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Thomas of AtlantaGenealogy.com is a professional genealogist and nationally recognized speaker, providing research and educational programs for genealogical societies and private clients nationwide.

On this day, 4 June 1919, Congress approved the 19th Amendment and sent it to the states for ratification.For genealogis...
06/04/2026

On this day, 4 June 1919, Congress approved the 19th Amendment and sent it to the states for ratification.

For genealogists, this is more than a voting-rights milestone. It is a reminder that women’s stories are often found outside the usual vital records. Suffrage work, civic organizations, club records, petitions, newspapers, voter registrations, correspondence, and community activism can all help document women’s lives.

Sometimes women are not “missing” from the records. We just have to look in the records created by the work they were doing.

This is why we must tie history to our research. Laws, movements, and public action shaped the lives of our ancestors — and often created the paper trail that helps us find them.

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On this day, 3 June 1781, Jack Jouett began his overnight ride through the Virginia countryside to warn Thomas Jefferson...
06/03/2026

On this day, 3 June 1781, Jack Jouett began his overnight ride through the Virginia countryside to warn Thomas Jefferson and members of the Virginia government that British cavalry under Banastre Tarleton were approaching Charlottesville.

Often called the “Paul Revere of the South,” Jouett’s ride reminds us that not every Patriot story happened on a battlefield. Some acts of service were carried out on dark roads, through local networks, and in moments when one person’s warning could change the course of events.

For genealogists, these stories matter. Patriots may appear in militia records, legislative records, pension files, local histories, land records, correspondence, and community traditions.

This is why we must tie history to our research. Sometimes the record that matters most begins with a local story.

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It was good to see so many members of the Southeast Chapter - Association of Professional Genealogists at the NGS Confer...
06/01/2026

It was good to see so many members of the Southeast Chapter - Association of Professional Genealogists at the NGS Conference in Fort Wayne, IN

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On this day, 1 June 1774, the Boston Port Act took effect, closing Boston’s harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party.T...
06/01/2026

On this day, 1 June 1774, the Boston Port Act took effect, closing Boston’s harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party.

The goal was to punish Boston, but the result was much larger. The Act disrupted merchants, sailors, dock workers, families, and communities — and helped push the colonies toward greater cooperation and resistance.

For genealogists, this is a reminder that the Revolution was not only fought on battlefields. It was also built through town meetings, petitions, newspapers, committees of correspondence, merchant records, and economic pressure.

When we tie history to our research, we begin to see how major events shaped the choices, movements, and records of ordinary families.

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On this day, 31 May 1775, the Mecklenburg Resolves were adopted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina as an early respon...
05/31/2026

On this day, 31 May 1775, the Mecklenburg Resolves were adopted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina as an early response to the events at Lexington and Concord.

For genealogists, this matters because local committees, militia officers, civic leaders, and other participants in these early actions may qualify as potential SAR or DAR Patriots. Many of the men involved may be found in committee minutes, militia records, petitions, tax lists, land records, correspondence, and other local sources.

This is why we must tie history to our research. Not every Patriot ancestor carried a musket in a famous battle. Some served through local leadership, committee work, public action, and support of the cause.

For those working on lineage society applications, these kinds of records can be especially important.

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On this day, 30 May 1783, The Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first daily newspaper in the United States.Newspapers...
05/30/2026

On this day, 30 May 1783, The Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first daily newspaper in the United States.

Newspapers had already been around for decades, but the move toward daily publication was a major step in how quickly news, notices, and community information could spread.

For genealogists, that matters. Newspapers can be a researcher’s best friend. They preserve the everyday details that often do not appear in courthouse or vital records — obituaries, marriage announcements, death notices, legal advertisements, land sales, business notices, runaway notices, court items, and community news.

This is why we must tie history to our research. Newspapers do more than report big events — they help preserve the lives, movements, troubles, businesses, and stories of ordinary people.

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On this day, 29 May 1780, Patriot forces under Col. Abraham Buford were overtaken near the Waxhaws by British cavalry un...
05/29/2026

On this day, 29 May 1780, Patriot forces under Col. Abraham Buford were overtaken near the Waxhaws by British cavalry under Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton in one of the most brutal clashes of the Revolutionary War.

For many Americans, the battle became more than a military defeat. The memory of what happened at Waxhaws spread quickly and became a rallying cry: “Remember Waxhaws!”

For genealogists, this is a reminder that war leaves more than military records. It leaves trauma, memory, family stories, pension claims, local histories, and communities shaped by loss.

This is why we must tie history to our research. Sometimes the events that shaped an ancestor’s life were remembered long after the battle itself was over.

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On this day, 28 May 1754, a young George Washington and his Virginia Regiment clashed with a French party at Jumonville ...
05/28/2026

On this day, 28 May 1754, a young George Washington and his Virginia Regiment clashed with a French party at Jumonville Glen in western Pennsylvania.

For genealogists, this is a reminder that the story of the American Revolution did not begin suddenly in 1775. Earlier frontier conflicts shaped military service, migration, land claims, alliances, and the records our ancestors left behind.

This is why we must tie history to our research. Sometimes the records that help explain a Revolutionary War ancestor begin years before the Revolution itself.

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I’m in Fort Wayne, Indiana this week for the NGS Family History Conference, representing the Genealogical Speakers Guild...
05/27/2026

I’m in Fort Wayne, Indiana this week for the NGS Family History Conference, representing the Genealogical Speakers Guild and continuing to sharpen my own skills as a professional genealogist.

Conferences like this matter because genealogy is not just about finding records — it is about learning better methods, staying current with new tools and resources, and connecting with other professionals who are serious about preserving family history.

At Atlanta Genealogy, my goal is to help families connect the records to the story.

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Driving to the NGS Conference yesterday, I passed through Fort Recovery, Ohio, and was reminded why I often say in my pr...
05/26/2026

Driving to the NGS Conference yesterday, I passed through Fort Recovery, Ohio, and was reminded why I often say in my presentations that we must tie history to our research.

Memorial Day reaches farther than the larger, better-known wars. Here, 997 U.S. soldiers are remembered for lives lost in the Battle of the Wabash (1791) and the Battle of Fort Recovery (1794). These men did not fall in a war most Americans talk about often, but their sacrifice was real, and their stories are part of our nation’s history.

For genealogists, places like this remind us that military service, sacrifice, migration, settlement, and family history are deeply connected.

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