Photo: RootsTech genealogy conference. Credit: mormonnewsroom.org.

Attending RootsTech Virtually in 2024

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 22, 2024

Gena Philibert-Ortega – who has been to RootsTech many times in person and online – gives tips to attend the conference virtually this year... (Read More)

Illustration: flag of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Credit: NuclearVacuum; Wikimedia Commons.

Scions of Nantucket Founders (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 21, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry begins a new series about the founders of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and their descendants... (Read More)

RootsTech in Person: 10 Things to Consider

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 20, 2024

Gena Philibert-Ortega – who has been to RootsTech many times – gives tips to get the most out of the conference, including links for additional info... (Read More)

Photo: “Happy Presidents’ Day” with special pie. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Celebrating Washington’s Birthday: Presidential Food

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 19, 2024

To help celebrate Washington’s birthday on today, Presidents’ Day, Gena Philibert-Ortega provides recipes for you to prepare something special... (Read More)

Photo: members of the Wampanoag Nation who gathered for the three-day powwow of their tribes at Mashpee, Massachusetts, in 1929. Left to right: Chief Standing Rock of the Herring Pond Tribe; Chief Red Shell of the Wampanoags; Chief Small Bear of the Mashpee Tribe; and Chief High Eagle, medicine man of the Wampanoags. Credit: Boston Public Library Digital Commonwealth.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on February 16, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe and its Mayflower connections, focusing on the Attaquin family... (Read More)

Illustration: a heart with “Love” in the middle

Valentines Go to War: WWII Valentines

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 14, 2024

In this article – to help celebrate Valentine’s Day – Gena Philibert-Ortega shows some examples of valentines our ancestors sent during WWII... (Read More)

Photo: Mashpee Wampanoag ceremony in Middleborough, Massachusetts, 1930. Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 13, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians who were in first contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)

Photo: “Happy Valentine’s Day” with hearts. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Our Ancestors’ World, 100 Years Ago: Valentine’s Day 1924

By Katie Rebecca Garner on February 12, 2024

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner searches old newspapers to find articles about our ancestors and Valentine’s Day from 100 years ago... (Read More)

Photos: Oakes Agnus Coombs Jr. and his wife Amanda Pocknett, daughter of Nathan Pocknett and Eleanor Hicks. She was the widow of Thomas William Gardner. These photos were featured in the 125th Anniversary of Mashpee Celebration 1995. Credit: Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, Archives.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 9, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry begins a new series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians who were in first contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)