AF-461: How Riverboats and Steamers Shaped American History
Before trains and automobiles, it was riverboats that connected America. You can learn more about the rich American tradition of steamships here. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/how...
25 Mar 202110min
AF-460: Angelica Singleton Van Buren: America's First Ladies #8
Like several other early presidents, Martin Van Buren was a widower. His beautiful, accomplished daughter-in-law, Angelica, stepped in to fill that role. A daughter of a wealthy southern family, she h...
24 Mar 20218min
AF-459: Colorado: American Folklore #6
Colorado has plenty of its own unique folklore, going all the way back thousands of years into the early times of habitation by the first Native Americans. These are some of the more intriguing tales ...
23 Mar 20218min
AF-458: Rachel Donelson Jackson, Emily Donelson, and Sarah Yorke Jackson: America's First Ladies #7
Andrew Jackson, our seventh president, is unique in presidential history in that he had more than one First Lady. He had three, in fact. Here are the stories of Rachel Donelson Jackson, Emily Donelson...
22 Mar 20218min
AF-457: The Summer Camps of Our Youth: A Great American Tradition
Summer camps are a slice of Americana that comes with more than 100 years of rich history. Learn more about how camps originated here… Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/a-great-americ...
19 Mar 20218min
AF-456: California: American Folklore #5
California has a rich history of human civilization going back thousands of years, and some of its folklore originates almost back to the first people to live in the area. There are also European pion...
17 Mar 20218min
AF-455: What Are Your Genealogy Resolutions?
Are genealogy New Year's resolutions on your radar? If not, they should be, and here is why. They can help you keep your genealogy on track when it is so easy to get lost in it. While your resolutions...
15 Mar 20214min
AF-454: What is Your Genealogy Vision?
Do you have a theme in mind for your genealogy research this year? What is a theme for genealogy research, anyway? Here is what you need to know about themes for genealogy research, and why they are i...
12 Mar 20214min
