How Capicola Became Gabagool: The Italian New Jersey Accent, Explained – “For whatever reason, foods and curse words linger longer in a disrupted language…If you can’t eat them or yell them, foreign words don’t often stick around.”

Blue Jays make big league history in Buffalo, even if few see it – Did a bit of sleuthing with my friend Sean Kirst again. Fun baseball tale!

Genealogy mask of the day #1: I want 1890 back!

Genealogy mask of the day #2: Ellis Island

Genealogy mask of the day #3: Humorous Headstones

Genealogy mask of the day #4: Chromosomes

Genealogy mask of the day #5: Ancestors

Genealogy mask of the day #6: History Has Its Eyes On Us

Photo Credit:New York’s Little Italy, c. 1900–10. Library of Congress/LC-D418-9351