William Hooper was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born and raised in Boston, he went to Harvard at a young age, and moved to North Carolina to pursue a career in law. It was there that...
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Elizabeth Kortright Monroe: America’s First Ladies #5
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe was our nation’s fifth First Lady. Not as much is known about her as previous First Ladies, but she was a more private person. She still has an interesting story that is...
Thomas Heyward, Jr.: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Heyward, Jr was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a strong proponent of the cause of independence in the American colonies. Coming from a rather aristocratic family, by colonial...
Dolley Madison: America’s First Ladies #4
Dolley Madison was the 4th First Lady of the United States. The wife of James Madison, she is famous for saving the portrait of George Washington from the White House during the War of 1812. However...
A Closer Look at the 1810 US Federal Census
The 1810 US federal census is a valuable genealogical document. While it is simpler and more basic than later censuses, it is still a useful and important research tool for those conducting research...
Joseph Hewes: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Joseph Hewes is a little known signer of the Declaration of Independence. While not well-known today, Joseph was quite popular and hugely influential in his own time. Though he did not marry or have...
The Third Amendment: The Bill of Rights
The third amendment in the Bill of Rights assures that private homeowners or occupants cannot be ordered to house and feed soldiers without their consent in times of peace, and without some kind of...
Tax Records: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census
The 1890 US federal census is not available for genealogists to use, thanks to it being destroyed in a fire in the 1930s. This does not mean that all family history information from that era is lost...
The Amazing Story of Horace Greasley
In WWII, one young soldier named Horace Greasley braved a barrage of Nazi soldiers most every night to break out of his prisoner of war camp to meet up with the woman he loved. Each night, he would...
What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1770s?
The 1770s were a decade of innovations, inventions, and political change in the world, and particularly in the British colonies in North America, which were experiencing revolutionary sentiment in...
What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1780s?
The 1780s were a decade of transition from the Age of Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolution. It was big on philosophy, laying the foundations of modern philosophy we still use today. The...
When Vermont Was a Nation: A Closer Look at Our 14th State
Vermont is our 14th state, the first to join the nation after the Revolution. It also spent some time as an independent nation. Here's Vermont's story.
What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1840s?
The 1840s are not usually talked about a lot in the history books, but that does not mean there was not much going on in this decade. In fact, the 1840s were a decade of innovation and discovery...
What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1830s?
The 1830s were the decade that laid the foundations for the Industrial Revolution. This means that a lot of prototype inventions and preliminary discoveries were made that were the basis of many of...
The Evolution of Florida
Florida has changed hands many times in its long history as a European colony and state. Here's the story of Florida's journey from Spanish outpost to 27th state.