I've had a War Ration Book in my collection awaiting return for quite some time. The Ration Book , issued during the final phases of...

Tucked into the folds of a century of history, a 1924 high school diploma  from Wyomissing High School  has emerged—weathered by time,...

A piece of Tennessee’s educational past recently surfaced: a 1914 Certificate of Promotion  from Buffalo School No. 16, District No. 9 in...

We recently found a piece of New England history: a beautifully preserved 1931 Certificate of Promotion to High School , awarded to...

Tucked inside a timeworn photo album are a handful of unmarked black-and-white photographs—each one quietly holding onto a story. There...

A Rare Find: A Postcard Album from the Early 1900s Every so often, we come across something truly special—an unexpected window into the...

Genealogy often leads to unexpected discoveries, and that’s exactly what happened when I came across an old photograph from 1876 of...

Margaret Farris Farr was a woman of about 32 years old when the Chickamauga Dam was being built to control flooding in Harrison County,...

When I acquired two mortgage documents from 1900 and 1901, I had no idea what a Chattel Mortgage was. Naturally, I had to do some...