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Recent questions tagged us_history
Recent questions tagged us_history
The tag for the United States project is now united_states. Use this tag for posts specifically about United States history topics, but use united_states for other posts related to the United States project.
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US_HISTORY genealogy
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Notable Author Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789 - 1867)
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Oct 23, 2021
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sedgwick
massachusetts
sourcerers
notables
slavery
us_history
+9
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1
answer
209
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Where did (U.S.) Revolutionary soldiers get their uniforms?
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Oct 22, 2021
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The Tree House
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Living Kelts
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553k
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american_revolutionary_war
1776
military_and_war
us_history
+4
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1
answer
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Civil War Vet Edward Price (1842 - 1915) “Was Guard At…” Dakota War of 1862. “Dakota 38”
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Oct 22, 2021
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price
wiltse
minnesota
us_civil_war
native_americans
us_history
+7
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2
answers
179
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Women brewers in the American colonies
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Oct 16, 2021
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Living Kelts
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553k
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us_history
immigration
+4
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1
answer
191
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Senator Jeremiah Jones (Colbath) Wilson (1812 - 1875) Republican and a strong opponent of slavery
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Oct 10, 2021
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Andrew Simpier
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689k
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colbath
massachusetts
notables
slavery
us_civil_war
us_history
+7
votes
2
answers
152
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Great Chicago Fire Of 1871
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Oct 8, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Andrew Simpier
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689k
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disasters
illinois
free-space_profiles
us_history
+13
votes
6
answers
571
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What is the main driver for the interconnected nature of Acadian families? Was there an abundance of arranged Marriages?
asked
Oct 3, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Edward Hogan
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20.3k
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acadia
us_history
canada
native_americans
france
+5
votes
1
answer
139
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1870 Census for Franklin Olliff shows a young, black male
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Aug 30, 2021
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Betty Tindle
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black_heritage
genealogy
census
families
us_history
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2
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323
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All those 19th-century Indiana death clusters
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Aug 22, 2021
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Living Kelts
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indiana
epidemics
cholera
us_history
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0
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111
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Comments on Bernardo de Gálvez
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Jul 1, 2021
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Genealogy Help
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Stephanie Ward
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119k
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gálvez
louisiana
african_american
black_heritage
us_history
+3
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1
answer
153
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Who are the parents & origins of Elizabeth Morell Harvey?
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Jun 23, 2021
in
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Helen Rice
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morell
morel
southern_colonies
virginia
georgia
us_history
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4
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191
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What are relations & origins of both John Anthony Morel of GA & John Morell of VA (on profile from 1/17-5/21)?
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Jun 22, 2021
in
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Helen Rice
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morel
morell
southern_colonies
virginia
georgia
us_history
+10
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3
answers
268
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American Revolution Hero Ethan Allen of Connecticut has a mother. She needs some help.
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Jun 14, 2021
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Anne B
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allen
connecticut
1776
us_history
vermont
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0
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1777 letter from a Hessian soldier during the American Revolutionary War
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Jun 10, 2021
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Jessica Key
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319k
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1776
us_history
american_revolutionary_war
+25
votes
3
answers
378
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100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre
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May 30, 2021
in
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by
Emma MacBeath
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1.3m
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black_heritage
african_american
us_history
oklahoma
+7
votes
1
answer
174
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Family Search - early US household members and their ages list ?
asked
May 20, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Elaine Martzen
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175k
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census
southern_colonies
1776
american
us_history
black_heritage
+8
votes
3
answers
323
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Russell Johnson, of Gilligan's Island fame, is unconnected and orphaned
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May 9, 2021
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Ashley Jones
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20.1k
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pennsylvania
notables
us_history
connectors
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3
answers
470
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James DeWolf (1764 - 1837) NEHS “James DeWolf, the RI Senator Who Murdered a Slave and Got Away With It”
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Apr 26, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Andrew Simpier
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689k
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dewolf
notables
rhode_island
us_history
slavery
black_heritage
+8
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0
answers
174
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Candlemas Day Massacre, York, Maine, 1692
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Apr 20, 2021
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S Willson
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224k
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categorization
military_and_war
us_history
york
maine
+3
votes
1
answer
112
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Are these two categories representing the same DeWitt Colony?
