Today is veteran's day. In honor of all who have served, today's post is going to highlight some of my previous posts about veterans. Last year, my Veteran's Day post, Veterans in My Tree, documented those individuals in my genealogy file with a military service fact. This year, I'm going to create a list of …
Category: Militia
Corn Stalk Militia
As you've watched one of the many genealogy videos on YouTube have you ever heard a reference to a uniquely named source that you thought 'I just have to check that'! That was my experience as I watched video of a webinar discussing Kentucky records prior to 1850. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeHrMdqI9fs While the webinar mentioned many sources …
Captain Love’s Company of Militia
On my way home from the Northeast Kansas Library System's monthly board meeting, I stopped in Topeka to use the library and archives at the Kansas State Historical Society. One of the books I used was Montgomery County, Virginia: The First 100 Years. [Text by Judge C. W. Crush; Index by Mrs. Frances Terry Ingmire. …