26th Year, No. 5 — February 4, 2021
The Bill of Rights: The First Amendment
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Do you remember studying the Bill of Rights in school? It is the first ten amendments to the Constitution. There were promises made to include a Bill of Rights to the Constitution in exchange for state ratifying committees approving the new Constitution as the law of the land. These amendments were added in December 1791. This series explores each of the amendments of the Bill of Rights...
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The National Museum of the United States Air Force
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If you’ve never been there, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is one of the fascinating places in Ohio. And the best part about it? That would be the National Museum of the United States Air Force, situated on the base itself. The base and museum are located just six miles northeast of Dayton—and the museum, called NMUASF for short, boasts roughly one million visitors every year. That’s a visitor count that makes it among the most popular destinations in the entire
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What makes it so popular? Well, it’s listed as both the biggest and oldest military aircraft museum worldwide. When you go there, you’ll get to see more than 360 aircraft—and that includes not only planes but things like missiles, too. Myself, I’ve visited NMUASF at least a dozen times over the years, so let me take you on a virtual trip through the museum’s history and the kinds of things you’ll get to see there!
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Town Directories: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census
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Without the 1890 US federal census, how are you going to learn who your ancestors were and what they were doing in 1890? In fact, how are you going to track your family through their adventures from 1880 to the next census in 1900? Twenty years is a heck of a long gap in the historical record. Without access to the 1890 US federal census, a lot of important information in your family tree is going to be missing.
The good news is that there are reliable substitutes that you can use to fill in those gaps. City and town directories are one of them. This is what you need to know about them.
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Tax Records: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census
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The 1890 US federal census is gone, thanks to a fire in the 1930s. Only tiny fragments remain, and the chances of most people finding their ancestors in them are really remote. But, the absence of this important census leaves a gap of twenty years in the genealogical record, from 1880 to 1900. It can be frustrating to beginning genealogists to encounter this gap, especially if they are used to using the census for most of their American research.
The good news is that alternative records exist to help fill the gap left by the missing 1890 census. Tax records are one of them. This is what you need to know about them when you use them for your genealogy research...
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The Bill of Rights: The Second Amendment
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The 2nd Amendment is a simple one, coming in at just one sentence. Yet, it is the one that people in the United States argue the most about today regarding its meaning. This is a description of that amendment, what it says, what it does not say, and what the Founding Fathers probably intended, as well as what we have no way of knowing what their intentions were...
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Photography Clips: Time is Valuable
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No matter who you ask, every photographer will have a different answer as to what they prize most highly. But time is the most valuable resource of all...
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Disney’s First-Ever Park Guest: Dave MacPherson
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Who was the first person to buy a ticket to a Disney theme park? The answer to that interesting question is a twenty-two year old man named Dave MacPherson. This college student had one simple goal on Disneyland’s opening day to the general public on July 18, 1955, to be first in line. This is his story...
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