The Global History of An American Family
This post originally appeared in GeneaBlogie in May 2008. The film, Loving, written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton, goes into wide distribution on Friday, November 18, 2016. Mildred Delores Jeter, born in 1939 or 1940, grew up in Central Point, near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. It was…
This post originally appeared on GeneaBlogie in 2008. The records on FamilySearch.org have been some of the most useful tools in my research. For example, recently I was running names through the Texas Death Certificate database. One of the names was “Elias Bowie.” That name may refer to either my great-uncle or his…
I really enjoy learning about the Census Bureau and its processes. So I was especially fond of Michael Hait’s “Anatomy” series and his other articles about the U.S. census back in 2009. After reading this census oriented post, I started musing about the 1890 census. Here’s a “re-deux” of a piece published in GeneaBlogie in…
For those interested in Iowa history, canvas.net is offering this free course July 1-July 31. Canvas.net provides online education including many free courses. I’ve found it useful in genealogy and several other disciplines, including law. Teaching and Learning Iowa History – Iowans and the Struggles Against Anti-Black Racism
Before 1976, women in the Army were segregated into their own branch known as “WAC” which stood for Women’s Army Corps. All WAC officers were trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama. The women’s training center was later moved to Fort Lee, Virginia. Penny thus was one of the last of the WACs. When the Army integrated…
Left to right: (my brother’s commander)(my nephew, David M., now age 30); David Q Manson (Maj, USA, retired); our Dad, Harold V Manson (1932-2013; Lt Col, USA, ret.); Terry Manson (Maj, USA, retired); me (Col, USAF, retired); a total of 85 years of service; our Mom, who also served every one of those 85 years…