Fifty years ago historian Richard Wade published The Urban Frontier: The Rise of Western Cities 1790-1830 , in which he argued that "The towns were the spearheads of the frontier" in the 19th century US, not the isolated coonskin-capped...
Topics: Cincinnati, Indiana Magazine of History, Indianapolis, Lexington, Louisville, Richard C. Wade, The Urban Frontier

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"Descendants of Mary Margaret Matilda Seaman," by Diane VanSkiver Gagel "The Bissells of Nebraska" [continued], by Susan L. Simon* "Wood County Marrriages, 1820-1856," by Lolita Guthrie "First Families of Ohio: The...
Topics: Bissell family, Civil War, Griffis family, Millar family, Ohio, Ohio Records and Pioneer Families, Seaman family, Van Tuyl family, Wood County Ohio, Worden family

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Most readers of this blog probably need no introduction to the endlessly prolific Geneablogger From the Lower Left-Hand Corner of the United States, but on Watchdog Wednesday I still want to call attention to Randy Seaver's good work on tracking the..
Topics: blogs, Footnote.com, Randy Seaver, watchdog

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Sally Phillips gave a presentation on "little used sources" at the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society meeting this weekend, with lots of sprightly examples. Have you used yearbooks? Newspapers for more than just vital records? Censuses for..
Topics: little used sources, Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, Sally Phillips

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From the September issue of the St. Clair County (Illinois) Genealogical Society Newsletter , two new books by Stephen W. Reiss. I have not seen these but how could anyone with southwestern Illinois connections go far wrong? It Takes a Matriarch: 780 ...
Topics: diaries, Ebert family, Illinois, letters, Reiss family, St. Clair County Genealogical Society, St. Clair County Illinois

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