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The Site of the Battle of the Wilderness, Preserved
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has ended its plans to build a superstore on part of the site of the Civil War Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) near Orange, Virginia.In 2009, Wal-Mart received local...
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Wordless Wednesday: Kjerstin Johnson (1834–1927)
This is my great great grandmother, Kjerstin Johnson, who was born in Sweden, immigrated to America at the age of 34, had 12 children (11 surviving to adulthood), and died at the age of 92.You can read...
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RootsTech 2011: Day 2
Day 2 of RootsTech started with a spirited keynote address by Curt Witcher of the Allen County Public Library on “The Changing Face of Genealogy.” His point was: The world is going digital and going...
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Black History Month at FamilySearch
FamilySearch made the following announcement on Monday:Salt Lake City—This month, millions of individuals of African descent are celebrating Black History Month by exploring their family history roots....
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My Grandmother’s Divorce
Wyoming State ArchivesI working to declutter my home and put valuable and rare genealogical documents in order. In this process, I have been going through some, until now, neglected documents that were...
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Arkiv Digital: Free Weekend
ArchivDigitalArkivDigital, the premier independent subscription-based genealogical research website in Sweden, will be free this weekend in celebration of Sweden’s “Genealogy Research Day” (March...
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Dead Men Don’t Win Cribbage Tournaments
In going through family heirlooms, great and small, we came across a small trophy in the form of a cup.“O. F. D. / Cribbage Trophy / Won By / Hill & Hallen”I am not sure who the winners are, or...
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150 Years Ago Today: Fort Sumter
Bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861) by Currier & Ives (1837–1885)150 years ago today, 12 April 1861, the Civil War started in earnest with a Confederate attack on the Federal position at Fort Sumter,...
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Ancestry’s 4th of July Free Access Weekend Continues
There is one more day left in Ancesty.com’s free access weekend for the 4th of July. Ancestry is making applications to the Sons of the American Revolution applications, 1889 — 1970. These applications...
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North Carolina Voices: The Civil War
Raleigh’s WUNC Radio aired episodes in a series, North Carolina Voices: The Civil War, during the middle of June. The series includes pieces on the impact of the war on North Carolinians and their...
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