Lansing is the state capital of Michigan. It started as what was considered an insignificant settlement in the backwoods of Michigan, and almost unbelievably became its state capital in a slick move...
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The 1880 US Federal Census: A Closer Look
The 1880 US census was the first of its kind in several ways. The most important is that it was the first to ask a number of highly detailed questions about each individual person who was enumerated...
The State Capitals: Maine
Augusta is the capital city of the state of Maine. It has a long and interesting history going back thousands of years. It continues to be a dynamic and important city today. Here is what you need to...
Tracing Your Pioneer Ancestors
Do you have pioneer ancestry? What is pioneer ancestry, anyway, since most explorers can be referred to as pioneers? Here is what is unique about American pioneer ancestry, and how you can find your...
The State Capitals: Kentucky
Frankfort is the capital of the state of Kentucky. While it is not the best known of the state capitals, it is just as important as the others, and plays a large role in the state and national...
How to Use the Dawes Rolls in Your Genealogy Research
Are you looking into your Native American ancestry? Many Americans believe they have this ancestry, but only a few do. If you do, and you know it with certainty, the Dawes Rolls can help you find...
The State Capitals: Iowa
Des Moines is the capital of the state of Iowa. It has a long history of habitation by Native Americans going back thousands of years, and there are clear and numerous archaeological sites that the...
The State Capitals: Indiana
Indianapolis is the state capital of Indiana. It was inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years before the first European settlers showed up, and became part of the United States when the...
Exploring Wisconsin’s Rich Folklore
Wisconsin has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years. At that time, it has racked up plenty of folklore tales of its own. Some are ancient tales, and some are more modern, but all are...
Illinois: The State Capitals #13
The city of Springfield, Illinois is the capital city of that state. It was not the first capital, but the third. Yet, it came to be the most important city in the state, besides Chicago. Here is the...
American Folklore: Virginia
Virginia has a long history of human habitation, going back thousands of years. It was also the location of the first permanent British settlement in North America and was one of the original...
Idaho: State Capitals #12
Boise is the capital of Idaho. While its Native American population has lived there for thousands of years, its origins and history are murky. French fur trappers were there early on in European...
American Folklore: Vermont
Vermont was the first state to join the union that was not one of the original thirteen colonies. It has a history of human habitation going back thousands of years with Native American tribes, plus...
The State Capitals: Georgia
Atlanta is a large, metropolitan state capital with a long history of human habitation. It was just a small settlement on the American frontier until the railroad came. After that, it was just a...
A Closer Look at Prickett’s Fort State Park
Prickett’s Fort State Park is a wonderful historical resource to the state of West Virginia. It not only shows how life was like for English settlers on the West Virginian frontier in the 1700’s, it...