O.S.?
On Thomas Jefferson’s grave marker, his birth date is shown as “BORN APRIL 2, 1743 O.S.”
What is this “O.S.”?
Copyright and fair use
When doing genealogical research, it is not uncommon to come across information that is protected under copyright law. While government documents and very old information that is no longer covered by copyright make up a large part of genealogical research, there is much that we have access to that may be protected by copyright law.
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Seven Branches area of Roswell, Georgia
Genealogy is everywhere we look… on our first of many “pandemic walks” with family, we encountered a large plaque attached to an even larger rock in a newly opened public green space. The plaque reads: The Seven Branches area got its name from the branch that crossed Holcomb Bridge Road seven times. Before the road
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