AF-543: Pension Records: A Closer Look at Civil War Records #3
Civil War pension records are excellent sources of information on both the personal lives and military service of Civil War soldiers and their dependents. Veterans could apply for government pensions ...
27 Okt 20214min
AF-542: The Twenty-First Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. The 18th Amendment was adopted in 1919 and made manufacturing, transporting, and selling alcohol illegally at the federal level. The amendment proved un...
20 Okt 20215min
AF-541: The Twentieth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The 20th amendment to the US Constitution changed the inauguration dates for the President, Vice-President, and members of Congress. The date was changed from March to January, with Congress being ina...
13 Okt 20214min
AF-540: Service Records: A Closer Look at Civil War Records #2
The service records of your Civil War ancestors have a lot of information in them. This information can be put together to give you a pretty accurate and often quite detailed story of what they did wh...
6 Okt 20214min
AF-539: Where to Find Them: A Closer Look at Civil War Records #1
The American Civil War generated a lot of records of different types. These are records that can often add many beautiful layers of personal detail to your genealogy research and bring ancestors on yo...
29 Sep 20214min
AF-538: Animation Career: Walt Disney an American Icon
Walt Disney is probably the best-known animator the world has produced thus far. His cartoon movies are known and beloved far and wide, even those that were made seven to eight decades ago. How did Wa...
21 Sep 20218min
AF-537: The Nineteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is the one that gives women the right to vote at the federal level, and prohibits states from denying women the right to vote at the state or federal level. T...
16 Sep 20214min
AF-536: The Eighteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was the infamous one that established Prohibition—the ban on the production, transportation, and sale of alcohol in the United States. Temperance groups...
13 Sep 20215min