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Apr 16, 2021
in
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Natalie Trott
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1.4m
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categorization
texas
us_history
+19
votes
4
answers
248
views
160th Anniversary of the United States War Between the States Today!
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Apr 11, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Gail Martin
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4.4k
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war
nurses
us_civil_war
us_history
anniversary
+7
votes
2
answers
196
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Category request:Duffy's Cut Massacre
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Mar 25, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Natalie Trott
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1.4m
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pennsylvania
categorization
us_history
ireland
immigration
+10
votes
2
answers
155
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NEHS “ Abraham Lincoln Responds to the Little People’s Petition From Concord, Mass.”
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Feb 2, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Andrew Simpier
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689k
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massachusetts
slavery
black_heritage
us_history
african_american
+12
votes
3
answers
268
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Help USBH honor Women Scientists and Mathematicians--Black History Month
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Feb 1, 2021
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by
Emma MacBeath
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1.3m
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african_american
black_heritage
black_history
notables
us_history
profile_improvement
+14
votes
2
answers
148
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Help USBH honor Spingarn Medalists during Black History Month
asked
Feb 1, 2021
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The Tree House
by
Emma MacBeath
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1.3m
points)
african_american
black_heritage
black_history
profile_improvement
us_history
notables
+17
votes
9
answers
777
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Help USBH honor "firsts" on the first week of Black History Month
asked
Jan 31, 2021
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by
Emma MacBeath
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1.3m
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african_american
us_history
black_heritage
black_history
notables
profile_improvement
+9
votes
1
answer
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Do you want to help with the ancestry of the current US Vice President?
asked
Jan 17, 2021
in
Requests for Project Volunteers
by
Robin Lee
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869k
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harris
us_history
presidents
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votes
5
answers
1.4k
views
Want to help with the ancestry of the current US President?
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Jan 17, 2021
in
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by
Robin Lee
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presidents
us_history
biden
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0
answers
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"What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar."
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Jan 4, 2021
in
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Robin Lee
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869k
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marshall
us_history
presidents
wales
+10
votes
1
answer
206
views
The rowdy history of 18th century Christmas in old New York City
asked
Dec 25, 2020
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by
Jessica Key
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319k
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new_york
us_history
+6
votes
0
answers
158
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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 - 1886) NEHS “Black Cake, A Christmas Treat Emily Dickinson Loved To Bake”
asked
Dec 20, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Andrew Simpier
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689k
points)
dickinson
notables
massachusetts
sourcerers
categorization
us_history
+4
votes
2
answers
225
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Would someone please read an 1835 Will?
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Dec 13, 2020
in
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by
Living Britain
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translation
handwriting
tennessee
wills
us_history
+4
votes
1
answer
130
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Paul Revere (1734 - 1818) NEHS “When Paul Revere Rode to New Hampshire”
asked
Dec 13, 2020
in
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by
Andrew Simpier
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689k
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revere
american_revolutionary_war
massachusetts
us_history
+6
votes
1
answer
205
views
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by NEHS “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Hope Surfaces from Despair”
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Dec 13, 2020
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by
Andrew Simpier
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689k
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longfellow
notables
us_history
massachusetts
maine
sourcerers
+8
votes
6
answers
387
views
Can you help connect a Massachusetts governor?
asked
Dec 12, 2020
in
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by
Jayme Arrington
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185k
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connectors
us_history
notables
volunteers
massachusetts
challenges
+27
votes
5
answers
469
views
Today I Learned: Tulsa race massacre
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Nov 5, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Anonymous Grand'Maison
G2G6 Mach 2
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21.6k
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disasters
us_history
history
black_heritage
african_american
volunteers
+7
votes
0
answers
170
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US National Archives online resource DigiTreaties
asked
Nov 3, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Debi Hoag
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405k
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sources
native_americans
us_history
migration
westward_ho
+12
votes
3
answers
180
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US President Grandchildren as Spouses
asked
Oct 27, 2020
in
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by
Robin Lee
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walker
garfield
presidents
us_history
+2
votes
0
answers
157
views
wikitree needs to keep UPDATE the Defunct cemetery?
