Genealogy Tag

08 Mar

Posted at 21:40h in Newsletter

GEORGE WASHINGTON AND OTHER ANCESTORS HEAD TO OUTER SPACE Buckle up dead American presidents, you’re going to space whether you like it or not. The DNA of four past US presidents will be blasted into deep space as part of a symbolic space burial flight alongside a number of high-flying names, who will all have part of their remains placed in special capsules and sent into solar orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket. The gesture will be carried out by burial company Celestis, which specializes in sending DNA into deep space to join part of a future human colony, as...

22 Feb

Posted at 20:05h in Newsletter

HERITAGE THE ARTICLE ABOVE SOUNDS LIKE A TESLA AD If only Elon had hired Harry's wife! However, that's an ad for 1926 Jewett-Six. The Jewett was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company from March 1922 through December 1926. The Jewett was named after Harry M. Jewett, president of Paige-Detroit. Embedded in the dashboard of every Jewett was an amulet, visible on the passenger side as a dash-plate. Harry's wife Mary was something of a spiritualist, and these amulets were purported to have mystical power that protected the occupants. HERITAGE HERITAGE BARBARA RAE VENTER AT 74 IS A ROCK STAR...

09 Feb

Posted at 11:57h in Newsletter

GENEALOGY WE HAD A TEN PERSON SUPREME COURT Genealogy When Lincoln became president in 1861, seven Southern states had already seceded from the Union, yet half of the Supreme Court justices were Southerners, including Chief Justice Roger B. Taney of Maryland. One other Southern member had died in 1860, without replacement. All were Democratic appointees. The Court was “the last stronghold of Southern power,” according to one Northern editor. Five sitting justices were among the court’s 7-2 majority in the racist 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling, in which Taney wrote that Black people were “so far inferior that they had no...

01 Dec

Posted at 12:51h in Newsletter

GENEALOGIST- THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. This strike finally ended 52 days later, after it was put down by unofficial militias, the National Guard, and federal troops. Because of economic problems and pressure on wages by the railroads, workers in numerous other cities, in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, into Illinois and Missouri, also went out on strike. An estimated 100 people were...

03 Nov

Posted at 10:48h in Newsletter

FAMILY HISTORY- SANTA CLAUS' TOMB HAS BEEN DISCOVERED- AND YOU CAN VISIT- Archaeologists claim to have found the grave of Saint Nicholas beneath a church in Turkey Kids, don’t let anyone tell you Santa Claus isn’t real. Or, more accurately, that he wasn’t real. When we’re talking about Santa Claus, we are, of course, really talking about Saint Nicholas of Myra: a bishop who lived from AD 270 to 343. He’s the guy that the Santa Claus myth is based on, thanks to his reputed habit of distributing gifts to the poor and needy. And he is apparently buried under St Nicholas...

22 Sep

Posted at 12:14h in Newsletter

HIRE A GENEALOGIST- QUEEN ELIZABETH NOT ONLY HAD LONG LINES WAITING TO SEE HER AT REST BUT ALSO WHEN SHE WAS A BABY Genealogists say the picture above is with her Grandmother Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 29 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V. Genealogists say that she was born and raised in the United Kingdom, Mary was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck, a German...

08 Sep

Posted at 08:38h in Newsletter

FAMILY TREE- PRETTY SURE THIS WAS JOE BLOW'S BROTHER! AND MORE ON FORGERY The article below shows what they did in the 1730s with forgers. What will happen to the forger in the latest case with Naomi Judd? Read here: https://meaww.com/naomi-judd-will-questioned-handwriting-expert-traced-signature-initials?fs=e&s=cl#l6pp8teuj8i1quh36mo   FAMILY TREE- I WONDER IF THE PRODUCERS OF HOUSE OF DRAGONS AND GAME OF THRONES HAVE STAFF GENEALOGISTS? There is a lot to keep track of between these shows and others on how people are related. Who is trying to kill a cousin, sibling, uncle or aunt. Then there was King Geoffrey the child of siblings, now that's a very thin family tree. FAMILY TREE-...

25 Aug

Posted at 12:01h in Newsletter

GENEALOGIST FOR HIRE KING FREDERICK III OF DENMARK AND OTHER SCANDINAVIAN FASHION SURPRISES I came across the story of an early Scandinavian naval crew aboard the Swedish Man-of-War Kronan. The forces were entirely male, and no women were allowed on board ships engaged in warfare. As a result, traditional women's chores were performed by men who decked themselves out with feminine articles such as handbags and purses made of embroidered silken material with braided tassels, patterned silk ribbons, and silk rosettes, silk yarn, and sewing cases. Such articles were just as common as muskets and guns at the site of the...

10 Aug

Posted at 23:01h in Newsletter

GENEALOGY- IN CASE YOU EVER WANT TO BE A TRAINRIDER HERE ARE SOME TIPS! While on a recent trip up to the border of Montana and Idaho, I met a “trainrider”. He and three of his train riding buddies now worked at a mountain café. He shared tales that reminded me of my grandfather’s stories of riding the rails in the 1930s during the depression. Of course, back then, they were called hobos. Here is some insight into the early “trainriders.” The hobo is familiar as a character from kitsch art and silent film and feels like a romantic caricature today. But...

28 Jul

Posted at 10:40h in Newsletter

ANCESTRY TREE! THE FIRST BIG CASE FOR THE SECRET SERVICE INVOLVED THE GERMAN NAVY LANDING 85,000 TROOPS IN NEW JERSEY TO SURROUND NEW YORK CITY During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson directed the Secretary of the Treasury to have the Secret Service investigate possible espionage inside the United States. He wanted the Service to uncover and disrupt a German sabotage network that was believed to be plotting against France, England, and the United States. As a result, an 11-man counter-espionage unit was established in New York City. Their most publicized investigation concerned the activities of Dr. Heinrich Albert and his...

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