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George Washington, the Masons, the White House, and the Case of the Missing Cornerstone |
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In 1792, the cornerstone of the White House was laid in a Masonic ceremony overseen by member George Washington. Supposedly, the cornerstone went missing the day after it was laid, and no one has seen it since. Many attempts have been made to find it, most recently when president Harry Truman totally renovated the building in the
1940’s. To date, no sign of the cornerstone has been found, and its whereabouts is one of America’s most enduring mysteries. A television show on the History Channel that aims to find missing historical artifacts even recently offered a cash reward to anyone who could help locate the stone for the show...
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Genealogists On The Road (Genetoons #22)
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Genetoons is a simple, one-panel, Genealogy cartoon for the whole family to enjoy. Using a Genealogical idea or fact, I want the
reader to laugh! I hope you enjoy them.
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What is a Reasonable Conclusion in Genealogy? |
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Sometimes, the direct proof we need just isn’t there in genealogy. Records are missing or non-existent. The records we do find have inaccuracies or missing information in them. We find records that have conflicting information. It can be frustrating when we can’t directly prove the relationships we need to prove for our research. However, just
because we can’t make a direct connection between two people (or between a person and an event) doesn’t mean that we can’t make a reasonable assumption about it...
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This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups |
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- 1900 Census Index: New England, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont – 1900 Census Index:
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia
Discover more of your family story in this resource to more than 4.6 million records from the 1900 U.S. Census. Locate an ancestor’s first and last name; residence information; source information, and more. – 1910 Census Index: Idaho
This resource contains approximately 320,000 records from the 1910 federal census of Idaho. – Roll of Honor: Civil War Union Soldiers Military Records
The original publications were created to memorialize “those heroes who have given up their lives on the altar of their country, in defense of the American Union,” and to aid friends, relatives, and other survivors in locating soldiers’ final resting places.
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Latest Hard To Find Surnames |
Free Genealogical Lookups |
Here are some sources you should be using in your genealogical research. Some are free and some are fee-based. I’ll continue to make updates to this page so you may want to bookmark for future reference and convenience. |
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