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WNC History: The Revolutionary journeys of 2 young WNC women
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Disguised as an old woman, and riding horseback, she went from her home … near the Catawba River...
'Forgotten' ancestor found and honored in Utica's Forest Hill Cemetery
Gannett via AOL· 7 months agoNancy West, 64, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, has relatives all over the Utica area. Some are in...
Woman identified over 40 years after she died in SC hospital, Richland County coroner says
The State via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter more than 40 years, a woman who died in a hospital in Columbia has finally been identified,...
LeVar Burton stunned to discover ancestor served with Confederacy on 'Finding Your Roots'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoLeVar Burton just took a look at his family tree and was shocked by what he found. The "Reading...
Mysterious 'minion' creature with a mouth, no anus is not a human ancestor, scientists find
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA "wrinkly" creature with no anus that was thought to be part of humanity's family tree is in fact...
Finding Kittie Sneed: A former Tennessee slave's words are finally heard, 118 years later
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoJeannette Horne always thought she was the last in her family, but after doing an Ancestry.com test,...
Answer Man: Who were the first Hispanics in Western NC? Hint: think 500 years ago
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoToday's burning question, in honor of Hispanic Heritage month, which runs from Sept. 15-Oct. 15,...
Tracing Your Roots? Visit These 15 Destinations in the African Diaspora
Parents via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen you're able to visit the places where your ancestors lived, history comes alive. Here's where...
Letter to Santa written in 1918: What became of orphan boy who lost parents to Spanish flu
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMATOACA — The late Henry Munt Partin, an orphan who grew up in Matoaca, reached out to Santa Claus...
Saber-toothed mammalian ancestor reveals how unstable life was during ‘the Great Dying’
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn unusual saber-toothed creature, similar in size to a tiger but with a reptilian appearance,...