1920... (Read More)

Photo: beachfront art class, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1940. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Scrapbook Photos of Provincetown, Massachusetts (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 2, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shares photos and newspaper clippings about Provincetown, Massachusetts, from 100 years ago... (Read More)

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April Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 25 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on April 1, 2024

An article (with a complete title list) about the new content from 25 newspaper titles that GenealogyBank added to its online archives in April 2024... (Read More)

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Scions of Nantucket Founders (part 5)

By Melissa Berry on March 29, 2024

Melissa Berry continues her series about descendants of the founders of Nantucket, Massachusetts, focusing on a colorful character named Stephen Macy... (Read More)

Photo: American contralto Marian Anderson performing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in front of 75,000 spectators on 9 April 1939, Easter Sunday. Finnish accompanist Kosti Vehanen is on the piano. Credit: U.S. Information Agency; Wikimedia Commons.

Marian Anderson Sings Her Way into History, Easter 1939

By Jane Cook on March 28, 2024

Jane Cook writes about an Easter concert in 1939 when Black contralto Marian Anderson sang to an integrated audience of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial... (Read More)

Photo: eight of the children of John Washington Cram and his wife Polly: (standing, left to right): Dr. Elizabeth Sanborn Cram Fenno (wife of Stephen Fenno); George Washington Cram (husband of Sarah Holden); and Elvira Catherine Cram Stevens (wife of John Nelson Stevens); (seated, left to right): Polly Cram Maloon (wife of Greenleaf Maloon); Nancy Cram Lane (wife of William Lane); Amos Cram (husband of Jane Sanborn Prescott); Mary Jane Cram Parsons (wife of Joseph Parsons); and Dr. John Cram (husband of Sarah Abbott Lane). Credit: Kathy Williams Curtis.

Genealogy & Photos of the Quimby Family Line

By Melissa Berry on March 26, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the extended Quimby family line, featuring a famous inventor, and includes many family photos. .. (Read More)

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Female Ancestors: 3 Tips for Searching Her Name

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 25, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives three tips for finding your often-elusive female ancestors in newspapers and other genealogy records... (Read More)

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