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The United States Army (USA) is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces that performs land-based military operations. It is also the largest overall and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services. The modern army has its roots in the Continental Army which was formed on 14 June 1775, to meet the demands of the American Revolutionar...
Academics Ivo Banac - historian and professor at Yale University Mladen Bestvina - mathematician Jaksa Cvitanic - Professor of Mathematical Finance William Feller , mathematician Branko Grünbaum - mathematician Henry Suzzallo (1873–1933) - president of the University of Washington Victor Wickerhauser - mathematician Drazen Prelec - mathematician Nikola ...
This project is intended for all Naval personnel. Please feel free to include any that served the United States in this capacity from 1786 to Present. A separate project has been set up for those that served in the Continental Navy 1775 - 1785 . The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the Uni...
Americans in Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American Brazilian An American Brazilian (Portuguese: américo-brasileiro, norte-americano-brasileiro, estadunidense-brasileiro) is a Brazilian person who is fully, partially or predominantly of American descent, or a US-born immigrant in Brazil. The Confederados is a cultural sub-group in the nation of Brazil. They are the des...
Minister (Christianity) In Christian churches, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community. The term is taken from Latin minister "servant, attendant", which itself was derived from minus "less...
Swiss Americans are Americans of Swiss descent, including those whose ancestors spoke Swiss German, Swiss French, Swiss Italian, and Romansh. Today, there are approximately 1 million Americans who identify as Swiss American. Purpose of project Please use this project as a place to connect with others tracing their Swiss ancestry, share resources you find, offer helpful tips, ask questions a...
Please add to this project the Geni profiles of those running for Senator. Use "discussions" to identify profiles that need a curator to make into a public Master Profile. Up for election: 34 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate. From Wikipedia Elections for the United States Senate will be held on November 8, 2016, with 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate being contested in ...
Welcome to the United States Senators project on Geni! This project aims to bring together all of the profiles for the men and women who have served in the upper house of the American legislature since it was first convened in 1789. Anyone who has ever served in the United States Senate should be added to the project. Resources The Senate maintains a list of all senators in U.S. history ,...
Amherst College== College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,817 students in the fall of 2012. Students choose courses from 35 major programs in an unusually open curriculum. Amherst is ranked as the second best liberal arts college in the country by U.S. News & World Re...
Notables among the Alutiiq and Aleuts of Alaska. The Aleut (Unangax̂) and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), are south and southwest Alaska, maritime peoples, both with similar cultures and spoken dialects from the same language family, although not mutually intelligible. They are also considered unrelated, although there has been a significant amount of marriages between the groups, resulting in some...
This project is for living U.S. attorneys as opposed to deceased/historical/powdered ones.
Johns Hopkins University= Johns Hopkins University (commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, the university was named after its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins. His $7 million bequest—of which half financed the establishment of The Jo...
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences , frequently known as the American Academy , is one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for policy research in the United States. Election to the Academy is considered one of the nation's highest honors since its founding during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, and other scholar-p...
About the United States Portal The United States portal is created in order 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 resear...
Siia projekti soovime Genist kokku koguda tuntumad eestlased Ameerika Ühendriikides läbi kõigi ajajärkude. inimeste otsimine Otsimiseks Otsimiseks Otsimiseks Otsimiseks Otsimiseks Otsimiseks Otsimiseks Otsimiseks Ostimiseks 29 mai 1952 USA-a
The Orphan Train Riders The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported orphaned and homeless children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1853 and 1929, relocating about 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children. The children were called the orpha...
If you would like to join this project just request to and then please add any Chickasaw Nation Chiefs, Prominent and Influential members both men and women to this project. Piomingo and Tishomingo About Piominko Born near Tupelo, Mississippi, in approximately 1750, Piominko served the Chickasaw people as a leader, diplomat and negotiator during the infancy of the United States of Ame...
Emigration from Norway to the United States of America. This project is about emigrants from Norway to USA. Index Links Norwegian-American Settlements in The US From which county in Norway was the emigrants born? Østfold Akershus Oslo Hedmark Oppland Buskerud Vestfold Telemark Aust Agder Vest Agder Rogaland Hordaland Sogn og Fjordane Møre ...
The goal of this project is to develop genealogical and historical knowledge of the Cherokee, indigenous peoples of North America. Who are the Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ)? (from ) The Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, the...
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 substanti...
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. The word "Burgess" means an elected or appointed official of a municipality, or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons. The House was established by the Virginia Company, who created the body as part of an effort to encourage English craftsmen to settle in...
This project is used to relate all units from Michigan which served in the Union Army during the US Civil War. — - - - - - - — References Wikipedia's article about Michigan in the Civil War. A bibliography concerning Michigan's participation in the Civil War. photos of MI Civil War veterans — - - - - - - —
List of United States Representatives from Nebraska Nebraska's current delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Jeff Fortenberry Brad Ashford Adrian Smith
Please add to this project those currently serving as senators for the United States of America. Use "discussions" to identify any that need a curator to make into a public Master Profile. As someone leaves office their profile should be removed from this project . Resources List of current United States Senators Senator search form Geni photos and documents Current Leadership ...
