Ancestry

Thomas Savage

Did My English Ancestor Marry a Native American in the 1600s?

Ora Smith | January 29, 2023

Have you ever had a coincidence happen where you wondered if it were more than mere chance? Was the event a happy accident or did God have a hand in it? I’ve decided to write about a recent “coincidence” even…..

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Were Your Ancestors Immigrants?

Ora Smith | September 29, 2022

In the 1930s, Marcus Lee Hansen conducted research on the history of immigration to the United States. He was posthumously awarded the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860: A History of the Continuing Settlement of the…..

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Do You Know Who You Are?

Ora Smith | September 29, 2022

Silly question. Of course, you do. The question reminds me of a book I had as a child called Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman. A bird hatches from his egg without Mama Bird in the nest, so he…..

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