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Happy belated Valentine's Day! Above is an advertisement from 1750 London (in those days the letter "s" was written as "f"). If you would like to know if this is how your ancestors got married, click on the red button below and let Dancestors get the answer!
DNA is big business. In December 2020, Blackstone purchased Ancestry.com. Now, 23andme (which interestingly was co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, the spouse of Google co-founder Sergey Brin) is going public by merging with Richard's company Branson. Maybe they will become Virgin DNA?
Does gaining the knowledge of our DNA and our ancestry give us the proper...
In Britain, impeachment was more the norm than the exception.
You can read above the notice regarding Robert, the Earl of Oxford's (pictured to the right) 1717 trial. Every time there was a change in who was King, or who were the trusted government officials, the prior administrators were at a minimum put into the Tower of London for a while (Oxford served a couple of years), at a maximum they were put to death, If you saw your power waning it was a good time to go abroad, meanwhile all of your estates would be distributed to the new "favourites."...
The article above is about George Washington's 1789 inauguration, our nation's first. Certainly a different military presence.
I just got a note from Ancestry.com telling me that I have built 76 family trees, placed 108,000 family members and ancestors into those trees, attached 110,000 records, and uploaded 15,000 photos. Other than my own tree that is all since 2015. Contact me and let's get started on your tree, and we can set some Guinness records together!
You can use Dancestors Genealogy to find out more about your ancestors, or you can buy a Tesla and drive it into the graveyard.
https://youtu.be/gYGS-FJq3vg
I spend a...
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM DANCESTORS!
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The clip below was printed in Dublin, Ireland, on December 31, 1776
Back in 1909, they did not worry about tire tracks, footprints, and DNA. They could get you with a good set of hoofprints!
Do not worry about those tracks on your roof. They are Santa's Reindeer tracks.
In 1867, there was fake news and challenges to presidential authority.
Likely in another 150 years, there will be someone like me pointing out how politics had not changed that much since way back in 2020...
As this 1829 wanted ad shows, you could get a $572 reward from the Territorial Governor and the respectable and responsible townspeople if you could catch John Smith!
Since everyone has a John Smith in their family tree, let Dancestors find out if this is your John Smith!
SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE COULD A WOMAN GIVE BIRTH TO HER GREAT AUNT OR UNCLE?
Frozen embryos of the 1990s are now being implanted in today's mothers. The embryo is the age of the mother's aunts and uncles. This could make for some interesting family trees!
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/science/tennessee-embryo-donate.html?
OR COULD THERE BE EMBRYOS FROM THE...
HOW PURE WERE THOSE PURITANS? As we have covered in other stories, there was plenty of impure behavior. You can read about it in the links below.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-11-28-0211280291-story.html
https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/When-those-Puritans-weren-t-so-very-pure-2745842.php
If you would like to know if your Puritan ancestors made the naughty or nice list reach out to Dancestors by clicking on the red button below, reach out to Dancestors Genealogy @ 214-914-3598, or and let us preserve your legacy.
HOW LONG HAVE BLACK FRIDAY SALES BEEN AROUND?
The ads above and below come from the 1880's much earlier than most sources give for the origination of the term.
WHEN WAS THE FIRST THANKSGIVING RECORDED...
I liked this Halloween costume. Some people will look at this and see a scary playoff bracket, but some like me might see it as the Zombie Family Tree. Let Dancestors find out if you have any alleged Zombies, Vampires, Ninjas, or Pirates in your family tree.
With two daughters that grew up on "The Real Housewives" drama, I should probably do a series on "The Real Housewives in the Family Tree." Let Dancestors check out your family tree and see if your great-grandma married her step-grandfather!
https://people.com/tv/real-housewives-salt-lake-city
When telling the grandkids about their witch ancestry, I ended up finding a song about their...
Do you want to find out if your ancestry is frightening? We can find out which part of Transylvania your ancestors came from. Click on the red button below, reach out to Dancestors Genealogy @ 214-914-3598, or and let us preserve your legacy.
Days of the Dead is by far the favorite holiday amongst those in the grave!
Read our blog on Days of the Dead;
https://dancestorsgenealogy.com/explained/days-of-the-dead/
Here is the oldest article I could find referencing Halloween. The article appeared in a London paper in 1799 and referred to a new splendid Scotch spectacle, the New Royal Circus, and Mrs. Ratcliff's celebrated Highland...
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...
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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...
