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Memory Lane Articles
Prison Inmate Photos: “The Eyes Are Everything”
Matt from Omaha, Nebraska (U.S.) recently told me about a project his cousin is working on that is so cool the story...
Returning Orphaned Heirlooms to the Family
Recently my Premium Podcast included a letter from Pat, who was looking for advice on how to return lost or orphaned...
How to Record Phone Calls on Skype and Smartphones
Looking for ways to record phone calls for family history interviews? Janice emailed me to ask that very question, and...
Noisy New York City, Jamaican Slave Revolt and Other Digital Archive Projects
Digital archives are getting so much better! They're not just about reproducing historical documents anymore....
Remember the Sears Catalog? It’s on Ancestry.com
Back in “the day,” American consumers window-shopped by mail with the Sears catalog. From 1888-1993, the Sears catalog...
The First Photograph Ever Taken?
Have you ever wondered about the first photograph ever taken? The first time human technology captured a passing...
6 Tips: How to Organize Your Family History
We genealogists often accumulate a lot of family "stuff:" original documents, old photographs and heirlooms. Though...
100-Year Old Time Capsule Opens
Exactly one hundred years ago on April 22, a time capsule was buried in the basement of the First English Lutheran...
