Genealogy - What It All Be Like

Blog Starting Roots – Brian DeGraaf finally sets up a blog! Guide “National Archives,” by Rick Crume – This guide was published in the September 2009 edition of Family Tree Magazine . It’s a very helpful guide to using the National Archives’ website more efficiently. Website In The First Person – An index to letters, diaries, oral histories, and personal narratives. Website Ancestral Atlas – A new website that allows you to map your family history and meet other genea

Aube /Aubin / Saintonge, Louis| Madeleine Buy dit Lavergne November 27th, 1698 Aube / Hobbe, Francoise | Michel Roy dit Chatelleraul October 8th, 1668 Related Posts: Evelyn in Montreal (Archives): Aube m. Lapointe – Quebec to Lewiston, Maine Portal – French-Canadian Pioneers Evelyn in Montreal – Portal

It has been a frustrating week for me. After returning from the Southern Ca. Genealogy Jamboree, in Burbank, I had planned to Blog the heck about it on my other blog, then spend this weekend doing some cycling. Didn't work out that way. Computer issues have kept me home pecking slowly away at my Genealogy blogging while waiting for a back-up hard drive, and still to come help from tech support to fix my issues. In the mean time, I get comments. ;-D This one in response to a post I did,

Writing about this next innovation has been on my backlog for many months (at least 3). In a previous innovator award, I spotlighted one of the first genealogy software packages to support source citation templates following those found in Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace by Elizabeth Shown Mills. These templates help the beginning and professional genealogist to accurately cite sources as part of their effort to do professional-quality work. As earl

I wanted to post my list of Revolutionary War soldiers in order to honor them for their service: * Martin Carringer (1758-1835) of Mercer County PA (RevWar Pension file) * Jacob Philip Row (1752-1817) of Hunterdon County NJ (RevWar Pension File) * Peter Putman (1760-1835) of Hunterdson County NJ and Yates County NY (RevWar Pension file) * Stephen Feather (17??-1804) of Middlesex County NJ and Westmoreland County PA * Rudolf Spengler (1738-1811) of York County PA *

Eleven score and thirteen years ago our forefathers brought forth a new country...it's our BIRTHDAY!! What a magnificent work that Thomas Jefferson penned ... see the text here. And the Trumbull painting of the signing... Thank you, gentlemen. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Freedom is so precious. May our leaders be wise enough to preserve it, and may our citizens be brave enough to defend it. For the Seaver folks in Chula Vista, today will be a day in the sun.

"Rahab and the Two Spies", by Julius Schnorr von CarolsfeldESV Study Bible DevotionsI found the story of Rahab surprising in many respects:I wonder why God chose to use a prostitute here. Furthermore, why did he bother to tell us of her profession?Earlier God told Moses that none of the Canaanites were to be spared. Yet Rahab is to be spared.Rahab tells a lie to conceal the spies.I wonder what transpired between God and Rahab prior to our view?Most interestingly Rahab is mentioned in the genea

This appears to be a dues receipt for my great-granduncle, James Norton GARRISON. Looks like he belonged to the Knights of Pythias . Copyright © 2009. All rights reserved.

by Tony Stark According to Crime in the United States by the Department of Justice, the Rate of Arrests nationwide was almost 5% and thats not even taking into account arrests resulting from traffic violations. Thats an increase across the board for all major categories of violation such as violent, property and drugs, from the year before and bodes very poorly for 2007, the current year and beyond. An arrest can be viewed as the immediate containment of an unlawful act with its judicial di

Noted author to present African American Genealogy Workshop at the Tennessee State Library Archives. Free event is open to public. Early reservations are encouraged due to limited seating. John F. Baker Jr., award-winning author The Tennessee State Library and Archives will play host to an African American Genealogy Workshop presented by award-winning author John F. Baker. The one-day workshop will be held on Saturday, July 25, from 9 AM until 10:30 AM. The TSLA is located at 403 Sev