Every Friday, we blog about new genealogy records online. Do any of the collections below relate to your family...
Memory Lane Articles
The First Daily Newspaper in the US Wasn’t Exactly Objective
The first daily newspaper in the US, The Pennsylvania Evening Post, appeared in Philadelphia on this day in 1783. It...
Canadiana: Canadian Digital Archive and Portal to the Past
Do you have Canadian roots? Then Canadiana should be on your list of online resources searched regularly for family...
Amazing Family History Find in a Basement!
A recent email from listener Helen reminds us to search our basements and attics for unique and amazing family history...
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...
Record a Life Story: Free StoryCorps App
Recently a friend sent me a link to a TED talk by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay. As a radio broadcast journalist, Dave...
How Common Was My Ancestor’s Name? Most Popular Baby Names By Decade
Baby names are trendy things. Sure, there are a few standbys in every culture--like William and John in English--but...
Front Page News! New York Tribune Archive on Flickr
The Library of Congress has a Flickr album that's front page news--literally! It's a New York Tribune archive with...
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...