When I began to research my family history, I started with my dad’s family. His family came to America in the mid-1800s from Scandinavia. I encountered a dead-end prior to the point that my dad’s ancestors left Sweden and Denmark.
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The Blackwell House Door
Just as interesting followup to our article about the old knocker from the door to the Blackwell House that Maud Stoutenburgh Eliot gifted to President Roosevelt, we present this bit of correspondence showing a “colorful” bit of the history of the door it came from. As quoted by Thomas...
The Dutch In America
I came across an interesting bit of information recently that I thought was worth sharing here. It’s from the Library of Congress and it’s a history of the Dutch in America from 1609 to 1664.