During a research for Wilson County, TN records on the Family Search website. I stumbled upon a news clipping for an article titled “Sam Houston was Admitted To Practice Law in Lebanon” from a newspaper published c. October 1963. The article was tucked in next to the page where the …
It’s been almost 250 years since Paul Revere’s ride and that is the most enduring image we have of Revere the patriot: lanterns and a wild horseback ride shouting “The British are coming!” Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth …
I have a feeling I’m not the only one in my family who liked ephemera (fancy scraps of paper). Someone kept this note from the 1910’s (the date spot is “191_”, made for used between 1910-1919). Luster Roberts was born 1897 in rural Kentucky. I don’t know if these are …
One thing I love as much as chasing history: knitting. I’m what they refer to in pattern instructions as an expert level knitter. I knit socks, sweaters, complex cables. I rewrite patterns to spice things up a bit. So when does knitting and history collide? In knitting history of course. …
There’s something really quirky and enjoyable about finding someone I didn’t expect to find on an old record. It’s hard to believe, but Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte actually lived in the US and his descendant, a US citizen by birth sat on an European throne. That’s right, Joseph Bonaparte of …
