The Library of Virginia, like many similar institutions, has seen a large uptick in genealogical researchers interested in tracing their lines to Black families before…
Kevin ShupeJuly 15, 2024
Nineteenth-century newspapers were often filled with tales of fraud. Stories of credit scams, dubious identities, duplicitous lovers, and a myriad of other reported confidence schemes…
Kevin ShupeDecember 15, 2021
Today we bring you a story in recognition of Census Day, April 1. Learn more about the 2020 United States Census (and submit your response!),…
Kevin ShupeApril 1, 2020
In 1871 Massachusetts-born Edward Daniels became the editor of the state’s flagship Republican newspaper, the Daily State Journal. He had moved to Virginia just three…
Kevin ShupeOctober 24, 2018
