“…Lincoln and Hamlin for Free-dom and Right!” They sang as they marched in the Northern streets during the time leading up to the 1860 presidential election. The Wide Awakes were…
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Book Burn
Censorship in the United States On March 31, 1860 there was a book burning at the home of S. S. Andrews, an Elder in the Baptist Church in Poplar Springs,…
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The men commonly referred to as “Our Founding Fathers” wanted to establish a government that would be free of the stranglehold that religion had upon the governments of their Old…
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A Family that Fled to Canada and then Migrated Back to the U.S. Van Schoonhoven ~ Benoit ~ Oliver ~ Springer ~ Treanor ~ Rouse ~ Webber by Laura Stolk…
Continue readingChronicling “About Our Ancestors”
Articles by Francis M. Smith “Eleanor Lexington” – Frank Allaben Genealogical Company by Laura Stolk There are over 650 articles in several newspapers from about 1908 to 1938, each focusing…
Continue readingCastle Garden (Before Ellis Island)
Castle Garden was located across from where Ellis Island is now found. It was the original destination for immigrants who landed in New York, up until 1892 when more stringent guidelines for processing immigrants were put into place, rendering Castle Garden obsolete.
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