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GENEALOGIST- THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. This strike finally ended 52 days later,...

GENEALOGIST FOR HIRE- THE HAPPIEST AND LEAST HAPPY STATES IN AMERICA! I get Utah, being the happiest state for the reasons they mentioned above. Vermont is the chill part of the Northeast. Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska have those good old-fashioned midwestern values. Colorado and Wyoming have the "outdoorsyness" of Utah. In the...

FAMILY HISTORY- SANTA CLAUS' TOMB HAS BEEN DISCOVERED- AND YOU CAN VISIT- Archaeologists claim to have found the grave of Saint Nicholas beneath a church in Turkey Kids, don’t let anyone tell you Santa Claus isn’t real. Or, more accurately, that he wasn’t real. When we’re talking about Santa Claus, we are,...

FIND MY ANCESTORS THE DANISH QUEEN LOOKS TO NORMALIZE THE LIFE OF ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS NOT LIKELY TO INHERIT THE THRONE The The Queen of Denmark has stripped some royal titles from four of her grandchildren, in a move criticised by her youngest son. Queen Margrethe II has two sons: Crown Prince...

HIRE A GENEALOGIST- QUEEN ELIZABETH NOT ONLY HAD LONG LINES WAITING TO SEE HER AT REST BUT ALSO WHEN SHE WAS A BABY Genealogists say the picture above is with her Grandmother Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was...

FAMILY TREE- PRETTY SURE THIS WAS JOE BLOW'S BROTHER! AND MORE ON FORGERY The article below shows what they did in the 1730s with forgers. What will happen to the forger in the latest case with Naomi Judd? Read here: https://meaww.com/naomi-judd-will-questioned-handwriting-expert-traced-signature-initials?fs=e&s=cl#l6pp8teuj8i1quh36mo   FAMILY TREE- I WONDER IF THE PRODUCERS OF HOUSE OF DRAGONS AND GAME...

GENEALOGIST FOR HIRE KING FREDERICK III OF DENMARK AND OTHER SCANDINAVIAN FASHION SURPRISES I came across the story of an early Scandinavian naval crew aboard the Swedish Man-of-War Kronan. The forces were entirely male, and no women were allowed on board ships engaged in warfare. As a result, traditional women's chores...

GENEALOGY- IN CASE YOU EVER WANT TO BE A TRAINRIDER HERE ARE SOME TIPS! While on a recent trip up to the border of Montana and Idaho, I met a “trainrider”. He and three of his train riding buddies now worked at a mountain café. He shared tales that reminded me...

ANCESTRY TREE! THE FIRST BIG CASE FOR THE SECRET SERVICE INVOLVED THE GERMAN NAVY LANDING 85,000 TROOPS IN NEW JERSEY TO SURROUND NEW YORK CITY During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson directed the Secretary of the Treasury to have the Secret Service investigate possible espionage inside the United States. He...

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