Oklahoma was originally set aside as a reservation for Natives. Yet, Americans wanted to settle there. Here’s how Oklahoma went from a reservation to a state. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/oklahoma-the-natives-and-us-settlement/ Listen to the weekly podcast: https://genealogyclips.com Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames Social Media: https:/...
May 31, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 496
Are you looking for information on your Alabama ancestors? Here are the best online and offline sources for discovering your Alabama ancestors. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/online-and-offline-genealogical-resources-for-alabama/ Listen to the weekly podcast: https://genealogyclips.com Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames Social Media: https:/...
May 28, 2021•7 min•Season 7Ep. 495
The presence of African American soldiers in the Confederate army is a little-known fact of the Civil War. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/why-did-some-african-americans-fight-for-the-confederacy/ Listen to the weekly podcast: https://genealogyclips.com Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/AncestralFinding...
May 26, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 494
There are a lot of things you can use as clues in identifying old photographs. Hairstyles, clothing styles, and the type of photograph it is are just a few of them. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/researching-old-photo-studios-to-identify-19th-century-photographs/ Listen to the weekly podcast: https://genealogyclips.com Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings....
May 24, 2021•4 min•Season 7Ep. 493
Clothing styles change over the decades today, just as they have done for centuries. Changing styles is not new. This is good news because clothing styles can help you identify old photos. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/how-to-use-womens-clothing-to-identify-19th-century-photographs/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Har...
May 19, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 492
Learning how to read old fashioned handwriting is a craft, and one you need to know when working with ancient documents in genealogy. Here are some of the basics of how to read old handwriting. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/how-to-read-old-handwriting-a-primer/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: ht...
May 17, 2021•4 min•Season 7Ep. 491
Do you have old 19th-century photos you can't identify? You can use lots of clues to identify the people in them. Hairstyles are a method that offers powerful clues. Here is how to use them. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/more-photo-identification-tips-hairstyles-of-the-19th-century/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Har...
May 14, 2021•7 min•Season 7Ep. 490
This American icon cartoonist embraced the countries of his heritage but became a controversial figure for animation and Christianity in over 75 countries. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/charles-m-schulz-american-peanut/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames Socia...
May 12, 2021•7 min•Season 7Ep. 489
Are you starting out in genealogy and need to get a family tree software program? There are many kinds. Here's how to make sure you get the right one for you… Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/how-to-select-the-right-family-tree-software/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com...
May 10, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 488
Do you need help getting started researching your Pennsylvania ancestors? Here are some resources both online and offline to get you started on your research. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/pennsylvania/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames Social Media: https://...
May 07, 2021•7 min•Season 7Ep. 487
The Seminole Wars played an important part in the American settlement of Florida. These wars were three wars fought in Florida between the Seminole Nation (the name for a diverse group of Native Americans and African Americans who settled in Florida in the early 1800s) and the United States. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-seminole-wars-a-brief-history-of-the-settlement-of-florida/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Give...
May 05, 2021•4 min•Season 7Ep. 486
Andrew Johnson was the first American president to be impeached. Why was he impeached, and why did he get to keep his office? It’s an interesting story. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/why-was-president-johnson-really-impeached-and-why-did-he-get-to-keep-his-office/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames:...
May 03, 2021•4 min•Season 7Ep. 485
Do you have French ancestors? You don’t have to go all the way to France to research them. Many French genealogy records are online. Here are the best sources. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/top-online-resources-researching-french-ancestors/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindin...
May 01, 2021•7 min•Season 7Ep. 484
Not everyone who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower was a Pilgrim. The non-religious passengers were called “strangers.” This is why they came. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/mayflower-passengers-not-religious-reasons/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames...
Apr 29, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 483
Explore the spicy goodness that is both General Tso's chicken and its history as we discover what this recipe can tell you about your family’s background… Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-rich-and-spicy-history-behind-general-tsos-chicken/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindin...
Apr 27, 2021•9 min•Season 7Ep. 482
Are you interested in American history? You will love these five sites that represent some of the best-preserved landmarks the nation has to offer… Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/iconic-historical-landmarks-worth-road-trip-see/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surname...
Apr 26, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 481
Did Richard III have a real, genetic claim to the throne of England? Testing on his Y-DNA calls it into question. Researchers are still studying it… Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/y-dna-enigma-richard-iii/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames Social Media: https:...
