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The Man Who Kept the Ordinary
How Tavern Bonds Put Your Ancestor at the Center of the Road
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Misty Hamilton Smith
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The Ghost That Followed Your DNA: How the Banshee Crossed the Atlantic
In the old country, a ghost stayed put.
May 31
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The Letter That Could Ruin You: How Baptist Church Minutes Tracked Every Move Your Ancestors Made
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May 30
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Where the Bluegrass Faded and the Forest Began: The Swiss of Bernstadt and the Appalachian Record Trail
How a Swiss land colony in the Kentucky highlands left a distinctive record trail, and what genealogists need to know to follow it
May 28
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Misty Hamilton Smith
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Where the River Carried Us: Appalachian Ferries, Family Lines, and the Quiet Geography of Movement
How ferry licenses, court bonds, and crossing records place your Appalachian ancestors on the river at the exact moment they moved
May 24
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She Takes Spells: How Mountain Women Were Committed and Why It Matters
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May 23
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Old and Poor: What County Court Minutes Reveal About Appalachia's Forgotten Poor
How Geography, Kinship, and Industrial Change Shaped Mountain Social Safety Nets
May 20
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Beyond the “Cherokee Grandmother”: 5 Surprising Truths About the Real George “All” Sizemore
Ancestor Deep Dive May 2026 Edition
May 18
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Misty Hamilton Smith
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Ruins That Remember: Tracing Family Lines Through Tennessee’s Stonework and Civil War Earthworks
How Tennessee's oldest and most complicated landmarks became some of the richest genealogical archives in the upper South
May 17
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When the Salt Ran Out: The Hidden Records of Appalachia's Civil War Famine
If this post gave you something to think about or a new trail to follow, consider restacking it.
May 16
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They Swore It Under Oath: The Untold Power of Revolutionary War Pension Depositions
How Aging Veterans and Their Widows Left Behind the Most Detailed Personal Testimonies in American Genealogy, and What Appalachian Researchers Need to…
May 13
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She Held the Family Together and the Records Barely Noticed
How Coverture, Census Silence, and Record Gaps Erased Appalachian Mothers from History, and How Genealogists Can Find Them Again
May 10
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