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ANCESTRY- WILLIAM COOPER, DANIEL BOONE, AND SIR ALEX Years ago, while researching one of our clients’ ancestors, I came across his sixth great-grandfather, William Cooper. I reported on that in 2021. Included below are some recently discovered excerpts documented by a Scotsman. William was an Indian Trader who lived amongst the...

Genealogy isn’t just about building family trees; it’s about uncovering stories that connect generations. When you hire a professional genealogist, you’re entrusting them with your family’s secrets, historical records, and sometimes even DNA results. That’s why ethics are so important in genealogy-for-hire services. In this article, we’ll cover the basics...

GENEALOGIST- WHAT'S THE REAL STORY? More on Addison Smith, whom we covered in the last edition. According to family legend, Addison was a graduate of West Point and a member of a surveying team that mapped the route of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Northwest. Like many legends, this one...

Are you interested in exploring your family history and understanding your roots? Hiring a genealogist can make a huge difference in your genealogy research. They bring the skills and tools needed to solve mysteries, piece together puzzles, and bring your ancestry project to life. However, choosing the right genealogist to...

GENEALOGY- DID GRANDPA INVENT THE POTATO CHIP? In a couple of recent editions, we covered the legends surrounding Tom Smith. His father, John Addison Smith IV, had his own amazing stories that I discovered while working on their genealogy. According to legend, Addison was a dreamer, a gambler, and an inventor. It...

ANCESTORS- YOUR 3X GREAT UNCLE DIES, AND HE'S REPLACED BY A LINCOLN CONSPIRATOR Suppose you were planning to visit Dry Tortugas National Park and were interested in whether you would come across headstones, gravestones, markers, or cenotaphs. In that case, this is the response you would get from AI: The only...

ANCESTRY- THE SOCIETY OF PRESIDENTIAL DESCENDANTS GATHER AGAIN A year ago, we attended a panel of the Society of Presidential Descendants on President’s Day weekend at the Truman Little White House- 2024 Society of Presidential Descendants We enjoyed it enough to go again this year. In addition to the descendants of Truman,...

GENEALOGIST- THE ANABAPTIST PRESIDENTS In our last edition, we discussed Anabaptist beliefs and our visit to the Behalt Anabaptists Now, we will visit which presidents were raised as Anabaptists and how their early spiritual lives may have influenced them. There were three presidents all Republican from Hoover through Nixon, and their terms...

GENEALOGY- WITH THE SUPER BOWL COMING, WE WONDERED WHICH PRESIDENTS HAD PLAYED FOOTBALL? Dwight D. Eisenhower (Army): Before he went on to his military career and then the Presidency, Ike served as both a running back and linebacker in the Army, starting on both sides of the ball. Dwight Eisenhower said,...

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