The Cincinnati Strongman, Henry Holtgrewe, was an immigrant, a working man, and a brother. His life intersected with labor, migration, and the realities of urban nineteenth-century America. To understand him fully, the story has to widen beyond the stage:

In genealogy and historical writing, the answer is rarely as straightforward as people hope:
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Today, December 15, marks the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791 — the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. They were demanded by the public and fiercely debated... open.substack.com/pub/genealog...

DIck Van Dyke turns 100. Truly a SUPERcalifragilisticexpialidocious celebration of a man of joy. Happy Birthday!

Moses Gard was born in 1794 near Redstone Creek in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at the edge of America’s early western frontier. More:
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Follow me on Substack: A Concubine in Indiana? I happened across "Lina McGraw" in the 1910 census when I was searching for someone else. Next to her name it labeled her "concubine." I decided to unravel her background and ended up setting her story straight. Enjoy!
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A murdered woman. A vanished suspect. A trial that stunned the country in 1877 — and a story that only grows deeper the further you dig.
Start the Diamond Bessie series here:
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Ever had one of those skeletons from the past come knocking at your door? Should you answer? In my latest #Genealogy #Blog I share some ideas about how to approach a difficult story when you encounter one - Should all #FamilyHistory stories be told?

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Today, on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery, we #RememberSlavery with our latest blog post describing life on a Barbados sugar plantation as experienced by the men, women and children enslaved at Turners Hall, Barbados: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/l...

The Navajo Code Talkers created an unbreakable code in WWII, crucial in battles like Iwo Jima. Their work remained classified until 1968, earning them Congressional Medals in 2001 for their heroism.
#NavajoCodeTalkers

It's like they're personally attacking me in many things that they're doing. But what? Fresh hell is this?

#Ancestral_Women
Here is the biography of my 2nd great-grandmother. She was the Cincinnati Strongman's sister. biographywriter.com/the-cincinna...
#genealogy, #history #womenshistory

Measles is something that another group of people are perfectly placed to be advocates about - #genealogy researchers. Every town has family historians, everyone of whom will have a story about a grandparent or great grandparent who lost sibling(s) and other to measles. They make the danger personal

Welcome to the public domain, A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1929) by Ernest Hemingway. 💔📖 This classic novel of love and loss is set against t#PublicDomain:#PublicDomainDaylue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">he backdrop of World War I.

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This promises to be a challenging year on a number of fronts for all of us. I will continue to do my best to bring you thoughtful content that challenges all of us to think more critically about our collective past and its place in our lives. kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/thank-you-...

#womenshistorymonth

The women in my family continued.

Julia, 1896 Ohio, as editress of her newspaper Geauga County Record, speaks out against the Republican campaign of false pretense and Mark Hanna, McKinley's non-Union scab manager. ❤️❤️

Street report and news gatherer 1902, Fishkill Journal.

#IAmAmerica challenge: Write part of your story in a few sentences that highlight your American story. I'll go first:
I am the first person on my mom's side and first woman on my dad's side to graduate from college. I used my career to help advance kids at-risk while I paid back my student loans.

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🗃️ More historians are needed.

#Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine #skystorians

Still true.

A suffragist pickets the White House in 1917. She notes the hypocrisy of a government fighting for democracy abroad while denying it to women at home. This tactic was effective back in the day when the US President espoused a belief in democracy.

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#WomensHistoryMonth

Please could you help and share on your other social platforms, Thankyou. In the latest free episode of Armchair Genealogy Podcast, Jonny Perl talks about DNA Painter
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To mark #BlackHistoryMonth in the US, I've shared some webinars and other free resources, focusing on African-American family research #AncestryHour #Genealogy buff.ly/4hmyqsk

Update on NAI site: the genealogy collections have been restored!
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