I grew up in a small town in south Texas (and still live in that area but in San Antonio) which was and is heavily Catholic and school lunches on Friday were never meat. Herschel Sheiness

#belarus

I use the married surname and the primary and then enter the maiden name in the "Nee" field I created in Family Tree Maker. There are just too many women in my trees to keep up with unfamiliar maiden

#records #general

Ellen, be careful with the use of Ita if you live along the Mexican border. Ita is a common Spanish nickname,

#names

Brian, I recently read the book you mention and found the title to be very misleading. As you say, it is more about the history and movement to that part of the world that "Pirates." That being said,

#dna

--Never say never. For a burial in a VA cemetery, the religious symbol that appears on the headstone is up to the deceased's family and if the family was not Jewish, say the veteran converted, and wan

#germany

I have used Shapell when researching Texas Civil War veterans.

#usa

If you subscribe to Ancestry then Fold3 is available using your Ancestry passcode.

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