AF-518: Birth Certificates: A Closer Look at Birth Records #1
Birth records are some of the first types of records you may look for when beginning your genealogy research. After all, most people in the western world have had some sort of documentation of their b...
23 Juli 20214min
AF-517: Martha Washington: America's First Ladies #1 | Ancestral Findings Podcast
Martha Washington was the very first 1st lady of the United States. We all know this about her, and that she married George Washington. But, what about her life before him, and after him? Do you reall...
20 Juli 20218min
AF-516: The Sixteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Sixteenth Amendment to the US Constitution establishes a federal income tax. There had only been one tax of this type before, to pay for the Civil War, and it was canceled not long after the end o...
16 Juli 20215min
AF-515: The Fifteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution gave African American men, including those who had been former slaves, the right to vote. While the amendment seemed simple, the US Supreme Court has int...
12 Juli 20215min
AF-514: Common-Law Marriages: A Closer Look at Marriage Records #4
What do you do if you can't find a marriage record, bond, or banns, no matter where you look? Fortunately, there are alternative ways to find a marriage date, or record that a marriage took place. Her...
7 Juli 20214min
AF-513: Marriage Banns: A Closer Look at Marriage Records #3
Marriage banns were the way marriages were legalized for centuries in most of the western world. There are records of the Roman Catholic church requiring them as early as eight hundred years ago in En...
5 Juli 20214min
AF-512: Celebrating Our National Heritage: A History of the 4th of July
You know we celebrate our nation's independence on the 4th of July. But, do you know how this holiday came to be? When was it first celebrated? What is its true meaning? Let me share with you this fas...
2 Juli 20218min
AF-511: The Fourteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Fourteenth Amendment is the second of the three so-called Civil War (or Reconstruction) amendments. It is also one of the amendments most frequently cited in US case law. It was adamantly opposed ...
30 Juni 20217min
