My Mother’s Memories People 1 11 min readMy mother, Jean Irene Bond, nee Brown, passed away on 26 August 2018, six days after her 95th birthday. Over...
Bargain Brides Domestic 0 9 min readBefore online dating websites like Tinder or Match.com, how did our lonely ancestors find love? They placed advertisements in Matrimonial...
The Mysterious Christmas Card from the Isle of Wight People 0 23 min readTucked away in Tyler Jacques’ family memorabilia was a yellowed Christmas card from the Isle of Wight dated 1932. The...
Murderer Weds Victim’s Daughter Crimes 1 6 min readOn the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 1895, in a jealous rage, William Royce shot his former lover, Nellie Patton,...
The Past and the Present Advances 4 9 min readWhat is perhaps the biggest challenge for social historians is to wrap our heads around the continuum of time: around...
10 Examples of Fake News from History Advances 2 12 min readThis month, Facebook began prompting users in fourteen countries to read a guide on the fake news phenomenon, with a list...
Crowds Flock to Sunnyside Beach in 1922 Community 2 9 min readCrowds flocked to Sunnyside Beach in 1922 when the new park opened, lured by the modern new bathing pavilion and the...
Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalogue Advances 2 9 min readLong before the internet and online ordering, mail order catalogues were one of the only ways that the American rural...
Part Five: James and Laura Mackie Military 2 12 min readI have recently broken through a brick wall in my genealogical research and have found out what happened to my...
Women’s Occupations Occupations 3 8 min readWomen’s Occupations in the Early Twentieth Century The logical starting place to learn about what occupational opportunities were available for...
