February 10, 2021 · Tracy Hall
Carter G. Woodson
In the United States, February is Black History month.
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Notes from the research
138 articles on finding ancestors, reading records, and keeping the story with the evidence.
January 30, 2021 · Christopher Hall
Children of Charles Hall Shearn
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
Battle of Mill Springs
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
Melungeon
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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December 27, 2020 · Christopher Hall
Career and Will - Charles Hall Shearn
This is the fifth 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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December 9, 2020 · Tracy Hall
Irish Tea Drinkers
What is one thing you can think of that makes you think of Irish people? I am sure many things popped into your head. But, in my family it is drinking tea, morning, noon and night. When you are sick, you drink it even more. So I thought it would be fun to look up some of the h...
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November 28, 2020 · Christopher Hall
Charles Hall Shearn and Eliza Smith
This is the fourth part of our multipart series on the two-generation study of the Charles Hall Shearn family and the family of his father, Mark Hall Shearn. If you like, you can also read parts one , two , and three .
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November 17, 2020 · Tracy Hall
African Records
The National Archives has recently released records from Britain’s involvement in the African slave trade and its colonization of Africa. At one point Britain had control or occupied 30% of Africa’s people. While most of the records were kept for administrative purposes and th...
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November 5, 2020 · Tracy Hall
Irish Census Tips
Fire. When doing genealogy I cannot even tell you how many times I have heard, "Well, there was a fire...” A few times before the person said it I said, "Let me guess, there was a fire.” Well, as luck would have it, trying to find records of my Irish lineage has not been an ea...
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October 21, 2020 · Christopher Hall
Charles Hall Shearn and Matilda Hart
This is the third part of our multipart series on the two-generation study of the Charles Hall Shearn family and the family of his father, Mark Hall Shearn. If you like, you can also read parts one and two . Matilda Hart was Charles’ first wife.
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October 6, 2020 · Tracy Hall
Frederick Douglass in Ireland
October is Black History month in the United Kingdom and Ireland. So when I was reading a story about Frederick Douglass' time in Ireland. I thought, "This is a perfect time to write about it."
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September 22, 2020 · Christopher Hall
Charles Hall Shearn and Arabella Cowley
This is part two of our on-going two generation study of the families of Charles Hall Shearn and his father Mark Hall Shearn. ( Read part one and read part three )
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