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09/06/2024

With Outback Family History – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

09/06/2024

With Old North Church & Historic Site – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

06/06/2024

Tyranny is never extinguished; it rears its ugly head when not guarded against.

Now WE have the watch!

Remember with grateful hearts D-Day.

06/06/2024

With Native Pride – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

06/06/2024

With Society of Genealogists – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

06/06/2024

With HGS Hampshire Genealogical Society's Family History Page – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

31/05/2024

With Friends of Lebanon Cemetery – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

31/05/2024

With NYC AIDS Memorial – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

31/05/2024

With Findmypast – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

30/05/2024

With Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

29/05/2024

Yesterday was . To mark the occasion, we remember the lives of those who are no longer with us but continue to shape us into the individuals we are today. We honour them through our genealogy research.

Which ancestors would you like to celebrate? 🕊️✨

28/05/2024

Boldly inspiring the future!

Monday blues? Not when there's a new genealogical gem waiting for you! Tune in for our weekly quote and let's embark on an adventure through time together. ⏳

28/05/2024

A bit of humor...

27/05/2024

The impact of remembrance...

Tomorrow is Memorial Day, the day Americans have honored since 1868, when we mourn those military personnel who have died in the service of the country—that is, for the rest of us. For me, one of those people is Beau Bryant. When we were growing up, we hung out at one particular house where a frie...

26/05/2024

We at GSSI all wish you a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. Please don’t forget those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. Remember what the true meaning of Memorial Day is all about.

25/05/2024

Heroes never die - they live on in our memories and stories!! Hope all have a happy Memorial Day weekend!!

25/05/2024

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Lebanon Cemetery in North York is an example of how historic Black cemeteries can be saved through grassroots efforts.

22/05/2024

With North End Historical Society of Boston, MA – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

22/05/2024

With Great Plains Black History Museum – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

22/05/2024

With Robin R. Foster – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

18/05/2024

16/05/2024

Peek Into The Past serves as a bridge between the past and the present, offering a repository for personal and historical narratives.

12/05/2024

"Mothers’ Day was not designed to encourage people to be nice to their mothers. It was part of women’s effort to gain power to change society."

If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet will tell you that Mother’s Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother. But “Mothers’ Day”—with the apostrophe not in the singular spot, but in the plural—actually started in the 1870s, when the sheer enormity ...

19/04/2024

With Perry Daily Journal – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

12/04/2024

With New Zealand Society of Genealogists – Peek Into The Past just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

10/04/2024

Rise and shine, genealogy enthusiasts! Our weekly quote is here to brighten your Monday and set the tone for a week filled with fascinating discoveries. Let's make history together! 🌞

09/04/2024

Today, on National Prisoner of War Day, we honor and remember the resilience and bravery of all POWs. Do you have ancestors who were prisoners of war? Share their stories of courage and survival with us. Let's pay tribute together. 🕊️✨

08/04/2024

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Our surnames, and those of the families who connect to us, may be considered by some to be really interesting, and others as not so, but they are a connection to our ancestors.

How many surnames have connected with ours for us to exist today?
Have the spellings of our surname changed over the years?

Where did our surname originate?
No obligation family history research is a way of finding out what information exists about the surnames that connect to you, but where if, for any reason at all, you’re not satisfied with the information found, it’s deleted and there’s no cost at all for the research time.

I’m always very happy to answer any questions, and especially concers regarding how no obligation research works.

Best wishes

Paul (No Obligation Family History Research)

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08/04/2024

On this day, April 7th, in Black History

In 1885, one of the leading inventors of the 19th century and early 20th century, Granville T. Woods, patented an apparatus for the transmission of messages by using electricity.

Woods was often described as the "Black" Edison. Actually, he won twice in court defending his inventions from claims by Thomas Edison. Woods patented more than 50 inventions including the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, which enabled communications between train stations from moving trains. This system completely changed the operation of the railway system; saving perhaps thousands of lives by allowing trains to communicate with each other while moving on the rails. Woods sold his telegraphony invention, which was a system in which a telegraph station could use a single wire to send messages by voice, and the telegraph to the American Bell Telephone Company. He sold many of his inventions to General Electric, American Engineering, and Westinghouse. Woods was born on April 23, 1856, in Columbus, Ohio, and died on January 30, 1910, in New York City at age 53. (Black History Today, 2023)

24/02/2024

AARP speaks of the importance of preserving stories. In this article, several approaches are addressed. Peek Into The Past is perfectly positioned to help you meet AARP's advice. We make it simple.

It’s hard to overstate the value of stories. There are many ways you can capture facts, moments and revelations, both for your family and for history.