When I was in third grade my class learned about legends. We learned that legends are stories that are made up to explain why something is the way it is. I remember that with this assignment, I wrote a story about why calico cats are three colors. I no longer can remember my legend’s explanation [...]

I recently posted about the genealogical value of newspapers, and how newspapers can add a lot of life to our ancestors. In my experience, this has been particularly true of newspapers that have been indexed. Instead of just relying on the vital dates about my ancestors to look for applicable articles, I can find any [...]