American Military Records Before the Civil War Part I-Pre-Civil War American Wars Ages of Men Serving in the various Wars https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ages_of_Servicemen_in_Wars WAR DURATION TYPICAL YEARS OF BIRTH TYPICAL AGES King William’s War 1689-1697 1629-1681 16-60 Queen Anne’s War 1702-1713 1642-1697 16-60 King George’s War 1744-1748 1684-1732 16-60 French and Indian War 1755-1763 1695-1739 16-60 Revolutionary […]

City Directories The earliest known City Directory, The Companyes of all the Craftes or Mysteries of London was published in London as a manuscript compiled by the Treasury of the Receipt of the Exchequer, in 1588. The “first” printed directory-type listing of inhabitants of an American city”, was a broadside listing of English families in Baltimore, Maryland published […]

Click on the following link to take you to one of Mic’s earlier classes. The topic being discussed is WHY people left Europe to come to America. One of the big obvious reasons was the terrible unrest and constant wars occurring over several hundred years throughout Europe.  Discussed is the Civil War in England, plus […]

America’s Women 1760-1790-Bibliography Volume One: Subject Chapters Eric g. grundset with Briana L. Diaz and Hollis L. gentry for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D. C Table of Contents IntrocCuctwn xvU JAcBnowCedgments xix Tart I: QeneraCStudies 1 Cfiapter One: yvomen ancC QirCs during tfie TievoCutionary Era (generaCCy) 3 CBapter Two: yVomen‘s […]

Family Trees-Females When entering a woman’s name in a family tree Enter her maiden name (her last name at birth) Using maiden names in family trees connects women to their birth families, ensures that you record their pre-marriage names, and keeps consistency in your tree among women who never married, married once, and married more […]

Graveyards and Cemeteries: What is the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery? The word cemetery (from Greek κοιμητήριον, “sleeping place”) implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. Cemetery at […]

Legislature Reacts to Privacy and Budgets Posted on February 8, 2003 by Mic Barnette LEGISLATORS REACT TO PRIVACY AND BUDGETS (Please be aware this post was written in 2003 and published at that time in the Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas) newspaper. Some of the news in this post, therefore,  may not be current. Current and future posts on […]

Charles Fitzgerald McKiever Military Timeline Following is a list of documents found on various online website including Ancestry.com . While there are different types of records the majority of those listed below are roster or roll lists at various locations signifying McKiever was a specific place of duty on a given day. The documents are […]

Edward Neidermaier WW I Documents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_discharge A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve. Each country’s military has different types of discharge. They are generally based on whether the person completed their training and then fully and satisfactorily completed their term of service. Other types of discharge are […]