North Carolina Genealogy

This date marks the begin of the sudden collapse and surrender of Japan in World War II. On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Japan. Two days later, the U.S.S.R. declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese controlled Manchuria, then on August 9th another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Finally, by August 15th the Japanese surrendered. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m not quite sure where to fit this one under the categories I’ve laid out, I may have to think of a fresh spot. Once again I’ve discovered a great link thanks to Random Genealogy, this time on the topic of the Information that’s found in Deeds. He refers to a tutorial at GSC Associates. It gives a GREAT introduction to interpreting what you may find in Deed records. It’s very well done and it comes full of examples.

The Charlotte Museum of History gives tours of the Historic Hezekiah Alexander homesite “10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, homesite tours 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. weekdays, 1:15, 2:15 and 3:15 p.m. weekends. 3500 Shamrock Drive.” According to The Charlotte Observer.

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I’m continuing to push on in the revision of county information. I think I’m in the downhill stretch…. Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, and Jones Counties all saw updates this afternoon. So you should be able to find a bit more detailed info now on their respective pages.

The German colonization of the Americas consisted of a failed attempt to settle Venezuela in the 16th century.

The Augsburg banking families of Anton and Bartholomeus Welser obtained rights to Venezuela from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and king of Spain in 1528. Read the rest of this entry »

Counties starting with the letter “H” now have been updated. That means Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, and Hyde Counties all have more detailed information and links now.

The Duchy of Courland was the smallest nation to colonize the Americas with a short-lived colony in Tobago during the 1654–1659, and again 1660–1689. Courland was established as a Duchy in 1561, a fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the modern Latvia. It had a population of only 200,000. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m not sure what category to put this one in…..

Again, Randomgenealogy.com has spotted this thought at genealogyblog.com. The post is a “last will” highlighting instructions for the care and passing on of genealogical research notes. I’m relatively young and I’ve given thought to it. Have you?

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Thanks again to randomgenealogy.com he has found a place like ebay only for used genealogy books. Listing is free it says and they specialize in genealogy books and publications. Looks like a great resource.

I’ve just finished updating the counties starting with the letter “G”, so that means that Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, and Guilford Counties have all been updated on the second pass through the link revision. I’ve added a couple of research links on the right hand column as well. These include wikitree, which I mentioned last night. Also, The Genealogy Encyclopedia and Linkpendium have been added.