I was recently contacted by a distant cousin who had seen the family work I've done at ancestry.com. Now a LOT of my family has been dispersed through early parental deaths, loss of records, etc. etc. So many family members don't know much about the ancestral roots, old family stories and connections, and so forth. My distant cousin has really helped me "collect" a "narrative" by asking about specific family members long passed. Sometimes, you have so much "data" that it seems overwhelming to ke
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A FAMILY HISTORIAN READS AMERICAN HISTORYWho sailed the seas to the colonies?The books all hail the Mayflower.Do others have ancestors venturing besides?And many slaves, so many times maligned, who sold and bought them up each time?In which of Boston's houses, that city bustling with churches, lived those who built it?In evenings when General Washington crossed riverswhere did the rowers go?City Washington is full of monuments grand. Who reared them up? Over whom did Founding Fathers smile?Old N
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