All things related to Genealogy and Family History
One of the coolest things I’ve ever come across while doing genealogy was to discover that my 4th great-grandfather founded his own town in 1879 – Manasco, Alabama – which is now a ghost town! It’s not just a ghost town because I said it is, it’s on a historic […]
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There is a vein of political truth that begins in the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee and runs all the way down to Northern Alabama – specifically Walker, Winston, and Fayette Counties. This narrative is about the ideological connection between General Andrew Jackson and the Manasco families of Alabama and their
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Not sure what to get this holiday season? Give books for Christmas! Here are 5 reasons why a book is better than some random trinket or desultory addition to someone else’s clutter pile. As corny as it sounds: give the gift of reading this Christmas, for Christmas’ sake. 1. Promote
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Ancestry DNA Traits is the latest offering by Ancestry.com that allows its users to peer into the genetic looking glass in ever more personalized ways. With Ancestry DNA Traits one gets a very personalized tour of ones own genes in terms of specific inherited traits such as cilantro aversion, iris
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The Ancestry Matches Map is still in its beta form; however, once it is in full production will revolutionize genealogical research. This is the wave of the future! I’ve been preaching this for some time now and even wrote an article addressing the need for some type of geolocation feature
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The Ancestry compare tool for shared DNA matches is brand new and another cool upgrade in a slew of new tools available on Ancestry.com. Just the latest in a string of upgrades and innovations, this Ancestry compare tool allows users to cross reference the amount of DNA cMs (centiMorgans) they
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This is one of the coolest things to hit the genealogy market since Ancestry opened its online doors in 1996. If you love music, then you’re going to love this new Your “Heritage Playlist” where Ancestry has partnered with music-giant Spotify to produce what Ancestry is phrasing “the unique sound
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The Arjalon Price House is a bit of American colonial history that is associated with the James Madison Museum of Orange, Virginia. It is one of the few remaining pre-Revolutionary War structures that is built in the old colonial style, it is often referred to as a ‘cube house.’ It
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Ancestry is the toast of the internet right now with its updated ethnicity estimates. This is just what the DNA company needed as its market shares were sliding in competition with others who were offering higher resolution and increased accuracy as far as “ethnicity estimates” are concerned. For one, Ancestry’s
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This summer I spent 3 weeks in Virginia along with my cousin on a genealogical research trip and one of the highlights was Jamestown! What an awe-inspiring place! As a historian and genealogy buff, I went in there with an absolute sense of reverence for the place as it is, in
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Ask me why I flew 5,000 miles to get a library card? The Library of Virginia just added a whole slew of new online databases for patrons to research digitally via their website, the only catch: you MUST have a LIBRARY CARD to be able to access them! This was
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Did you know there is a James Madison Museum in addition to the James Madison home Montpelier? Well, there is and it’s a gem of a place to visit! The James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage (its formal name) is just 5 miles away from the historic home of
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I visited Virginia in July 2018 and let me tell you that not only is Virginia for lovers but it’s also full of books, good history, good food, and good people. I traveled the state from the north in Manassas, to the Northern Neck tidewater area, around Tappahannock, over to
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James Madison’s Montpelier was the home of James Madison, 4th President of the United States. The grounds of his famous residence are located near Orange, Virginia about 45 minutes northeast of Charlottesville. Although route 20 gets you there quicker, I found that taking the 22/231 up through Gordonsville is a
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Here are 5 genealogy research mistakes (common greenhorn goofs) that you should avoid at all costs. These are rookie errors that less-than-careless novice genealogists often make, they are logical traps that are easily avoided by simple persistence and brain power! As you know genealogy is much more than NAMES and
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