Looking Back In Time

09/01/2017

FEMA & Smithsonian Institution Archives have come together to help natural disaster victims save their family archives, photos and keepsakes in wake of

FEMA and the Smithsonian Institution cosponsor the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, a partnership of 42 national service organizations and federal agencies created to protect cultural heritage from the damaging effects of natural disasters and other emergencies.

08/23/2016

They ticked out news of typhoid, scurvy and fear. They spoke of long marches and vast battles. They hummed with frailty and humor, fretting over drunken soldiers and praising the unwavering president of a fraying republic. They clacked in broken rhythms that rang with the ominous: “We will not rema...

06/23/2016

Terminology is everything.

Remembering the difference between a “second cousin” and a “cousin once removed” is one of those facts that I have filed in my brain as non-essential. Therefore, I think I know the difference, but then I get fuzzy on the details. Luckily I now have a handy chart to bookmark

05/09/2016

Where did your ancestors live? Curious? Contact lookingbackintime.webs.com and begin your search.

04/19/2016

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kent Keyser was surprised to learn a historian at a Revolutionary War battle site knows the name of his ancestor, a private from Virginia who participated in a daring nighttime attack. [...] Michael Sheehan, of New York's Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site, is quite fami…

03/17/2016

02/27/2016

Everyday more digital resources! https://twitter.com/lienhart85/status/703377263018926080

“Sarokin collection of 2,680 Ancestry & Genealogy works on HathiTrust, online https://t.co/lRF0IXZKsx”

01/22/2016

Why Einstein moved on to general relativityIsn't it exciting to find out you have a famous historical icon in the far-off depths of your family tree? But when you brag to your friends, what do you call this famous ancestor? "Thomas Edison is the great-uncle of my great-great-grandfather's third cou.…

01/08/2016

A new way to "preserve" your heritage? Pretty cool none-the-less.

Since the advent of direct-to-consumer personal genome tests like 23andMe, it’s simpler than ever to access information about your individual DNA sequence — that 0.1% of genetic coding that d…

12/14/2015

About time!

The Freedmen’s Bureau Project will make available online 1.5 million historical documents, finally allowing ancestors of former African-American slaves to learn more about their family roots.

11/03/2015

Very cool! Definitely a way to get kids engaged with history using technology they already have.

When using the app you're alerted when you're approaching the exact location.

10/29/2015

No more counting on your fingers! Our friends at Fold3 created this nifty cheat sheet to help determine who among your U.S. ancestors may have served in conflicts throughout our nation's history.

Search among more than 100 million records of U.S. draft, enlistment, pension, and military service in the Card Catalog here: http://ancstry.me/1PehDHt