Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Closing of NARA - Pittsfield

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The October 2011 Future? By now, you’ve probably heard that David S. Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, has announced the O...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Assault With Artichokes, Or Why Some Roman Artists Were Risky Dinner Companions

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Caravaggio's "Musicians" As a painter, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 –1610)  was a master of light and shadow.  ...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Time Travel May Soon Be Possible - For Little Kids in Missouri

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For most of February, I’ve been spending a lot of time making slides for my two upcoming New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NER...
Friday, February 18, 2011

About Quilters and Genealogists

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 If you're wondering what the "fishies quilt" tie-in is going to be, keep reading... Tonight, the third episode of the second...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

19th Century Medical Practitioner Ads: “Warranted To Give Entire Satisfaction”

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A Medieval Physician Researchers often find ancestors and ancestral relations in the census with occupational titles that indicate they w...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Fire-Horror of 1872. Partial Ruin of a Great City. BOSTON IN FLAMES!

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Downtown Boston After The 1872 Fire That’s the headline that appeared on a newspaper article in “ The Chelsea Public ” in November 1872. ...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Some Valentine's Day Whimsy

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That’s part of the fun of genealogy: I can look at the “New York Sex Heat” map that appeared in yesterday’s online edition of trendy New Yor...