Photo: the "come and take it" cannon of the Battle of Gonzales of the Texas Revolution (the cannon is the real thing, the carriage a reproduction) on display at the Gonzales Memorial Museum, Gonzales, Texas. Credit: Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons.

A New Nation Is Born: The Republic of Texas

By Tony Pettinato on March 2, 2018

An article about the Texas Declaration of Independence (from Mexico) being approved on 2 March 1836, forming a new nation: the Republic of Texas... (Read More)

Photo: Bay Meeting House, Sanbornton, New Hampshire, built in 1836. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Using One Wedding Announcement to Find Multiple Cousins

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 1, 2018

An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about searching old newspapers to learn more about his ancestors from Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire... (Read More)

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