Memorial Day was officially established as a national holiday in 1971, although celebrating the day actually began soon after the civil war....

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A few days ago I wrote about the myriad of ways to spell the surname: Megonnigil. There are so many things that have grown to become the ban...

I do not keep it a secret that I hail from the best state in the union: Missouri. It is a wonderful state for so many reasons, but today I h...

Ancestry.com has this neat little function on their homepage entitled Recent Member Connect Activity. I both love and hate this function. I ...

I just learned yesterday that John Hankins, my fourth great grandfather on my mother's side, was a civil war veteran. Military research ...

I came across a news story today that mentions Barack Obama's visit to Ireland which will include a visit to the village of his Irish an...