In 1782, the dream of flying through the sky became reality, A group of daring men of science and vision took flight in the balloon.
What is perhaps the biggest challenge for social historians is to wrap our heads around the continuum of time: around...
Journey back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses...
This month, Facebook began prompting users in fourteen countries to read a guide on the fake news phenomenon, with a list...
Once upon a time, about 300 years ago, my British ancestors were farmers, living off the land, battling against nature to...
Like us, our ancestors, unless they were independently wealthy, had to work to put food on the table and to...
Over the generations, the ways in which our ancestors enjoyed their leisure hours slowly changed. Not only did the activities...
While the concept of a library is as old as the written word, early libraries were only accessible to a...
And so it was that my fourth great-grandfather, Thomas Bulmer, came into the world in late December of 1782, just...
Gypsies tramps and thievesWe’d hear it from the people of the townThey’d call us gypsies tramps and thievesBut every night...