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3 Genealogy Goals for the New Year 2024

By Katie Rebecca Garner on January 8, 2024

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner gives tips for pursuing three genealogy goals in the New Year... (Read More)

Illustration: “Twelfth Night Merry-Making in Farmer Shakeshaft’s Barn,” from Ainsworth’s “Mervyn Clitheroe,” by Phiz, c. 1850. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Traditional Celebrations for ‘Little Christmas’

By Melissa Berry on January 5, 2024

In this article – to celebrate the traditional end of the Christmas season – Melissa Berry describes the history and traditions of “Little Christmas.”.. (Read More)

Photo: spaghetti and meatballs. Credit: TheCulinaryGeek; Wikimedia Commons.

Today Is National Spaghetti Day!

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 4, 2024

In this article – to help celebrate National Spaghetti Day – Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to find recipes for this Italian favorite... (Read More)

January Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 26 Titles!

By Tony Pettinato on January 3, 2024

An article (with a complete title list) about the new content from 26 newspaper titles that GenealogyBank added to its online archives in January 2024... (Read More)

A Project for the New Year: Your Life Story

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 2, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega kicks off the New Year with a suggestion for a genealogy project... (Read More)

Photo: the Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, Missouri. Credit: Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Researching at a Genealogy Library

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 28, 2023

Gena Philibert-Ortega explains why – even in this age of digitized records – it is helpful to visit a genealogy library, and gives tips for your trip... (Read More)

Illustration: cover of "Harper’s Weekly," Volume 23, 4 January 1879.

Christmas Letters (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on December 26, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shares a Christmas letter written by the daughter of a California Gold Rush 49er in 1879 when she was 15... (Read More)

Photo: a “Talking Letter” from Eugene Daly during WWII, February 1945. Courtesy of Portraits of War.

Christmas Letters (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on December 22, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shares “talking letters” families sent to their loved ones serving overseas... (Read More)

Photo: Christmas at the Annunciation Church in Nazareth, 1965. Credit: Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) / Dan Hadani collection, National Library of Israel / CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons.

Christmas Celebrations – Some Other Opinions

By Katie Rebecca Garner on December 21, 2023

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner writes about how some of our ancestors c. 1800 were opposed to Christmas celebrations... (Read More)