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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
Cartoons, the Kaiser sending over U-boats full of germs. Some news from 1918.
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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.
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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...
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.
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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...
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,...
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...
