Today I am presenting my newest Revolutionary War presentation, Drums, Diaries, and Duty: The Roles of Children in Revolutionary America. This is a paid event and will be recorded. www.americanancestors.org/events/drums... #genealogy

#genealogy #FamilySearch It's time to search the databases on FamilySearch for Ukrainian records. Years of efforts to digitize records have filled up 21 databases. The post includes a free 4-page downloadable file. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/f...

Join us live for #ConnectAThon Hangouts www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Ch... We're getting together on YouTube and Zoom throughout the marathon, come join us! #CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

Today the #Wikitree #ConnectAThon starts. I'm on the #MightyOaks team, part of the England project. The Thon is like gaming for genealogists. It promotes community and good sourcing while introducing some competition to make it more lively. Take a look: www.wikitree.com/g2g/2058019/... #genealogy

🎬 #ConnectAThon kicks off TODAY! 🧩 Join us LIVE at 8am ET as we launch our 72-hour #CollaborativeGenealogy marathon Connect-a-Thon XVIII www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2XV... Get inspired, and celebrate our global community coming together to connect families

Missed yesterday's excellent Findmypast presentation on The Royal Navy in Family History? No worries - you can catch up whenever it suits you. Watch the recording here: https://f.mtr.cool/bzrdujlsdj

#Genearosity #FamilyHistory You know the drill by now! I'm camped out at my #AffiliateLibrary for the next few hours if any genie needs a #FamilySearch limited-access record copy. #PayItForward #SpreadTheWord @sjcaracciacpa.bsky.social @atcherleyons.bsky.social @shamrockgen.bsky.social

July 15, 1776: News reaches Philadelphia of New York’s decision to support the Declaration of Independence and to instruct its delegates to vote for it. The Continental Congress holds a symbolic vote to endorse the principles of independence, which passes, 13-0. 1/4

To celebrate Bastille Day, @myheritageofficial.bsky.social is offering free access to the France, Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890–1970 collection from July 14–18, 2026 #genealogy

July 13, 1849 The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion began in Charleston, South Carolina. Nicholas Kelly led an insurrection, wounding several guards with improvised weapons and liberating 37 enslaved people. Most were quickly captured, and Nicholas and two others were tried and hanged.

July 13, 1776: The New York Committee of Safety resolves that "the members of the different Fire Engine Companies that remain in this City ought not to be called out on any military duty which the common Militia of this City and County are subject to."

July 12, 1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

July 12, 1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. Jacob Parrott, the first man to receive the Medal of Honor.

12 July 1911 A Czech Jewish woman, Hana Neumannová, was born in Litoměřice. She was deported to Auschwitz from the ghetto in Theresienstadt on 19 October 1944. She did not survive. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

July 12, 1776: Abigail Adams and her four children with John are inoculated for smallpox in Boston. They are part of a group of 17 who take the treatment together at her uncle’s house. “Our Little ones stood the opperation Manfully,” she writes.

Oscar Hammerstein II July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960 American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song.

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July 11, 1798 – The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.

July 11, 1804 – A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

July 11, 1926: More than 10,000 disabled French veterans of WWI march through Paris, many in wheelchairs, to protest the recent debt repayment pact the country has reached with the U.S. The marchers place a petition pleading against "the ruin of France" at a statue of George Washington.

#OnThisDay in 1921, the Irish War of Independence ended. Do you have an ancestor who fought in the Irish Volunteers? Find out how to trace his record with our guide: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

July 11, 1776: Congress, concerned about the region around the Great Lakes, directs Gen. Philip Schuyler to construct gallies to protect Lake Ontario and seeks to establish how large a naval force will be necessary to secure Lake Erie.

July 11, 1776: A plot to break loyalist prisoners out of the Philadelphia jail is reported to Congress. The delegates appoint a five-member commission that includes Robert Morris and Thomas Jefferson to investigate the conspiracy.

Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston #onthisday in 1761 as an enslaved child. She became the first female African American published poet with her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral in 1773, a signed copy of which is in our collection. More: https://bit.ly/36IhIS9

July 11, 1776: North Carolina’s Safety Council orders all persons "inimical to the liberties of America" to supply an inventory of their "Real and Personal Estate" to their County Committee. In cases of neglect or refusal, the individual will be apprehended and brought before the council.

#OTD in 1960, 34-year-old novelist Nelle Harper Lee published her masterpiece, her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. She won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for #Fiction & her novel became a foundational pillar of American literature, selling over 40 million copies worldwide. #litsky #booksky

July 11, 1776: The New York Packet is the first newspaper in the city to publish the text of the Declaration of Independence, whose public reading to the troops two days ago inspired a mob to tear down the statue of George III.

July 11, 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.

If you’re interested in learning about Scottish Handwriting between 1500 and 1700 you can download a 53 page pdf booklet Or read it and study it online courtesy of the National Records of Scotland Here 👇 #history #handwriting #Scotland www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications...

Last week, our friends from Northeast Lantern brought replacement lanterns for our steeple! To celebrate the 250th, Northeast Lantern chose to create a new set of period-appropriate lanterns — similar to the ones that could have been used in 1775 for the "two if by sea" signal.

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982 American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball. His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

July 4, 1954 – Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end.

New Study: 48 of 56 Declaration of Independence signers profited from slavery theemancipator.org/2026/07/02/i...

Honored to be interviewed by @smithsonianmag.bsky.social on the Irish in the American Revolution www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...

June 28, 1914 – Causes of World War I: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo, beginning the July Crisis and providing the casus belli of World War I.

June 28, 1969 – Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Effective Immediately For families facing a memorial service, ScanMyPhotos.com now offers ScanFast Express Same-Day Scanning for emergency photo orders.

Oldest John Doe identified with genetic #genealogy www.npr.org/2026/06/23/n...

The Korean War began #OTD in 1950. Even though tank development made a step forward since WW2, the majority of the tanks used were WW2 vintage: North Korea used SU-76Ms and T-34-85s, and the Americans used Chaffee, Sherman and Pershing tanks. #tanks #history #ColdWar

The Special Collections team at American Ancestors launched the 10 Million Names digital collection digital.americanancestors.org/digital/coll... #genealogy

🚀 TODAY is the day — #WTChallenge 6 is officially underway! Join us at Noon ET for our Kick-off to get oriented, meet the team, & start collaborating on connections for marianpl.bsky.social 🔗 www.wikitree.com/g2g/2037234 #CollaborativeGenealogy

June 18, 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

🌳 Registration is now OPEN for #ConnectAThonXVIII 🧩 Join us 17-20 of July for our next 72-hour marathon to bring the world closer together, add relatives to WikiTree Pick a team, gather sources, & connect! www.wikitree.com/g2g/2046376 #CollaborativeGenealogy

Happy Bunker Hill Day! Don't forget that over 100 Black and Indigenous men fought at the battle including Salem Poor. He was the only man singled out for recognition, though they didn't say why. Poor purchased his own freedom before the war & served for multiple battles www.nps.gov/people/salem... 🗃️

Today is the 251st anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Samuel Leighton of Kittery Maine enlisted in the 30th Regiment of Foot on May 3, 1775 and fought at Bunker Hill a little over a month later. His papers, including this muster roll, live with us. For more: findingaids.bc.edu/repositories...

Do you want your research published? Submissions are now open for the 2027 issue of our Provenance journal. ➡️ prov.vic.gov.au/explore-coll...

"Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation." - Flag Act, passed by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777 #FlagDay

It's flag day today because Congress approved the design on June 14, 1777. Seems exciting. But on June 14 1776, and most days, most of their work was the regular stuff of governing and war. Like sourcing camp kettles.

Be careful out there! I was surprised to see one of my ancestors listed as a Lt. in the Am Revolution on Find a Grave website — a credible source cited. I checked source. He is not listed there — or anywhere else as a Rev War participant. #Genealogy Check sources for info found on the internet!

14 June 1920 | A Polish woman, Alina Jasińska, was born. A gardener. In #Auschwitz from 11 November 1942 No. 24188 She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and liberated there.