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Holidays Articles
Victorian Fruit Cake Recipe: Tasty and Tasteful
This recipe for a Victorian fruit cake skips the poor-quality candied fruit that gives some pre-made modern fruitcakes...
Victorian Fig Pudding Recipe: “We All Want Some Figgy Pudding”
Victorian expert Sarah Chrisman shares her adaptation of a classic "figgy" pudding recipe, a holiday staple in...
Victorian Holiday Recipe: Coasting Cookies
Sarah Chrisman shares a favorite Victorian holiday recipe just in time for baking season! These "coasting cookies"...
This Victorian Pumpkin Pie Recipe is Light and Delicate
This Victorian pumpkin pie recipe calls for milk instead of cream, an economical choice that results in a lighter,...
A Victorian Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe
In honor of our Genealogy Gems Book Club featured author Sarah Chrisman, and her book This Victorian Life, we are...
Celebrating Freedom and Records Access: 50 Years of FOIA and Genealogy
Happy July 4th--and Happy 50th to the Freedom of Information Act! Read more about the FOIA and genealogy records we...
Family History in the Annual Christmas Letter? What a Great Idea!
Why not share the gift of family history story in this year's Christmas letter or holiday cards? Genealogy Gems...
Heritage Recipes – Aunties, Sprinkles and the Santa-in-His-Cap Cookie Cutter
I'm blessed to have oodles of oft-used and much loved heritage recipes and cookbooks from the ladies in my family who...