History Archives - Family Tree Video

1920s Chicago Movie, Color and Sound Added

Travel back in time with thie momvie of 1920s Chicago. Michigan Avenue. The Chicago River. Grant Park. Color and sound have been added.

See 5 great Gifts for Grandpa! From a framed childhood photo to capturing his life story in a Legacy Video! Family Gifts.

Travel back in time. See immigrants disembarking in this 1903 Ellis Island film by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.. American History.

Remembering my grandmother, who lived through WWI & WWII, Women’s Suffrage, Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, and The Great Depression.

Grandparents Day comes on the first Sunday after Labor Day. See the history of Grandparents Day. Celebrating Grandparents!

Heat Wave! How did our Grandparents stay cool before air conditioning? See tips from those who experienced it first-hand.

Labor Day is a holiday in September for family cookouts & college football. But what is the history of Labor Day in the US?

Discover the difference between the Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Tintype and a Cabinet Card so you can date your old family photos!

Travel back in time. See footage of Chicago in the 1930s. Elevated trains, street cars, the Loop, State Street, Michigan Avenue and more.

Remember when the milkman delivered milk in glass bottles, the mail carrier brought handwritten letters and gas station attendants pumped gas?