Vol. 24, No. 26 — July 3, 2019
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The 1880 US Federal Census: A Closer Look
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The 1880 US census was the first of its kind in several ways. The most important is that it was the first to ask a number of highly detailed questions about each individual person who was enumerated. This makes it a genealogical gold mine. Here is what you need to know about this valuable census.
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Your Guide to Spanish Last Names and Their Meanings
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If you have Spanish ancestry, you will almost certainly come across one or more Spanish surnames during the course of your genealogy research. These surnames are very common in Europe, North America, Central America, and South America, and have a varied and storied history behind them. Knowing how they were formed, and their meanings, can give you clues to your Spanish ancestry that may help you further your research, and take those lines back farther in time.
Since most Spanish surnames can be traced back to Ancient Rome and the Visigoth invasions of it, this may mean being able to trace your family back pretty far, as long as you can find the written records.
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Here are some common Spanish surnames, their origins, and their meanings.
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Clara Barton: The Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
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Clara Barton was a humanitarian, and best known as the founder and first President of the American Red Cross. However, she did so much more than this in her life, including being an unsung Civil War heroine. This is her story.
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Admitted to the union in 1803 as the 17th state, Ohio has one of the longest documented periods of human habitation in North America. The area was inhabited by nomadic ancestors of the later Native Americans. These were the Folsom and Clovis people. It wasn’t until 1,000 BC that a settled culture emerged in Ohio, known as the Adena culture. The Adena culture was able to stay in one place because they domesticated plants,
including sunflowers, corn, and squash. The Great Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio is part of the Adena culture.
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The mound-building Mississippian culture came after that, and other, more modern tribes after that. It wasn’t until the 1600’s that Europeans first set foot in Ohio. These were fur trappers. A series of Native American wars among local tribes took place in the 1700s, and the area was a British territory by the mid-1700s. After the Revolution, it became part of the new United States, and eventually a state on its own. Naturally, there is some incredible folklore
associated with Ohio. Here are some of the highlights of it.
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The State Capitals: Arizona
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Phoenix, Arizona has the dual distinction of being the most populous of the state capitals, as well as the only state capital to have more than a million people living in it. Despite sounding like exciting places to live, with the business of government going on right in front of you, most state capitals are not metropolises. In fact, most of them are small, sparsely populated towns. Not Phoenix. It bucks the
trend.
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If you haven't had the opportunity to download Genealogy Helps #3 you can do so by clicking
here.  Including topics such as...
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- The Seminole Wars: And the settlement of Florida
- Alternative sources for tracing your ancestors
- Search tricks for locating your ancestors in an online census
- Quaker persecutions in Puritan Massachusetts
- Identifying old photographs
- Christmas traditions and genealogy
- Mayflower Passengers and their varied reasons for immigration
- And much, much more…
Today's Photography Article
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Defining Quality
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What is it that makes one image a high-quality photograph while another may be deemed lesser? The definition of quality may not be quite what you think!
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