Where your ancestors meet the past
Memorial Day 2021
May 31, 2021
Curious about Memorial Day? Check out this quick history and how your ancestors may have celebrated in the 19th century!
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
March 17, 2021
Happy St. Patrick's Day! I wanted to share a few fun videos to help connect us with Irish culture on...
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Moving Away Pt 2: Finding Your Interwar Ancestors
March 1, 2021
Paris between the world wars. Exciting. Creative. Cheap. And for many Americans, a much more free place than back home. ...
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Moving Away: Migration to France Between the World Wars
February 14, 2021
Genealogy is generally the search for ancestors who moved to where we are now. But some family members emigrated away...
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Introducing GC Newsreel!
January 16, 2021
Welcome to the first Newsreel article! This is a new feature for sharing quick genealogy news and updates. I know...
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New Year, New Research Form
January 10, 2021
We haven't known each other very long, but I have to confess something. I struggle with organization. Wrangling all those...
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Happy New Year!
January 1, 2021
Just a quick note to say we made it!! May this year be a much better year for everyone! Stay...
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The Mayflower at 400
December 27, 2020
This year we celebrated the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage. While this milestone wasn't the biggest news of the...
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The Sound of Colonial Christmas
December 23, 2020
That magical time of year is upon us, when we are frantically trying to get everything done for the holidays....
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Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2020
We explore a late 19th century American Halloween party, including trying one of the recipes: Baked Apples.
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