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Oct 27, 2020
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The Tree House
by
Carole Taylor
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cemeteries
us_history
sourcerers
+6
votes
2
answers
167
views
Arthur Atwater Kent (1873 - 1949) NEHS “ Atwater Kent – The Vermonter Who Sparked The Radio Craze in 1921”
asked
Oct 23, 2020
in
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by
Andrew Simpier
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689k
points)
kent
notables
vermont
us_history
sourcerers
california
+4
votes
0
answers
161
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Joseph Brant (abt. 1742 - 1807) NEHS Article “Joseph Brant, Mohawk Leader, Goes to Dartmouth (Before It Was Dartmouth)”
asked
Oct 12, 2020
in
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by
Andrew Simpier
G2G6 Pilot
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689k
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brant
ohio
us_history
notables
native_americans
canada
+3
votes
2
answers
280
views
Can we add Categories for Descendants of Roger Williams
asked
Oct 6, 2020
in
Policy and Style
by
Bill Pease
G2G6 Mach 3
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31.3k
points)
williams
categorization
rhode_island
new_england
us_history
+6
votes
2
answers
268
views
NEHS Article “ John Adams Flees Philadelphia in the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”
asked
Sep 27, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Andrew Simpier
G2G6 Pilot
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689k
points)
adams
notables
presidents
massachusetts
sourcerers
us_history
+2
votes
1
answer
130
views
NEW MEXICO TERRITORY
asked
Sep 20, 2020
in
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by
Jeff Brooks
G2G Crew
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650
points)
new_mexico
us_history
brooks
tierra_amarilla
+5
votes
0
answers
107
views
An excellent Read by NEHS “Helen and Sophia Thoreau, Henry David’s Amazing Sisters“
asked
Sep 20, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Andrew Simpier
G2G6 Pilot
(
689k
points)
thoreau
massachusetts
notables
us_history
slavery
connectors
+6
votes
0
answers
119
views
Possible discovery of Death dates-The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 and the South Beach Patients Book 1918 - 1919
asked
Aug 10, 2020
in
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by
Paula Reinke
G2G6 Pilot
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103k
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1918_flu
us_history
friel
military_and_war
+8
votes
1
answer
274
views
Request: Minor Modification to the "Texas First Families Sticker"
asked
Aug 2, 2020
in
Policy and Style
by
Edison Williams
G2G6 Pilot
(
446k
points)
stickers
templates
texas
us_history
profile_improvement
+13
votes
43
answers
1.5k
views
Do you have Southern Pioneers ? Join the Southern Pioneers Project.
asked
Aug 1, 2020
in
Requests for Project Volunteers
by
David Douglass
G2G6 Pilot
(
127k
points)
southern_pioneers
us_history
projects
+9
votes
5
answers
544
views
Ever wondered why Americans and Brits have different accents?
asked
Jul 5, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Randall Merriott
G2G6 Mach 1
(
11.6k
points)
england
us_history
+6
votes
1
answer
147
views
Moses Dunbar (1746 - 1777) NEHS “Moses Dunbar, The Other Connecticut Man Hanged in the Revolution”
asked
Jun 21, 2020
in
The Tree House
by
Andrew Simpier
G2G6 Pilot
(
689k
points)
dunbar
connecticut
new_england
us_history
notables
american_revolutionary_war
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