History Matters: Shaving Premium
From Alexander The Great banning his soldiers from having beards, to women beginning to shave their armpits in the early 20th century, this edition of History Matters explains a little bit about shaving and the razor blade.
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Everything’s Relative – December 2012 Premium
Check out readers' stories from their parents about the "Good Old Days."
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Heredis for Mac Review Premium
Heredis, the popular genealogy data entry service, is now available for Mac.
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Time Capsule: A Hopeless Place Premium
Read a brief first-hand account of a prison for females in the 1800s.
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History Matters: Wonderful Windmills Premium
Find out the significance of windmills in helping our ancestors populate the West.
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Finding Newspapers Through Journalism’s Voyage West Premium
Newspaper articles can offer loads of genealogical details about your ancestors, but they can be difficult to track down. Use this step-by-step guide to get started on Journalism's Voyage West.
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Best New UK Online Genealogy Databases Premium
Have the London Olympics sparked your UK genealogy interest? You can take advantage of the many free and fee-based websites offering UK records. Start with our picks for the best new and expanded British record collections for English, Scottish and Welsh research.
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History Matters: Mail-order Catalogues Premium
For our ancestors living in rural America—where half the US population resided as late as 1920—mail-order catalogs served “not only as a marketing tool, but also as school readers, almanacs, symbols of abundance and progress, and objects of fantasy and desire,” according to the Encyclopedia of Chicago (a city that was home to both Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck. Read about how mail-order catalogues might have shaped your ancestors' lives.
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101 Best Websites: Genealogy in New England and the Eastern United States Premium
Bring good fortune to your family history search with our 13th annual collection of the 101 Best Websites for genealogy.
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