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Welcome to the USA Portal! The USA Portal is here to facilitate those researching ancestors or relatives in the United States, or elsewhere in the world but with American roots. We encourage everyone with links in the United States to communicate and explore a common ancestry. In this portal you will find sources and discussions that will help you with your research. In case you have a partic...
List of Known Maryland 400 Soldiers =On Aug. 27, 1776, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Brooklyn, N.Y. Known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Long Island, it was where Maryland would earn her nickname ‘‘The Old Line State.”Few are aware that the war could have ended that day had it not been for the ‘‘Maryland 400” who sacrificed themselves to allow the col...
no profiles please=A project for DAR members to meet each other, and for non-members to find ancestors that enable them to join. Use the related projects below to help focus your DAR research goals.* Geni Project - DAR Patriots * Geni Project - DAR Descendants * Geni Project - DAR Daughters "The Daughters of the American Revolution is a charitable organization that requires members be women ove...
American Colonial Governors This project is designed to capture pre-statehood Governors of entities that eventually became American States and to be a portal to the individual pre-statehood projects. Colonial governors should be added to both this project and to the individual pre-statehood projects. Territorial Governors are included in a separate Geni project: Governors of the states after...
American Revolution: New York and New Jersey campaign (July 1776 - March 1777) In Wikipedia Result: New York: British gain control of New York City, British victory New Jersey: Americans lose and then regain control of New Jersey, American victory The New York and New Jersey campaign was a series of battles for control of New York City and the state of New Jersey in the American Revolution...
This project is intended for all of those that served in the United States Continental Navy.The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams, and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively substantial ...
Colonial Governors of Connecticut The territory of the United States state of Connecticut was first settled by Europeans in the 1620s, when Dutch traders established trading posts on the Connecticut River. English settlers, mainly Puritans fleeing repression in England, began to arrive in the 1630s, and a number of separate colonies were established. The first was the Saybrook Colony in 1635, b...
Prior to being admitted to the union, New York had many colonial governors through its history. Dutch Period - Province of New Netherland 1621-1624 : Adrian Jorisszen Tienpoint 1624-1625 : Cornelius Jacobsen May 1625-1626 : Willem Verhulst 1626-1631 : Peter Minuit 1632-1633 : Bastiaen Jansz Krol 1633-1638 : Wouter van Twiller 1638-1647 : Willem Kieft 1647-1664 : ...
Colonial Governors of Maryland This project collects Maryland governors prior to declaring independence in 1776. Governors of Maryland after 1776 should be added to Maryland Governors . Proprietary governors 1 Leonard Calvert 2 Thomas Greene 3 William Stone 4 Rev. Robert Brooke Sr. 5 William Stone
Colonial Governors of New Hampshire This project collects New Hampshire governors prior to declaring independence in 1776. Governors of New Hampshire after 1776 should be added to New Hampshire Governors . Lower plantation governors, 1630-1641 Walter Neale Francis Williams Henry Josselyn Francis Norton Upper plantation governors, 1631-1641 Thomas Wiggin George Burdett Massachusetts g...
This project collects New Jersey governors prior to declaring independence in 1776. Governors of New Jersey after 1776 should be added to New Jersey Governors . Directors of New Netherland (1624-64) Cornelius Jacobsen May Willem Verhulst Peter Minuit Sebastiaen Jansen Krol Wouter van Twiller Willem Kieft Peter Stuyvesant Governors of New Sweden (1638-55) Peter Minuit
Return to USA Black Heritage Portal Crispus Attucks was a black man in the American Revolutionary War, was the first person shot to death by British redcoats during the Boston Massacre, in Boston, Massachusetts, March 5, 1770. He has been named as the first martyr of the American Revolutionary War. Little is known for certain about Crispus Attucks beyond that he, along with Samuel Gray and Jam...
Geni members who are happy to help you find out if you can apply for membership in the DAR =FAQ= 1. Am I eligible to apply for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution ? If you have at least one ancestor who contributed to the winning side in the American Revolution, and you can document your line of descent from that ancestor, then you are DAR eligible.>"Any woman 18 years or old...
The Siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. New England militiamen prevented the movement by land of the British Army garrisoned in what was then the peninsular town of Boston, Massachusetts. Both sides had to deal with resource supply and personnel issues over the course of the siege. British resupply and reinforcement activiti...
Crypt for the Prison Ship Martyrs=* coordinates: 40° 41' 30" N. 073° 58' 32" W. Google Map * Type: Crypt (cemeteries, graveyards)* Location: Fort Greene Park, Myrtle to Dekalb Avenues, Edwards and Cumberland Streets* County: Kings. City: New York. Borough: Brooklyn. State: NY (New York) Country: US (United States)Please add Geni profiles of these American Patriots to this project (actions menu ...
Please add profiles for those who fought in this battle to the project. Must be set to public. From North Carolina History Project ==Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge==Labeled the "Lexington and Concord of the South" by many historians.In February of 1776, North Carolina Patriots embattled several hundred Tories at Moore’s Creek Bridge, and it was the first battle on North Carolina soil during the...
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, June 29, 1776: The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet (June 29, 1776) was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry. It was the first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War. The battle resulted in the first American casualty of the war in New Jersey, Lieutenant Richard Wickes, brot...
Battle of Fort Washington, November 16, 1776: The Battle of Fort Washington was fought in New York on November 16, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. It was a British victory that gained the surrender of the remnant of the garrison of Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan Island. It was one of the worst Patriot defeats of the war....
(This project is a work in progress.)The U.S. Constitution is the most important document in the history of the United States. Of the 55 men who attended the Constitutional Convention of 1787, only 39 signed this document, plus William Jackson, the convention's secretary. Many of the men left wives and families to be there, a difficult but necessary sacrifice. Behind every great man is a great ...
< BACK to the Sources Workstream Index=====.=Sources : Colonial American=.ObjectiveThis project aims to research and identify the most reliable sources and prevalent theories for genealogical research around Colonial AmericaStatusIN PROGRESSScopeThis project focuses onTime Frame: until 1776Dynasties: (PLACEHOLDER)Geographies: North America, modern day USAHistorical perspective(PLACEHOLDER: Desc...