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Road Trip, Anyone? An Orphan Train Museum
We've heard from many of you that the best-selling novel Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, featured in our...
MyHeritage Shares Holocaust Survivor Story with Descendants
About a year ago, Greek-American family historian and Emmy award-winning writing, producer and author Yvette Manessis...
Heritage Cookbooks: Recipe for a Sweet Family History
Recently I heard from Jillian in Arkansas, USA, who wrote about "a recent - and accidental" family history discovery...
View-Master Toys are Going Virtual Reality
Did you have a View-Master toy as a kid? Using these stereoscopic viewers (long before kids had cameras of their own),...
Did your family follow the usual path? Mapping U.S. Migration Patterns
The U.S. has long been typified as a nation of restless wanderers. Are we still? Well, it depends on where in the U.S....
Oldest Known Photographs of Cities: Did Your Ancestors Live Here Then?
London. Paris. Athens. Berlin. Bombay. Rome. New York City. Copenhagen. Dublin. Edinburgh. Jerusalem. The oldest known...
Action-Packed WWII Maps Helped Homefront Families Follow the War
During World War II, millions of people anxiously followed the progress of battles and troop movements that affected...
Are You Smarter Than An 8th Grader–From 1895?
In years past, a five-hour graduation exam was required for eighth graders (around 13 years old) in many U.S. states....