Old age isn’t a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too – Familiar territory for genealogists: “What some people don’t realize is that low life expectancy at birth for any population usually reflects very high rates of infant mortality.”

The Tombstone House – I mean, at least they left the top halves. 😬

The Awkward 17th-Century Dating Practice That Saw Teens Get Bundled Into Bags – People tend to think of our ancestors as being prudish, but really, they were a lot like us. “one in 10 of every first child born in colonial America was born eight months after marriage”

Happy Little Search Tools – Playing with cool search toys developed by Tara Calishain and wanted to share with my fellow genies! For instance, I used “Time-Sliced News Search” to see how topics ranging from homework (folks have been griping about it since 1909😆) to genetic genealogy have been viewed over time.

Would love it if y’all would experiment with them and share interesting applications & results

Photo Credit: Mani Babbar Photography under Creative Commons license