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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.
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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Let Dancestors help you prepare for your next family reunion by capturing all of those pictures, stories, and historical documents for easy sharing at the gathering.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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
There is a lot of debate about the causes of death nowadays.
Take a look at the above death certificate from 1967. The immediate cause of death was a ruptured ulcer and the resulting infection. However, the person already had pancreatic cancer, and they fractured their Ilium (hip) when they fell out of bed. They died 12 days after falling out of bed.
Without getting into politics, some doctors are saying that hospital administrators are pressuring them to declare COVID-19 as the cause of death, due to reimbursement policies. My understanding is that COVID-19 is not usually the immediate cause of death,...
Have people ever lied to the census takers?
While researching a client's ancestry, I came across a Jennie May Morrison, who on April 6, 1940, was recorded as living with her two daughters, declaring herself to be a married woman, but there is no husband listed. 6 days later, she appeared again in the census as the wife of Paul Morrison, with two different daughters. How could that be?
The second set of daughters were the children of Paul and another wife named Irma Fisher. Irma posed as Jennie May in the census, so that Paul couldn't be accused of being...
Are you in the hunt?
Can Dancestors help you discover your family's legacy? Now is a good as time as ever to take a look at what you've done or not done, to help your family have a sense of belonging to a bigger story. Let Dancestors help you discover your story! Reach out to me @ 214-914-3598
Ever hear of the King's Daughters?
In the years of French Canada, there was a shortage of women to help tame the beastly qualities of men, and the men were taking up with Indian women, so the King decided to round up young girls either...
