THE 14TH AMENDMENT, THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION, AND GENEALOGY We’ve heard much lately about the 14th amendment and the barring of insurrection officers from serving in the government. It made me take another look at my southern ancestors whose attempts to rejoin the United States as citizens in good standing were...
HOW MANY TIMES WAS THE VICE PRESIDENCY VACANT? The Society of Presidential Descendants Panel highlighted that there were long periods when we had no Vice President since both Taft and Truman inherited the Presidency. The vice presidency has been vacant 18 times, totaling 38 years. The occurrence was due to the...
GENEALOGISTS VISITED THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS MUSEUM NEW YORK – February 25, 1983- Tennessee Williams' younger brother said Friday he believed the famed playwright had returned to a life of drugs just months before he died. Reached by telephone in Collinsville, Ill., shortly after his brother died in a Manhattan hotel suite, Dakin...
AMAZING: THE SOCIETY OF PRESIDENTIAL DESCENDANTS This past week, we had the opportunity to watch a panel of Presidential Descendants at the Truman Little White House in Key West. Left to Right above are Kurt Graham, Moderator and Director of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum; Clifton Daniel, Harry Truman's...
ANCESTORS- DURING WWI, A GERMAN OFFICER TRIES TO BLOW UP A BRIDGE AT THE U.S.-CANADIAN BORDER AND IS SENTENCED TO ONLY 30 DAYS IN JAIL Ancestors ask about the railroad bridge over the St Croix River between Vanceboro, Maine and McAdam, New Brunswick, was an essential link on the Grand Trunk...
THE SUTTON-TAYLOR FEUD AND YOUR GENEALOGY The Sutton–Taylor feud arose from a growing animosity between the Texas Taylor family—headed by Pitkin Taylor, the brother of Creed Taylor (a Texas Ranger)—and local lawman William E. Sutton, who moved to DeWitt along with his mother when she married a man named William McDonald....
MY UNCLE, A DEVELOPER, AND A HOBBY GENLEALOGIST TOLD ME THAT, GENERALLY, THE NORTHWEST PART OF CITIES WAS THE NICEST He said that was because the prevailing winds blow from northwest to southeast in North America, barring barriers like mountains. So, the bad smells of the affluent and the less all...
ANCESTORS OF THE WHITE HOUSE BABY Esther Cleveland was born on September 9, 1893, in the White House, to the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, and First Lady Frances Folsom. She remains the only child of a president to have been born there and was nicknamed "the White House...
Genealogy tests have become an increasingly popular tool for people seeking to uncover their family history and ancestral origins. These tests analyze your DNA to provide insights into your ethnic makeup and possible familial connections. However, there are also a number of doubts regarding ancestry DNA test accuracy. Here at...
WHY TEXAS HAS A SUNSET RED OR PINK COLORED STATE CAPITOL Our ancestors might know, but we decided it was time to visit the capitol of our adopted state to get the answer. Construction of the Italian Renaissance Revival–style capitol was funded by an article of the state constitution, adopted on February...
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