Fannie Salutes France, July 14 2016

AncestorStuff.com, Standing With France, Fannie, the dog, 2016

Ordinarily, Fannie posts book reviews on this blog.  However, this time it's different....because she is sad that all those people who were enjoying a lovely event in France were hurt, and some died.

Fannie wants everyone to put down their gadgets for just a while and pray for everyone who has suffered...individuals, families, friends, loved ones.  Fannie thinks it's time to hug your buddies, human and furry, letting them know that they mean everything to you.

Until next time....stay safe.

Celebrating FamilySearch Freedman's Bureau Indexing Achievement

Have you heard?  FamilySearch.org has recently placed Freedman's Bureau indexes and some images on their website, www.familysearch.org,  This has been a year's worth of work by so many volunteers, and the work continues.

Fannie, black lab mix and history and genealogy buff mutt.

Fannie has decided to focus her blog this week on publications dealing with African American history, genealogy and stories.  AncestorStuff.com has over 150 publications listed on our website. Fannie spent most of today browsing the long list of these resources.  She was so excited to see that so much has been written on this historical topic. In fact, there were so many titles to review that she had to take a nap in the afternoon to rest her eyes!

These are just a few  of the many books offered by AncestorStuff.com
Stop on in and take a look at our vast selection.  In celebration of the achievement of FamilySearch, we will offer FREE SHIPPING on your order of African American publications.  Just add the coupon, WELCOME, to your order, and enjoy the savings!

Help Fannie Find Her Hometown : Win a FREE MAP

Fannie, the smartest dog in the world of history and genealogy research

As you probably have guessed, Fannie is Adopted....Yes...she is...don't be shocked!

She was found with her young siblings at about the age of 4 weeks, wandering around the flooded areas of Kentucky in 2010.  No mamma was found, even though a long and exhaustive search was conducted by ASCPA members.  So the pups were gathered up and taken to a local shelter where they were cared for during the following week. Vet care followed, and the estimated date of birth for the bunch was set at Christmastime in 2010.  Calls were made to several animal shelters in the Midwest, until one was found to have room to take them in.  Fannie arrived in the Chicago suburbs in the dead of winter, and after a complete health checkup, she and her siblings were ready for adoption.

Our family took her in, and she blossomed under the watchful eye of Luigi, her adoptive older brother.  He was 7 years her senior, and he carefully showed her the ways of a suburban lifestyle.

Luigi has since passed on over the rainbow bridge.  Fannie has been left as the only canine in the family.  Having to be the center of attention is a harsh life, but she seemed to settle into that role just fine.  BUT....as a adoptive member of the family, she often wonders, "Where did I come from?"

That is where YOU can help!  She was born in Kentucky in the later part of 2010.  There were bad floods in the area of her birth.  That is all she knows.

Can YOU help Fannie find her ancestral Hometown?  All you have to do is research where she may have been from, using the information that has been given in this posting.  Meanwhile, we will contact the agency to find out exactly where her litter pack was found.  The person to find the exact town, or the person who finds the closest town of her family will receive a FREE MAP from our selections of maps on AncestorStuff.com.  No charges for purchase or shipping!

Interested?  It is time to test your research skills! Get started NOW.  Who wants to win a FREE MAP?  DO YOU? Submit your answers to info@ancestorstuff.com.

Indian Creek Massacre

Fannie is a Black Lab Mix, and History and Genealogy Buff Mutt

Like most young pups, Fannie is very excited about stories with lots of action.  She sat on the edge of her seat as she paged through this historical text about the Hall girls who were taken by the Indians!

Indian Creek Massacre and Captivity of Hall Girls, by Charles M. Scalan, Heritage Books, 1915

On May 21. 1832, Native Americans attacked white settlers in LaSalle County, Illinois.  The settlers built a dam that prevented fish from reaching the nearby Indian village. They needed it to power a sawmill along Indian Creek. The settlers refused to remove the dam when they were asked by the Indians. One of the tribesmen tried to dismantle the dam. He was attacked by the settlers. This did not prove to be a good decision, because members of the Sauk and Potawatomi tribes killed about 15 settlers, and kidnapped 2 girls, Sylvia and Rachel Hall, in retaliation. After several weeks, the settlers paid a ransom for the girls and they were released.  The deal was brokered by Chief White Crow.

