A quick scan of the Early American Roads and Trails page will reveal a glimpse of a valuable resource for tracing your ancestral families’ migration through time and place. It would be interesting to start with an immigrant ancestor and follow … Continue reading
Missouri State Archives Missouri’s Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861 – 1866 Name County City Subject Date Reel Number Frame Number File Number Ware, Addison Saint Louis St. Louis Oath of Allegiance 10-19-1861 F1277 Ware, Addison Saint Louis St. Louis Oath … Continue reading
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“Orie S. Ware U.S. Congressman to 70th Congress, 1927-29, from 6th Ky. dist. b. May 11, 1882 in Peach Grove, Ky. Graduate of U. of Cincinnati in 1903 and began law practice at Covington, Ky. Received degrees in Covington Lodge … Continue reading
Researching the first name. The following pattern is common in Irish and English families: 1st son named for father’s, father. 1st daughter named for father’s mother. 2nd son named for father. 2nd daughter named for mother. 3rd son named for … Continue reading
Note: This video found on YouTube will help to explain the origin of the Ware name and heritage in England. … Continue reading
“TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER The steamboat Yalabusha, CAPT. SCOTT, loaded with cotton, on her trip from Red River to New Orleans, on Tuesday the 25th alt., was burned to the water’s edge, by which terrible disaster at least twenty-five lives were … Continue reading
When the USS Lexington captured the Confederate-flagged W.B.Terry on 20 Aug 1861, it caused quite a stir on Paducah’s waterfront, where other steamboats were laid up due to the blockade at Cairo. An angry mob, led by the Terry’s crew, retaliated by … Continue reading
