Author: Dan

17 Oct

Posted at 15:09h in Newsletter

We can help you clear out a couple of those old boxes and preserve your family's history vs. have it end up in a dumpster. Click on the red button below, reach out to Dancestors Genealogy @ 214-914-3598, or and let us preserve your legacy.   Was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson essentially our first female president? Many historians suggest that, six months after President Woodrow Wilson suffered from the Spanish Flu (mentioned in our last edition), he had a paralyzing stroke. For the rest of his term, all presidential business was conducted through her. She later described her status as one of...

04 Oct

Posted at 20:29h in Newsletter

Do not wait for your family's stories to disappear! Click on the red button below, reach out to Dancestors Genealogy @ 214-914-3598, or and let us preserve your legacy.   The President was sick with the deadly Spanish Flu. The news was kept secret. When President Woodrow Wilson got the Spanish Flu while in Europe for peace talks, did his illness and its impact affect his fortitude and pave the way for World War II? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-when-woodrow-wilson-came-down-1918-flu-180975972/ Did people marry their 1st cousins? This article was from 1901, but earlier, yes, close family marriages did occur. Why? There were several reasons. Families tended to move west...

29 Aug

Posted at 13:51h in Newsletter

Cartoons, the Kaiser sending over U-boats full of germs. Some news from 1918. If you are curious about what your family was up to in 1918, reach out to Dancestors by clicking on the red button below.   3rd cousin twice removed? Hopefully, this will help you better understand who is who at the family reunion! At the reunion, did you come across any odd names? We often come across some interesting names. Below you can see why you don't let an unhappy Grandpa give the census taker the name of his two-month-old grandson. The next picture is a death certificate. Check out the father's name.   ...

15 Aug

Posted at 15:46h in Newsletter

What about our summer of 2020 Family Reunion? This picture from the early 1900s was of my ancestor, Ephraim Bowen's descendants. Indeed, the pandemic has taken a toll on large gatherings. Here is one family's story: "Her family reunion feels unsafe. But her 98-year-old grandma wants her there. Denise Rowe voted against holding the reunion during the pandemic, upsetting her grandmother. They are one of many families at odds over big gatherings." Read in The Washington Post: https://apple.news/AmBNLETH5R0afofIIuq6ggw Let Dancestors help you prepare for your next family reunion by capturing all of those pictures, stories, and historical documents for easy sharing at the gathering. Click the red...

09 Aug

Posted at 14:52h in Newsletter

An ancestor and a descendant similarly attired 200 years apart. This image of Thomas Jefferson, alongside his Black great-grandson, Shannon LaNier, who is a TV host in Houston, holds 'a mirror' to America. This photo appears in Smithsonian Magazine alongside his direct ancestor, Thomas Jefferson. Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/AE9ZJ3qW2TuSuQhD0-mywzw. Let Dancestors find your 200 years ago ancestor, and see how you size up side-by-side! Just click on the red button below.   I see posts on social media about Irish slaves. Was there such a thing? History tells us that people of all races have been taken against their will and forced to do things...

18 Jul

Posted at 21:03h in Newsletter

Some Americans chose not to wear masks during the 1918 pandemic. That hotbed of conservatism, known as San Francisco, was the home of the Anti-Mask League. Read in The Hill: https://apple.news/AHmPA5ysQTkawWQn8QXsA3g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Mask_League_of_San_Francisco The Supreme Court ruled that most of Eastern Oklahoma fall within the Creek Indian Reservation. Coincidentally, my mom was cleaning out some old files and found my grandfather's deed to his Oklahoma property, and the Creek tribe sold the land to the original deed holders in 1852, so the heirs and modern-day landowners are not at risk of their land ending up in a court battle. Their deed was signed by Millard Fillmore,...

11 Jul

Posted at 12:44h in Newsletter

  How a Lincoln-Douglass debate led to a historic discovery. The last article in the newsletter shows you the type of detail that Dancestors' exhaustive research can reveal! Two history professors’ text-message debate led to the discovery of a long-forgotten letter showing how Frederick Douglass felt about a statue of Abraham Lincoln and a slave that’s now under national scrutiny. Read in The Wall Street Journal: https://apple.news/ARVwTIkiqRc2f7_ERmZ16LA   What if your ancestor was a Confederate General? Why the descendants of Confederate generals are happy to see their names go away. As the Senate prepares to debate renaming military bases, we called living family members of the generals. Click...

04 Jul

Posted at 10:40h in Newsletter

Happy Independence Day!   History Does Repeat Itself! The 4th of July and the pulling down of objectionable statues in protest have coincided before! The Declaration had thrust all blame onto the king, and its public proclamation set off an open, symbolic murder, and funeral, for the king—an inversion of a King's Birthday celebration. People in New York City tore down the equestrian statue of George III and hacked it to pieces. A legend was that metal bits from the figure became bullets. In other places, the crowds burned and cut at the monarch's picture and royal arms. You can read more here: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/invention-fourth-july You can find...

05 Jun

Posted at 15:11h in Newsletter

The well-known quote- "Death steals everything except our stories"- Jim Harrison. The lesser-known quote- "Those remarkable stories slip away quickly if you do not take steps to preserve them"- Dancestors. You can find tremendous fulfillment in capturing your family's stories. Let's ensure your family's legacy isn't lost. Reach out to Dan at 214-914-3598 or . We can create a beautiful heirloom book for your family to enjoy together!   Will your DNA contribute to the cure for COVID? Armed with massive data pools, genealogy companies Ancestry, 23andMe begin COVID-19 research. With 16 million people who've already spit in vials and sent them to Ancestry for genetic...

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