November 26, 2021 I should have known better. Family stories are the basis for a lot of my research. That’s particularly true for more recent relatives. In those cases, older members of the family actually knew the relatives. That was the case with my mother-in-law. She and my father-in-law grew up in the same small …
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In the U.S., Today is Thanksgiving Day
Today is Thanksgiving Day. One of the most traditional of American holidays, it’s thought to have begun in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The holiday became national in 1863, and the fourth Thursday of the month has been the official day since 1941. In many of the nation’s 128 million or so households, people will share …
In the U.S., Today is Thanksgiving Day
Today is Thanksgiving Day. One of the most traditional of American holidays, it’s thought to have begun in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The holiday became national in 1863, and the fourth Thursday of the month has been the official day since 1941. In many of the nation’s 128 million or so households, people will share …