The Summer 2023 Issue (Vol.6 Issue 4) of our award-winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. You can download the latest newsletter through this link – Wake Genealogy Watch, Summer 2023
Features included in this issue include:
- Christopher H Robertson shares his latest ebook recounting his Carolina Robertson ancestors and a wealth of information on 19th Century military activities, race relation issues, and formation of the Army National Guard.
- An underused resource on NC Schools and Academies, 1790-1840 with focus on Wake County records and John Chavis a black educator, Presbyterian minister and Rev War soldier who ran a school for white and free colored children in Wake County from 1808 to 1828.
- A DNA feature highlights two new tools, a twist on an existing tool, and a host of webinars produced for DNA Day and available to watch for free.
- Details from Mackiev.com on the persistent sync issues between Ancestry and Family Tree Maker.
- Carla Stancil reports on the Order of First Families of North Carolina, a lineage society whose members descend from settlers who arrived in the Province of Carolina prior to 1729.
- Three featured articles from the NC Civil War & Reconstruction History Center collection.
- A packed summer calendar that includes our own great line up along with events from the NC Genealogical Society and the National Genealogical Society.
- A query asking for assistance in finding long lost family in our area. Please help if you can.
Photo Note: If you choose to read a printed version of this newsletter, some of the photos will be difficult to view due to size constraints. Please refer to the online edition where you can enlarge the photos to accommodate better viewing.
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