Journal
33 articles on finding ancestors, reading records, and keeping the story with the evidence.
March 22, 2021 · Tracy Hall
We are coming up on the end of National Women's Month, and many countries celebrated their own Women’s Days. I came across this story and thought it would be an eye opening story from the UK to share. Have you heard of the Window Smashing Campaign that happened in 1912?
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March 10, 2021 · Tracy Hall
Have you ever seen the musical 1776? I highly recommend it if you haven’t. It is about the letters written between John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams during the First Continental Congress in 1776. I remember thinking she must have been one strong lady. Since it is Women’s H...
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February 28, 2021 · Christopher Hall
This is the second installment of Generation Two of our two-generation study and our ninth installment overall. This generation is concerned with Mark Hall Shearn born 1800 in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England and his family. The first generation was concerned with Mark’s son...
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February 28, 2021 · Christopher Hall
This is the seventh installment of our two-generation study. This is the final installment of the first generation of our two-generation study, the family of Charles Hall Shearn. The previous installments can be viewed as follows:
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February 20, 2021 · Tracy Hall
Have you ever stopped and wondered the path your pioneering ancestors took when they moved westward? Do you ever wonder if you could follow that path? First and foremost, the people moving to new areas would have tried to take the path of least resistance. Many utilized rivers...
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February 10, 2021 · Tracy Hall
In the United States, February is Black History month.
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January 30, 2021 · Christopher Hall
This is the sixth installment of our multipart series on the tw-generation study of the Charles Hall Shearn family and the family of his father, Mark Hall Shearn. If you like, you can also read the previous installments:
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January 20, 2021 · Tracy Hall
Yesterday was the anniversary of the Battle of Mill Springs during the Civil War in 1862. It was the first significant battle won by the Union troops. The battle was also known by different names depending on which side you were on. The Union side it was known as the Battle of...
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January 10, 2021 · Tracy Hall
Have you ever heard the word Melungeon? Pronounced [muh-luhn-juhn] is a term used for a group of people living in the Eastern Tennessee region of the Appalachian Mountains. The Melungeon Heritage Association believes the term comes from the French word mélange which means mixt...
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