Back on Line Agin'... Well, Sorta

It has been a long journey for me since last May in the ever-fun world of new technology and the internet. You may have noticed there have been few posts. 

I ended up having to buy a new pc and somehow got it hooked up by myself.  However, I am unable to get all of my e-mail sites and blogging sites back, but am working on it.

Hopefully, when I get the other four back on, I won't lose this one, but who knows.

Anyway, regardless, there will be a major difference in posting,  Before I was shooting for 20 posts a month minimum in all eight blogs.  Now, several of them will be posts every so often, maybe five a month, including this one.

Anyway, it is good to be back, even if just part way

Lovin' It.  --Brock-Perry

Two North Carolina Men Whose Lives Spanned Three Centuries, from the Presidencies of George Washington to That of George W. Bush-- Part 1

From the June 2, 2020, Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.)  "Two local men whose lives  spanned three centuries had other traits in common" by Kathy Ross.

Two men from Hayward County, North Carolina, lived across three centuries.

Federic Messer was born in 1792, during the presidency of George Washington and died in 1907 at the age of 114.  His life spanned the early days of our country's Constitutional history, the War of 1812, the formation of Hayward County, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.  The first time he voted in a presidential election, it was for James Monroe.

Carl Winford Bryson was born 100 years later, in 1892 and died June 28, 2001, at the age of 108.  His lifespan covered two world wars, the Great Depression,  the Cold War, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union and the internet.  George W. Bush was president when he died.

The two men had a lot in common.  Both born one hundred years apart, together, they spanned three centuries, but, they had other interesting traits.

--Brock-Perry

Most Popular Canadian War of 1812 Website Page After Entry? The Exit

From the Feb. 2, 2013, Edmonton (Can) Journal by Stepahnie Levitz.

The Canadian government's War of 1812 Bicentennial website got a big push from monies spent to advertise it during the Olympics July 27 to Aug. 12th during which it averaged 6.052 visits a day.  Before that it averaged 1,741 and afterwards 2,463.

The English home page had 83,458 visits from July 22 to Aug. 19th, the French 22,897.

The most visited page is the entry one and second most, the exit.

Just Some Numbers.  --Brock-Perry

War of 1812 Geneaology Now Available-- Part 1

From the February 7, 2013, "Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems."

The National Archives reports that pension files for the War of 1812 are among the most-requested materials now available to people online.  Once they were only available at the site in Washington, DC, or, you had to order copies from them.

But now, The Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Archives, Ancestry.com and Fold3 have partnered up to digitalize some 7.2 million pages of War of 1812 Pension Records online.

It is an ongoing process, but some of it is already online and can be viewed for free at Fold3.com.

This Is Called Getting Right Down With Your Primary Source Material.  --Brock-Perry