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From Humble Roots
Imagine for a moment that you were born in 1838, in a small village in Germany that even today has fewer than 2,000 residents. As a teenager, you worked in…
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Down By The Riverside
Every family has stories. Many of these get passed down from one generation to the next. And occasionally, a story will have just the right mix of mystery and appeal…
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Final Resting Places
Genealogy is the study of where we come from, but it ultimately leads to our acknowledgement that we all wind up in the same place. We must come to terms…
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Pieces of Eight
Between 1818 and 1836, Congress passed a series of laws providing pensions to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, many of whom were in poor health and destitute. These veterans had…
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A Reluctant Hero
We are highlighting the two namesakes of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, with whom we have partnered to provide a scholarship. We already covered the life of Marion Oldham, and…