This is a list of Choctaw chiefs as documented by the Choctaw Nation . Before and during the removal Historical Tchito -- titled Mingo Tchito which just means "big chief." Is this actually an identity or just a generic title? Shulush Homastubby "Red Shoes" 1729-1747 1800-1857 Apukshunnubbee District (Okla Falaya) Apuckshunnubbe before 1801-1824 Robert Cole 1824-1826 Greenw...
Calling all Parsons! Let's link our family trees together. Parsons (surname) Parsons as a surname has an occupational meaning, and refers to a parson's servant or a person that worked in the parson's house. Another meaning of the surname is the parson's son . Notable people with the surname of Parsons include: Alan Parsons (born 1948), British musician and record producer Albert Par...
Overview American Indians were sent all over the world, including Bermuda, Bahamas, the Caribbean, Europe and Northwest Africa. The Native Americans were not just pushed westward across North America, they were exiled to the West Indies, and even the Southwest Pacific (New Guinea). Native American Diaspora Blog Please follow the format of the project, and add people to the body. Also ...
College=Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of 1,545 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles (17.7 km) southwest of Philadelphia.Founded in 1864, Swarthmore was one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. The school was organized by a Committee of Quakers from three Hicksi...
The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front. Planning f...
Please add to this project the Geni profiles of those running for Senator. Use "discussions" to identify profiles that need a curator to make into a public Master Profile. Up for election: 33 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate and 3 mid-term vacancies. These elections mark 100 years of direct elections of U.S. Senators. From Wikipedia : Elections for the United States Senate will be ...
Siia projekti on kogutud perekonnaloo uurijatele kasulikele viited andmebaasidele, kodulehtedele, teistele allikatele ja muudele materjalidele. Osad teemad on kaetud eraldi projektides, vaata neid paremalt servast seotud projektide rubriigist. Uue viite lisamisel lisa esmalt saidi ametlik nimetus ja selle järele vajadusel ka lühike kirjeldus, millega on tegemist. (Ametliku nimet...
A repository for image artifacts associated with the American Civil War. To add an image to the project: (upper right) > photos and documents > photos > add image button To tag a profile to an image from the project: view images > select image > "in this photo" box [edit] > type in the profile name (hint: visit the profile first to add to your "short list") To add an image to a projec...
North American Tribes Southeast Includes the Following States Alabama | Florida | Georgia | Mississippi | South Carolina Includes the Following Tribes Acolapissa Acuera Alabana Amacano Alibamu Apalachee Apaiachicola Atsina Bayogoula Bayougoula Biloxi Calusa Caparaz Capinans Catawba Chakchiuma Chatot Chactoo Chatot Cherokee Chesapeake Chiaha Chine Christanna Indians Choula Chic...
List of Governors of Maryland==
After a twenty-three-year absence, women returned to general Navy service in early August 1942, when Mildred McAfee was sworn in as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander, the first female commissioned officer in U.S. Navy history, and the first Director of the WAVES, or "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service". In the decades since the last of the Yeomen (F) left active duty, only a rela...
Bring your pioneer ancestors on over. Profiles must be set to public. The Territory South of the River Ohio, more commonly known as the Southwest Territory, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1790, until June 1, 1796, when it was admitted to the United States as the State of Tennessee . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George Washington Philadelph...
This is a project that gathers all my relatives who emigrated from Sweden to other countries. I will be the only one managing this project. Its aim is to gather these emigrants to make it easier for my DNA-relatives to find a match between our genealogically researched trees. I am sorting the emigrants under "landscapes" and then last names in alphabetical order and birth years chronologically....
Notable Huguenots or people from Huguenot descent United States Arts & Entertainment James Agee , American screenwriter and Pulitzer prize winning author Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo cowboy, artist, and sculptor William Christopher, American actor Joan Crawford , American actress Davy Crockett , American folk hero Johnny Depp , American actor Philip Morin Freneau...
This project is just what it sounds like; a place to gather together any profiles available of Governors of South Carolina.
Please bring your Texas Ranger profiles on over to this project - must be set to "public." from Texas Department of Public Safety Silver Stars and Sixguns: The Texas Rangers "They were men who could not be stampeded" That's the way the late Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr., longtime director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, once described the men who have worn the silver or gold...
This project highlights the many notable figures who trace their roots to the Creole and Cajun communities of southern Louisiana. Cajuns Cajuns -- les Cadiens -- are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of French-speaking exiles from Acadia in what are now the Canadian Maritimes. About 500,000 Americans list themselves as Cajun, includi...
Welcome to the Tennessee project The Tennessee project is created in order to facilitate those researching ancestors or relatives in Tennessee or elsewhere in the world but with roots in Tennessee. We encourage everyone with links in Tennessee 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 y...
