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Genealogy Adventures Special: The First Africans of Virginia with special guest Kathryn Knight

26/05/2019
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For more information about Kathryn Knight’s books, please see the links at the bottom of this…

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Playing genealogical hide and go seek with Col. Thomas Pettus (abt. 1598-1663)

23/10/2017
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Few of my ancestors’ genealogies are as contentious as my 10x great-grandfather, Colonel Thomas Pettus, born…

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The mystery of Henry West (1608-1647)

30/04/2016
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Genealogy requires rather a substantial amount of critical thinking and deductive reasoning. This is especially true…