AncestorNews: Be My Valentine Premium
AncestorNews: Be My Valentine I recently acquired a Valentine that my grandmother's younger sister sent to her around 1915. Although the card is more than 80 years old, the color is still vivid and the lace paper is in fairly good condition. When I got the card, I checked...
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Timeline of Southern US History Premium
Get a glimpse into the events that influenced your Southern ancestors' lives.
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Everything’s Relative: Meat the Whole Family Premium
Before "spam" became a ubiquitous term for unsolicited e-mail, there was Spam, the canned meat—as the Hormel Co. of Austin, Minn., the makers of Spam and zealous protectors of its trademark, will be quick to remind you. But did you know that there's now a whole Spam family? You...
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Historical Weather Resources Premium
In this article: Weather history Web sites Weather history books Web Sites 10 Non-Military Historical Events Drastically Changed by the Weather Benjamin Franklin: Weather Wise Flood of 1927: Encyclopedia of Arkansas GenDisasters History of the National Weather Service How Weather Changed History Ohio River Flood of 1937 PBS American...
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Ethnic American Pride Premium
Americans of native, African and Chinese descent were once negatively stereotyped and discriminated against because of their ethnicity. Now pride is beginning to replace prejudice—at least for some ethnic Americans. The number of people who called themselves Native Americans in the 2000 US Census more than doubled from a...
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Everything’s Relative: Never on Sunday Premium
One of my paternal great-grandfathers (five back) held a surprising story for me. His name was Abraham Rice and he lived in Framingham, Mass. One Sunday morning in June 1777, he and a neighbor discussed the purchase of a horse. Their bargain was made and, as they shook hands on...
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Weather Timeline Premium
These are some of the weather-related events that changed your ancestors' lives. 1588 England triumphs over the Spanish Armada due in part to high winds, and becomes a 16th-century superpower 1747-48 Many areas of the United States experience their highest recorded snowfall 1750 Benjamin Franklin publishes a proposal for an...
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Social History Resources Premium
On The Bookshelf • Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History by Katherine Scott Sturdevant (Betterway Books) • Generations: Your Family in Modern American History by Jim Watts and Allen F. Davis (McGraw-Hill) • Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You by David E. Kyvig and Myron Marty...
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AncestorNews: Remember When? Premium
Time magazine once ran an essay by Garrison Keillor about a European trip he took with his two brothers and a sister. Keillor noted that during the trip the siblings talked about events from their childhood in a way they couldn't have, if non-siblings had been present. And, although they...
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