I watch the Moonshiners TV show religiously and realized that my ancestors come from the same places as the shiners so I created a map! As a family historian it’s the coolest thing to note that I have a genealogical connection to places near to the Moonshiners TV show personalities such as Tim & Tickle,
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This is the story of Elijah Howton (1832-1884). Historically, the surnames Howton and Houghton are often used interchangeably; and while the origins of the Howton surname is English, my Howton roots in the United States are found exclusively in the South. This is a family history account of my 3rd great-grandfather Elijah Howton, his family
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October 2019 saw new Ancestry ethnicity estimates rolled out. This article will show you how to understand and interpret them with precision. What you most likely have noticed between your past results and your current results are either NEW categories that were not there or OLD categories that have disappeared. There are a lot of
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August 23, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of “The Baltic Way” where over 2 million people held hands across 3 countries spanning 419.7 miles (675.5 km). This event in 1989 directly lead to freedom for the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia which were illegally occupied for over 150 years. How Long Was The
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Castle Garden, aka Castle Clinton, was the very FIRST immigration processing station in the US, which predated even Ellis Island. Your records may be in the Castle Garden Immigration records! Stationed in New York harbor at the very lower tip of Manhattan Island, Castle Garden sits directly across the water from Ellis Island. What makes
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Looking for Abraham Lincoln books? I’ll show you the 4 best, essential Lincoln books without all the hassle of plodding through the literally tens of thousands of Lincoln biographies out there! Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, he was born in 1809 and was infamously shot in April of 1865. Among
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More lives were lost on the Sultana Disaster in 1865 than on the Titanic in 1912, about 278 more. This makes the sinking of the Sultana the worst maritime disaster in US history, the scope and scale of this tragedy needs to be understood. Fortunately, I have cobbled together a list of EVERY source EVER
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A History of the Crusades, 3 Volume Box Set, published by the preeminent Folio Society in 2003, was written by Steven Runciman and is definitely a collector’s item for any serious Crusade scholar and book nerd (#booknerd). You know that you’re a book nerd when you get so excited that you acquired a cloth-bound, historic
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Among the names of the greatest literary minds of all time towers Dr. Samuel Johnson. Not only did he produce thousands of writings, ghost writings, sermons, and literary pieces, he also wrote the Dictionary of the English Language in the 18th century – at a time when such a notion might have even been considered
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This is the book I’ve been waiting for! “Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I” is akin to the perfectly faceted jewel affixed to the perfectly crafted ring: it is mesmerizing from afar yet intricately complex upon microscopic adoration. Author Kelcey Wilson-Lee examines the lives of the children of, in my opinion, England’s
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