On-line genealogy is becoming America’s latest craze [1]. The LDS church’s FamilySearch website contains only a fraction of the information that is available on the Web. People around the world, both members and non-members, have posted family trees and other genealogical information on tens of thousands of websites throughout the Web. Although the genealogical data posted by individuals repres...

The life of Tillie Lewis exemplifies key moments in American food history from the rise of the canning industry to wartime rations to the craze for diet food. Her biography was consciously manipulated and fashioned through the years to make it a quintessential rags-to-riches story. Nonetheless, her accomplishments stand out, marking her as a brilliantly successful woman in an industry dominated...