Search Family Histories and Genealogy Records to Discover Great Stories for your Children
Little children love to hear stories about their families—some of the most heart-wrenching tales come from researching their ancestors! This generation’s past is regaled with stories of sea adventures, starvation, religious persecution, sorrow, war, and making a home in America. Find family heroes in the French and Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, and the War […]
Where the Harrowing Winds Blow
A fictional story by Jeannette Holland Austin Evan Schwartz Delivers His AleEvan felt uneasy as he repacked his wagon with the ale and reined the old nag down the bumpy road.As he drew near the city, guards stopped him along the road’s edge.“What is in the wagon?” The British soldiers asked.“Ale.”“How many kegs?”“Four.”“Where are you […]
Where the Harrowing Winds Blow
A fictional story by Jeannette Holland Austin The Rescued Prisoner The boy woke early the following day. “What is your name,” Dora asked. “Giles Duncan.” Giles sat up in bed and told his story. He was a boy living at home with his parents in Goose Creek when his two brothers enlisted in the American […]
Where the Harrowing Winds Blow
A fictional story by Jeannette Holland Austin Brennerei FarmEvan Schwartz, a tall, slender man from Germany, strolled across his sprouting barley field. His family had long since crossed the seas and made their home in Virginia, among other German families in the village of Germanna. Ultimately, as his children grew to manhood and drifted away […]
The Notorious Captain Kidd
Captain Kidd was born in Dundee, Scotland about 1654. He resided in Massachusetts where he owned a large house and first began his career as a privateer. He would not have become famous except that he was ultimately known as a pirate on the high seas. Although most people think of privateers as pirates, they […]
The Tories Torment Carolinians
Although the Americans won the war against Great Britain, immediate peace did not come to South Carolina. The Tories in the State kept up a constant warfare upon their Whig neighbors, and in March of 1782, General Greene, who, not long after the battle of Guilford Courthouse had won a decisive victory at Eutaw Springs, […]
The Cruelties of British Prisoners in Charleston
The battles and cruel prisoner treatment during the Revolutionary War brought sorrow to many families at home who feared for the welfare of their sons. The hot climate and wretched condition of the prison ships, unwholesome atmosphere, and insufficient food, made the days of imprisonment in Charleston equal in horror to the worst days at […]
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The Irish in South Carolina
When Irish settlers arrived in Philadelphia, they adopted the names of their first settlement. Thus, genealogists will find that the following Pennsylvania county names are used in South Carolina: Also, settlements were in Laurens, Fairfield, Newberry, Spartanburg, Marlboro, and Edgefield Counties. The genealogist following this trend will discover that the Irish established local churches and […]