family tree Tag

09 Apr

Posted at 11:15h in Newsletter

WOW, 109 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE LIVED AND DIED! Dancestors Genealogy has discovered and preserved 131,000 people in our research over the last seven years, so we still have a lot of work to get them all into a family tree! DANCESTORS IS DOING ITS PART TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF GENEALOGISTS AND SPECIFICALLY FORENSIC GENEALOGISTS Christy Walton and I recently had the opportunity to present to Career Day in the local school district, where 30 Forensics students asked excellent questions about our work. Will these future Crime Scene Investigators solve future big cases using a bit of what they learned from Dancestors? The Forensic...

26 Dec

Posted at 13:42h in Newsletter

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Apparently, in 1921, Americans who were primarily descendants of the Europeans were asserting their superiority over them. Remember that we recently came through World War I and the Spanish flu epidemic, and we're entering the roaring 20's. ...

13 Nov

Posted at 12:20h in Newsletter

The ad above was written in 1942. It only took 79 years to become famous or infamous depending upon your perspective. Torturing candidates and office-holders with easy-to-chat taglines have been happening for a long time. Grover Cleveland was accused of fathering a child out of wedlock. The crowds chanted at him: “Ma, ma, where’s my Pa?”. Cleveland went on to win his second term. He was the only president to marry in the White House, when in his first term at age 49, he married a 21-year old, who he had been a guardian of since she was an infant. That is...

29 May

Posted at 18:19h in Newsletter

Memorial Day, initially referred to as Decoration Day, was observed by many communities after the Civil War, when the nation suffered more than 620,000 military deaths, roughly 2 percent of the total population at the time. John A. Logan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of Republic, chose May 30, 1868, to be the day to decorate the graves of Union troops across the nation. From this beginning, Memorial Day is now designated as an annual day of remembrance to honor all those who have died in service to the United States during peace and war. Veterans Day, November 11,...

09 Jan

Posted at 13:18h in Ancestry Explained

HISTORY OFTEN REPEATS ITSELF! The news cycle keeps saying that the last time the U.S. Capitol was attacked was during the War of 1812. Not sure how or why they all missed discovering this occurrence. The last time the U.S. Capitol was attacked was in 1971. Ironically, the bombing was attributed to anti-war protestors upset over the bombing of Laos. Read the excerpt below on what was done to make sure the US. Capitol would not be subject to attack in the future       Ever hear of Jacob Leisler? I had not until coming across him in some recent research. In 1691, he was...

12 Dec

Posted at 19:43h in Newsletter

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...

14 Nov

Posted at 21:31h in Newsletter

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...

16 Feb

Posted at 05:15h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning fellow descendants, I recall a cousin of my mom’s years ago, asking, “so when do you say you’re done with your search? When you get back to Adam and Eve?” That is a good question, as a lot of folks like me research their family history, collecting thousands of pages of material, pictures, and documents. If you don’t take steps to say, “Ok, I could find more, but I am at the point, where I need to bring some closure, and put the materials in a format where they can be enjoyed and will survive for future generations.” If you don’t ever...

14 Oct

Posted at 06:21h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning to the living (who get the other 363 days), I’ve included below the link and Wikipedia article for Days of the Dead for further knowledge. This year the Days of the Dead are celebrated from October 31st until November 2nd. Of course, we all know what day falls into that span- Halloween! Halloween’s icons include the black clad witches upon their brooms as some of us grew up seeing in the Wizard of Oz. It made me wonder how many witches or witchcraft stories exist in our family histories? So I did an inventory, and I thought you’d be interested in...

13 Oct

Posted at 03:55h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning possible cousins, Most of us grew up knowing we couldn’t and shouldn’t of even think of marrying our cousins.  Did we ever wonder why that was?  Did we assume that’s it’s always been like that? Back in the day, how far a man could ride on horseback was often the limit to whom he could choose to court.  For a boy to even meet a girl with future marriage in mind, she would have to attend his church as outside of immediate neighbors the folks you met at church were likely the only ones of marital age.  When folks moved...

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