Lithuania’s long-lost Declaration of Independence is going to be returned back to Lithuania just in time for its Centennial celebration. There is one catch however; the historic national document is set to be LOANED to Lithuania for 5 years by the German government. Although an act of political generosity and […]
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One of the most inspirational stories of 2017/2018 has to be that of the Miraculous Declaration. On the eve of the centennial of Lithuanian Independence, its long-lost declaration of independence is discovered buried deep within a Berlin archive, just in time for the prodigal declaration’s homecoming. Preparations were then set
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In order to truly understand the Lithuanians, one must understand its PEOPLE, FLAG, ETHNO-GEOGRAPHY, and LANGUAGE. You will be surprised and amazed to find out how a country the size of South Carolina can have such an illustrious world history and deep-rooted traditions that stretch back to the very first
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If it wasn’t for the fact that Find A Grave provides an unparalleled service to the genealogical community, their website’s design and functionality would be laughed right off the internet! After 3 months of tinkering with the new ‘purple monster’ here are 4 annoying problems with Find A Grave’s new
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My 2017 reading list: a list of books read in 2017 in bibliographic format. This year had no discernible theme for me, I seemed to have read random books that I found or groups of books based on a common topics but nothing devoted to a single genre as in
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Think medieval history is confusing? There is only 1 author you need to know if you want to get into books on medieval history and you might be surprised to know that they are actually 2 people, the husband and wife team of Frances and Joseph Gies, aka “Gies &
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“Scalia: A Court of One” is like watching The Godfather, once you start you just can’t stop. His is a dark and mysterious world that is illuminated by the sheer legal brilliance of his mind which is radiated outward as a forceful conservative beam giving light to our original constitution.
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“James Madison: A Life Reconsidered” by Lynne Cheney is, simply put, a must read. The author could not have picked a more appropriate title for me with the use of the word “reconsidered” as I was never completely sold on the greatness of President James Madison as a historical figure,
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I think there is something valuable we can learn from our traditional core American values, a mode of thought that seems lost on today’s society and that’s the “hell or high water” attitude in knowing what you want and getting it! Maybe it’s the Texas roots in me but I
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The Grand Ole Opry first broadcasted on this day in 1925, happy birthday Grand Ole Opry! A musical institution for generations, the Opry is a foundry for country and western musicians till this day located in the heart of country music, Nashville, Tennessee. The first broadcast was an hour-long show
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Let’s explore what is bigger, Europe or the USA? Actually what we need to do is factor out our equational question so that we are comparing apples to apples and not apples to oranges. “Europe,” you know, can mean at least 2 different things! The short answer is that continental
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Here’s HOW to move a WordPress site to a new domain with Bluehost and FTP. Things have changed this year so you cannot rely on outdated sites and articles prior to 2017-2018, they are working under currently inoperable assumptions and techniques. For one, WordPress and Bluehost both have new homepage
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The aim of every family historian or genealogist should be to get kids, youth, and young people into family history. You may not think you have a story to tell, but I bet you do! The history of our country and people need to be preserved and the only way
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“The King Arthur Trilogy” by Rosemary Sutcliff will be the BEST King Arthur Book you will ever read. I myself have read a few King Arthur books including: “Sword at Sunset” also by Rosemary Sutcliff; “Le Morte d’ Arthur” by Sir Thomas Mallory; and even “The History of the Kings
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Here’s where to find the millions of records that are offline and not available on Ancestry, Family Search, or any other digital clearinghouse. You literally have to go old school and try your hand at some next-level researching, that is to say, find out where the original repositories of genealogical
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