New on JSTOR Daily: Tracing Your Ancestor’s Political Leanings

Each election cycle reminds me that our ancestors own political dealings can be a good source of information about them. Unfortunately, there is no wide scale census of political party affiliations for a genealogist to examine. While names can become clues (as a child named “Andrew Jackson” might indicate the family…

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Thank you Daughters of the American Revolution!

My recent blog on HuffingtonPost: As we remember our Independence, every American owes a debt of gratitude to the Daughters of the American Revolution. Last week Washington D.C. was a center of attention for multiple reasons, yet rustling through the streets of Washington, D.C. nearly 4,000 proud women gathered for…

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