The state of Colorado was organized as a U.S. territory on February 28, 1861 from parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico territories. It includes land acquired by the U.S. under the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Annexation of Texas (1845), and Mexican Cession (1848). Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876. Please do not add profiles to the State of Colorado project. ...
No profiles please. This project is a portal to all other Kentucky-based projects -- add yours! Kentucky , officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentuc...
Eestlaste põllumajanduskommuun „Koit“ Kubanis, Venemaal Сельскохозяйственная коммуна эстонцев „Кой&#x...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is January 18 in 2016. Today we are in the American long weekend that leads to that celebration. This is a special day for genealogists who are tracing relationship paths back through those people with some Native (Indigenous/Indian) heritage and may not know about the Black component of much of that Native heritage. Some of the "Indians" who captured "Whites" had so...
Creek Indian Chiefs and Leaders Draft 3/23/2011 by Marvin Caulk no special order Bosomworth, Mary, A noted Creek Indian woman, also known as Mary Mathews and Mary Musgrove Chekilli Davis, John Emistesigo. Known also as Gurister-sigo Fife Great Mortar (Yayatustenuggee) McGillivray, Alexander Opothleyaholo (properly Hupuehelth Yahólo) Weatherford, William (known also ...
CALIFORNIA "The Golden State" California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third most extensive (after Alaska and Texas). It is home to the nation's second- and sixth-largest census statistical areas (Los Angeles Metropolitan Area and San Francisco Bay Area), and eight of the nation's fifty most populated cities (Lo...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire France French Provinces of the "Anc...
< BACK to the Sources Workstream Index . Sources : Colonial American . Objective This project aims to research and identify the most reliable sources and prevalent theories for genealogical research around Colonial America Status IN PROGRESS Scope This project focuses on Time Frame: until 1776 Dynasties: (PLACEHOLDER) Geographies: North America, modern day USA Historical p...
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame=The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (CWHF) recognizes women natives or residents of the U.S. state of Connecticut for their significant achievements or statewide contributions.The CWHF had its beginnings in 1993 when a group of volunteers partnered with Hartford College for Women to establish an organization to honor distinguished contributions by female role m...
United States Federal government portal==This project was established to provide a portal to other projects that cover the elements of the U.S. Federal government both past (e.g., "Continental Congress") and present. government of the United States of America is the federal government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that constitute the United States of America, as well as one cap...
The governor's term in office is limited by the Tennessee state constitution. The first constitution, enacted in 1796, set a term of two years for the governor and provided that no person could serve as governor for more than six years in any eight-year period. The term of office was lengthened to four years, without the possibility of consecutive terms, by constitutional amendments adopted in ...
Texas is the second most populous and the second most extensive of the 50 United States, and the most extensive state of the 48 contiguous United States. The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in East Texas. Notable peoples from Texas See: Texas Project Profiles . Als...
Colonials who owned land and slaves in countries, not their homeland and traveled frequently. My concentration is in Jamaica and USA. The likely hood that an American Plantation owner had other Plantations and relatives in other countries is always possible. I know most of mine did, and this creates a problem for genealogy searches in Jamaica. If u know of or have ancestors who fit this des...
Hi all Relatives, Hope all good with you all. New Project Concerning a WEBSITE to be Created and LINKED to the Family Tree and related to the Family History, Work Status_Career-Path, Events, Photos of all Elders_Ancestors as well as Recent Photos of Family_Relatives_Friends_Acquaintances, Get-Togethers, Situations, Circumstances_Conditions and FORUM Discussions with a Separate Secti...
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This project focuses on the athletes representing the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Please note that the list below is of course incomplete; your help with this project is greatly appreciated! Names in bold designate medallists. Alpine Skiing Ted Ligety Figure Skating Gracie Gold Ashley Wagner Freestyle Skiing Gus Kenworthy Nordic Combined ...
Most of the original caucasian settlers of Avoyelles have French origins. The original 50 or so families who settled in Avoyelles in the late 1700s mostly came from Pointe Coupee, and for the most part were the children or grandchildren of direct-French immigrants, known locally as French Creoles, not to be confused with the Creole families of New Orleans. A few of these early Avoyelles familie...
The President's Hundred Tab/Brassard Presidents 100 Metal Tab.jpg USN-USCG Presidents 100 Tab.jpg US Navy Presidents Hundred Brassard.png Top: U.S. Army variant Middle: U.S. Coast Guard variant Bottom: U.S. Navy variant Awarded by Civilian Marksmanship Program Type Tab Awarded for Awarded to the 100 top-scoring military and civilian shooters in the President's Pistol and President's Rifle...
Wöhl / Woehl family that originated in Oberseebach, Bas-Rhin, France. A good number of them migrated to Welland County, Ontario, Canada and settled. A select number emigrated to Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA. The surname can be seen written in a number of ways depending on where they are using the name. In Oberseebach it was Wöhl and in North America and other places that ...