Thomas Lynch, Jr is one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. While not a famous one, he nonetheless played an important role in American history, and his story is unique in many ways...
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Philip Livingston: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Philip Livingston was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. While not one of the well-known ones, Philip was nonetheless a busy and industrious politician, merchant, and investor. A native of...
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor: America’s First Ladies #12
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor was the wife of 12th US President Zachary Taylor. While not much is known about her childhood, her decades of marriage to the future president are well-documented and...
The Twenty-Second Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Twenty-Second Amendment to the US Constitution sets term limits for the US President, as well as some other qualifications for being elected to that office. This issue had been discussed as far...
The Fourth Amendment: The Bill of Rights
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution in the Bill of Rights is the one that protects private citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures of their private property by the government. It...
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison: America’s First Ladies #9
Though she was only First Lady for a month, and never actually went to D.C. during her husband’s brief presidency, Anna Symmes, the wife of ninth U.S. President William Henry Harrison, was an...
What is Your Genealogy Vision?
Do you have a theme in mind for your genealogy research this year? What is a theme for genealogy research, anyway? Here is what you need to know about themes for genealogy research, and why they are...
Stephen Hopkins: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Stephen Hopkins is considered the greatest statesman in the history of Rhode Island. By the time he went to the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence, he was already...
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...
A Look at the 1840 US Federal Census
The 1840 US federal census is the sixth one done by the United States, and the first one that has most of the pages still available for use by researchers today. It is a far more valuable research...
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...
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...
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 1790s?
The 1790s were a decade of political upheaval around the world, but most particularly in France. The United States was a new nation, just getting its footing in the world. Scandinavia and Great...
John Adams: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
John Adams was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was also the first Vice-President and second President of the United States. A lawyer who became an outspoken proponent of...