The week before the attack, Chief Black Hawk, was trying to gain control of the area for his people of the Sauk tribe, and defeated the Illinois militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run on May 14, 1832. The Potawatomi tribe did not want the white settlers to blame them for the defeat of the militia.  They decided to warn the settlers that Black Hawk was not done with his plan.  Some of the settlers took refuge in the fort at Ottawa.  Twenty-three members of the families of Davis, Hall and Pettigrew, along with several other men decided to stay at their settlement where they had built the dam.

Fannie was fascinated by the fact that the two teenage girls were not hurt by the Native Americans while they were captured.  They reported that they had been treated very well. She really enjoyed this exciting and fast-pace story.  Her little heart kept beating while she turned the pages until the end of the story.

If you like exciting and true historical events, you will certainly like this book as much as Fannie does. She gave this book a rating of Two Paws UP and Two Woofs.  It was a bit too graphic, so she downgraded it on the Entertainment Value.

For future reference...Fannie's Rating System is as follows :

Engaging/Educational Factor......No Paws UP, One Paw UP, Two Paws UP

Entertainment Value.....No Woofs, One Woof, Two Woofs, Three Woofs

Fannie Celebrates Memorial Day 2016 : Her Favorite Military and War Selections

Fannie :  Black Lab Mix and History Buff Mutt

Fannie is excited about Memorial Day!!!  Hotdogs, Hamburgers and, of course, saluting Old Glory.

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Fannie has searched the catalogs of www.AncestorStuff.com to find some items to suggest to her friends who are interested in celebrating the lives of those men and women who fought to keep our country free.  She chose her selections very carefully....looking for just the right ones.  Here's what she would like to feature as her personal picks:

An Ordinary Soldier – Christopher Hite of Bedford, Pennsylvania and the Continental Army

by Richard Hite, 2010, 8.5” x 11”, Softbound, 105 pp
ISBN 9781558565258

www.clossonpress.com

Christopher Hite, a typical Continental Army Soldier, poor and illiterate, has a story to tell from the monthly rosters of his regiment. tax records and local histories of the area in which he lived.   He and the other "ordinary" soldiers of the Continental Army were mostly sons of impoverished immigrants.  Very few of these men learned to read and write. Christopher spent six and a half years in the military.  This book seeks to tell his story, and the story of his "ordinary" comrades that served our nation in the war that started this United States of America on it's way to becoming the republic that is it today. AncestorStuff item 115-615,  $13.56


First in His Class: Captain Oberlin Carter and the Savannah Harbor Scandal  by Philip W. Leon, 2009, 5½x8½, paper, index, 314 pp. ISBN: 0788450220

www.heritagebooks.com

Captain Carter was a rising star....graduating first in his class at West Point in 1880. In order to make imports and exports more manageable, he changed the depth and the course of the Savannah River. Although very admired by the public, he was charged with defrauding the federal government by fixing the bidding process by which the corps of engineers awarded contracts. He was fined and sentenced, stripped of his rank.  Never did he admit guilt and continued to appeal his case until 1944 when he passed away at the age of 88. AncestorStuff item 501-L5022, $25.20

I Flew With Hell’s Angels, Thirty-Six Combat Missions in a B-17 “Flying Fortress" 1944-1945, by William Albertson.,  (2005), 2007, 192 pp. , ISBN: 078843506X

www.heritagebooks.com

This is a fascinating book about the "Flying Fortress", known as Hell's Angels...of the 303rd Bombardment Group of the Eighth Air Force in World War II.  Clark Gable was a "member", which gave the group a bit of glamour and fame.  But those who managed to join it's ranks learned that fear and heart-pounding moments were the norm.  William Albertson tells the story of his father's experiences as a B-17 navigator.  He incorporates photos from the National Archives along with the personal notes and letters written by his father.  Hell's Angels attacked the areas of Dresden, Bremen, Berlin and many other places.  A definite tribute to the brave men of the flying 303rd.