Apr 23, 2021•9 min•Season 7Ep. 480
Does your family have a cobbler recipe that has been passed on for generations? That recipe might be able to show you something about your family’s history… Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/family-cobbler-recipes-may-hold-clues-to-your-roots/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://ancestralfinding...
Apr 21, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 479
Abigail Powers Fillmore was among the most educated of the early First Ladies, and her influence on working women and education can still be felt in the atmosphere of the White House today. The White House even has a library because of her. Here is her intriguing story. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/americas-first-ladies-13-abigail-powers-fillmore/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com...
Apr 19, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 478
The Eighth Amendment to the Bill of Rights is the one that has the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. This is what the Eighth Amendment tells us about our protections… Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-bill-of-rights-the-eighth-amendment/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com/ebooks Hard To Find Surnames: https://an...
Apr 16, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 477
The Founding Fathers really wanted to make sure that the common, everyday people of America would have fair and equal legal rights, no matter their wealth or status in society. They wanted everyone on equal footing in the nation’s criminal and civil courts. The seventh amendment deals with civil lawsuits, and how the Founding Fathers set up the courts to treat everyone equally. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-bill-of-rights-the-seventh-amendment/ Click Here to listen to the...
Apr 15, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 476
Georgia has a long history going back millennia with Native Americans, and centuries with European colonists. During that time, it has accumulated quite a bit of its own, uniquely Georgian folklore. Here are some of the highlights of it. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/american-folklore-georgia/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy eBooks: https://ancestralfindings.com...
Apr 14, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 475
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor was the wife of 12th US President Zachary Taylor. While not much is known about her childhood, her decades of marriage to the future president are well-documented and full of adventure. Here is her intriguing story… Postcard Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/americas-first-ladies-12-margaret-mackall-smith-taylor/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/drawing Genealogy...
Apr 13, 2021•14 min•Season 7Ep. 474
The Sixth Amendment to the Bill of Rights adds some more legal rights to people who are accused of crimes in the United States. Most of these rights were revolutionary for any country, and even for some countries still today. The Founding Fathers took note of the things they considered legal abuses in England at the time, and fixed them in their Bill of Rights... Postcard Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-bill-of-rights-the-fifth-amendment/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast:...
Apr 12, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 473
The Fifth Amendment to the Bill of Rights says a lot of things, but they are all things that pertain to the rights of citizens if they are facing or involved in a trial in a court of law. Protecting the basic natural human rights of citizens in court was an important concern to the Founding Fathers, as these rights were usually not respected in England at that time. This is what the Fifth Amendment has to say… Postcard Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-bill-of-rights-the-fifth-amendm...
Apr 09, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 472
Florida is a land of many wonders, and a whole host of weird things you won’t find anywhere else in the nation. With a long history of European exploration going back to the 1500s, there has been plenty of time for Florida to acquire its own unique brand of folklore. Here are some of its highlights… Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/american-folklore-florida/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindi...
Apr 08, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 471
Sarah Childress Polk was the wife of James K. Polk, our 11th U.S. president. She was a prized catch on the political marriage market from the beginning and made her own, unique mark on the office of First Lady that is still remembered today. Here is her intriguing tale… Postcard Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/americas-first-ladies-11-sarah-childress-polk/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https://ancestralfindings.com/d...
Apr 07, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 470
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution in the Bill of Rights is the one that protects private citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures of their private property by the government. It doesn’t prohibit it altogether, but it does lay out some very specific and strict criteria for it to occur. This was to give citizens safety from the arbitrary searches and seizures that British troops often carried out on American soil before and during the Revolution. This is what the fourth amendment do...
Apr 06, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 469
The third amendment in the Bill of Rights assures that private homeowners or occupants cannot be ordered to house and feed soldiers without their consent in times of peace, and without some kind of compensation in times of war. The British forced a lot of people to unwillingly house their soldiers without compensation during the Revolution. These people had to feed and house them at their own expense. The third amendment protects us from this happening again. Postcard Show Notes: https://ancestr...
Apr 05, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 468
Delaware is not only one of the original thirteen colonies, it is the first official state in the union. It has thousands of years of human history behind it, both Native American and European. Therefore, it has plenty of its own, unique folklore. Here are some of the highlights of Delaware’s fascinating folklore. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/american-folklore-delaware/ Click Here to listen to the weekly podcast: https://ancestralfindings.com/podcast Weekly Giveaways: https:...
Apr 02, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 467
