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The State Capitals: North Dakota

Bismarck is the capital of the state of North Dakota. It has a long history of Native American habitation, but its European settlement is much more recent.

The State Capitals: North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina. Unlike most other capital cities, there was no city or town there previous to it becoming the state’s capital. The area was selected with the...

The State Capitals: New York

Albany is the capital of the state of New York and has been since 1797. However, Europeans were living at Albany for about a century and a half before that, and Native Americans prior to that. Albany...

The State Capitals: New Mexico

Santa Fe is the capital of the state of New Mexico. It is the oldest state capital in the United States, having been established as the capital of the New Mexico Spanish colony in 1610. It also has a...

How to Organize Your Digital Genealogy

Your digital genealogy needs to be organized just as much as your physical genealogical documents and photos do. In fact, it is much easier to have a messy, almost unsearchable collection of digital...

The State Capitals: New Jersey

Trenton is the capital of the state of New Jersey. It has a history of human habitation going back thousands of years with the Lenape Native American tribe. European Quakers eventually settled it...

The State Capitals: New Hampshire

Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire. It is an old city in one of the original thirteen American colonies. As such, it has a long Native American history associated with it, as well...

The State Capitals: Nevada

Carson City is the state capital of Nevada. It started out as a ranch that was a stopover and trading post for people going to California. With the discovery of silver in the area, the ranch became a...