AncestorStuff item 501-A3506  $21.60

Fannie would like to know what you think of her personal picks for Memorial Day 2016.  Leave her a note on her blog.  Suggest other books to Fannie....just make sure that they are found in the AncestorStuff.com on-line catalog, www.ancestorstuff.com, Oh, BTW,  Don't Miss the Special Memorial Day Free Shipping Offer.  Buy 3 or more items from the MILITARY Catalog on AncesterStuff.com, and get FREE SHIPPING.  Offer expires 13 June 2016.

Fannie's Favorites website

She loves ancestorstuff.com. ..you will too

Fannie's Favorites : May 2016

Fannie's Favorites

This month Fannie has chosen to share an exciting book with her public followers on www.AncestorStuff.com, LLC.  She is fascinated with old and new inventions.  She really likes the ones that have been around a while, but she has never heard about them....until she stumbles upon a book, like this one!

The Flying Submarine, The Story of the Invention of the Reid Flying Submarine, RFS-1, by Bruce Reid.  (2004), 2012, 5½x8½, paper, 178 pp. 
101-R3136 
ISBN: 0788431366

www.heritagebooks.com

A flying aircraft that can be a submarine?  "Come on," said Fannie.  "You have got to me pulling my paw!"  She read the description of the book on the Internet, and she was immediately hooked!

"The Flying Submarine: The Story of the Invention of the Reid Flying Submarine, RFS-1 - Bruce Reid. Is it science fiction? No! This is the true story of the invention of the world's first submersible aircraft. Developed during the Cold War era, the military potential of such a craft was invaluable, and the inventor worked tirelessly to get his flying submarine off the drawing board and into the water. Donald V. Reid, the inventor, was a high-energy person of many interests and talents, as well as a technical genius. This story is told by his son, who helped his father assemble the craft in their Asbury Park, New Jersey back yard, and who was the pilot of the Reid Flying Submarine. Photos and drawings illustrate how the sub was made, and show it being tested in the water and in flight. Don Reid gained minor celebrity status for his novel idea and appeared on the popular television programs, I've Got A Secret, To Tell The Truth, and The Johnny Carson Show. He was an aviation pioneer who was never fully recognized for his innovative contributions. Read this engaging story of invention and experimentation, and find out what ultimately became of the extraordinary Reid Flying Submarine! (2004), 2012, 5½x8½, paper, 178 pp. 
101-R3136 
ISBN: 0788431366" synopsis taken from Heritage Books, www.heritagebooks.com.

Donald Reid, father of the author of this book, designed his single-seat craft in 1961. It had a 65 hp engine for flight, and a 1 hp electric motor to provide the power for underwater propelling.  He first demonstrated his craft on 9 June 1964. Mr. Reid was an engineer at North American Aviation, aircraft manufacturers. He tested model-sized prototypes before building the larger, piloted size aircraft.

Photograph of Reid's Flying Submarine, www.images.google.com

Ancestorstuff.com, LLC has this book listed in their online catalog.  If you are interested in getting of copy of this book for yourself, or someone you know who likes to read about topics on inventions, make it a point to order this book, item number 501-R3036,  at www.ancestorstuff.com. List price for this book is $20,00, but you can order it from us for $18.00.

Fannie's rating for this book is Two Paws Up, and 3 Woofs!  She said that she was very impressed with how this book kept her interest from beginning until the end. Fannie also mentioned that her paws hurt from turning the pages so fast as she read about this exciting invention.  Now, she dreams of entering mechanical and aviation engineering someday in her future.  But first, she has to pass those nasty 8th grade exams this month.

Don't miss the next posting of Fannie's Favorites next month.  Fannie is currently reviewing the AncestorStuff publication catalog for her next favorite read.

For future reference...Fannie's Rating System is as follows :

Engaging/Educational Factor......No Paws UP, One Paw UP, Two Paws UP

Entertainment Value.....No Woofs, One Woof, Two Woofs, Three Woofs