1934 Chicago newlyweds used their wedding photo for their Christmas card decades before photo Christmas cards were popular.

Unlock Your History launched in 2017! Check out some favorite posts about language history & translating old German, Danish, Swedish.

Save letters! I have a treasure trove of memories downstairs. So began the email from my mother earlier this week.

The largest emigration ports from Germany to the New World were the Hanseatic cities Bremen and Hamburg, Germany’s leading ports even today.

I love scouring old newspapers. I hit the jackpot with Joseph Billman from Erie - German-born and Civil War veteran.

Christine makes the journey across the Atlantic in 1950. Her daughter in Germany worries that her frail mother might not be strong enough.

I noticed that our next published blog would be #60. We've accomplished so much. Translations. Genealogy. Blogs. Presentations.

Why were there piles of Christmas cards from 1960 sent from around the world to a young girl in Virginia?

Sewing, in addition to laundry, used to be a responsibility that almost every woman had. And yet it can be tough to get insights into this p

Figuring out the day of the week that something happened can be important in genealogy. Here are a couple approaches.

Our family has a photo of the framed wedding invitation of my 2nd great aunt and uncle. It's a charmingly simple one. When I first came

One of the early things my father told me when I asked him about his family was that my great-grandmother, Pauline Volkmann, had left her hu

When learning about ancestors who immigrated to the US decades or centuries ago, you get a double challenge. Not only is there the translati

We thought it would be fun to conclude our week celebrating  the magic of handwriting with a light-hearted Christmas note that arrived one F

Eliese Trede, my mother's grandmother, immigrated in 1908, leaving her loving parents on a journey across the Atlantic. This is her 1925

1843 letter in old German handwriting from my 3x great grandfather, to his son telling him to hurry from the army before his mother dies.

I remember being flummoxed by my mom's handwriting. What could it possibly mean? How glad I am that I learned cursive and can now read h

Civil War 1862 Diary: Looking at just the week of August 26 highlights his experiences: rebels attacking, burning railroad bridges, fighting

Day 2 to highlight the Art of Handwriting and your Family through January 23rd, National Handwriting Day. Share a favorite family hand-writt

Post your family handwritten letters to celebrate National Handwriting Day.