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University of Alabama Campus Quad (65 Photo Tour)

Come take a tour of the University of Alabama Campus Quad with 65 photos I took while there! The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa is a campus that is not only renown for its athletics, but also its old-world, colonial architecture. The oldest and most beautiful buildings were constructed of

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“The Origins of the Anglo Saxons” by Jean Manco [Book Review]

“The Origins of the Anglo-Saxons” by Jean Manco is how every book should be written: with preeminent scholarship and exquisite maps and supporting images. This masterpiece was compiled vis-à-vis Mary Hollingworth’s “The Medici Family” or Christopher De Hamel’s “Remarkable Manuscripts” and is a trend in publishing I hope to see

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An Ode To Saint Patrick’s Day (Saint Paddy’s Day)

Saint Patrick’s Day, or Saint Paddy’s Day, is an Irish holiday intended to honor the greatest of Ireland’s saints, Saint Patrick, who was neither a saint nor Irish. Putting aside the historical and cultural irony for now, the importance of St. Patrick has morphed from a 1500 year old symbol

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Destination Lithuanian America Aims For 100% Documentation

Quite simply, Destination Lithuanian America is a massive project which aims to eventually document 100% of the Lithuanian sites that exist in the United States. You might be tempted to think that’s an easy task, but no, the Destination Lithuanian America project (aka “Tikslas – Amerika” in Lithuanian) has documented

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100 Photos of Manasco Cemetery in Alabama

Manasco Cemetery is located in Walker County, Alabama, tucked away in the beautiful countryside surrounding Townley. Townley sits west of Jasper, northeast of Fayette and surrounded by other small towns such as Carbon Hill, Glen Allen, Berry, and even the eponymous Manasco, one of Alabama’s many ghost towns. Manasco Cemetery

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The Shiny Object Syndrome in Genealogy and How to Cure it

Put simply, the “shiny object syndrome” is about distractions and fractions. It’s where you encounter distractions and only accomplish a fraction of what you should have. Sadly, only a fraction of your potential. Shiny Object Syndrome, as its name denotes, is the loss of focus in being distracted not by

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General Manasco: The Obituary of Gen. John Manasco of Alabama

This is the obituary of General Manasco, aka., General John Manasco of Alabama. It is not my telling but is my transcription of a newspaper article that was published on March 27th, 1895 and again republished on February 15th, 1922, both in the “Mountain Eagle,” a local newspaper in Jasper,

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