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Memory holes: A native American oral history pr...
I’m in the midst of reading Mayflower, in which author Nathaniel Philbrick describes the early contact between the English Pilgrims and the native Pokanoket (part of the modern-day Wampanoag) in...
Memory holes: A native American oral history pr...
I’m in the midst of reading Mayflower, in which author Nathaniel Philbrick describes the early contact between the English Pilgrims and the native Pokanoket (part of the modern-day Wampanoag) in...
Road trip alternatives for genealogy research
Following the recent post about the importance of local history and genealogy societies, an important question came up: What if a genealogy road trip to visit these locations is difficult...
Road trip alternatives for genealogy research
Following the recent post about the importance of local history and genealogy societies, an important question came up: What if a genealogy road trip to visit these locations is difficult...
The art of heraldry on display at ICGHS in Boston
Last month, EasyGenie had a booth at the 36th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences. The congress takes place every 2 years, and it was the first time in...
The art of heraldry on display at ICGHS in Boston
Last month, EasyGenie had a booth at the 36th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences. The congress takes place every 2 years, and it was the first time in...
Filling in ancestors' stories using local histo...
If you wanted to piece together the story of an ancestor who lived in the mid 1800s, where would you turn if you had no information other than a first...
Filling in ancestors' stories using local histo...
If you wanted to piece together the story of an ancestor who lived in the mid 1800s, where would you turn if you had no information other than a first...
History Mystery #10 solution: graphoscopes, ste...
Our latest History Mystery - a folding wooden device containing a large lens - received a lot of responses, from a boot remover to a land surveyor’s tool. Many of...
History Mystery #10 solution: graphoscopes, ste...
Our latest History Mystery - a folding wooden device containing a large lens - received a lot of responses, from a boot remover to a land surveyor’s tool. Many of...
History Mystery #10: A device with a lens?
Here’s the latest EasyGenie History Mystery! This unusual folding object is made of wood, glass, and brass. It dates from the second half of the 1800s. This specimen was found...
History Mystery #10: A device with a lens?
Here’s the latest EasyGenie History Mystery! This unusual folding object is made of wood, glass, and brass. It dates from the second half of the 1800s. This specimen was found...