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January 08, 2008

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Caite at Memorial Park

We were feeding the ducks at Memorial Park. Cheyenne Mountain, where I work, is in the background.

Liberty University - HIST 701 - Module 7 - Blog - Family Genealogy

Wilson Genealogy "Still Fishermen After All These Years" I am fortunate enough to be able to trace my family tree back 8 generations, to the early to mid-1700's, with potential leads going back even further. While I have included some new information in this post - mainly that of DNA results - the new data only confirms what was passed down to me from my paternal grandmother, Mildred Wilson. As my Grandma Mildred Wilson (paternal mother) once shared with me, we had documented family names and dates which told an all-to-common story - that of European immigrants coming to the British Colonies in America. The "Goheen Brothers" as they were called (maternal line surname) were fishermen from the British Isles who found themselves shipwrecked off the coast of Wales. As the story goes, they were rescued by an immigrant ship heading west; they were able to strike a contract purchasing their passage - the price consisted of contracts of indentured servitude. They even...

Liberty University - HIST 701 - Module 3 - Blog - "Early American Christianity"

Popular Views of Christianity in America - Late 1800's In the January 3rd, 1857 edition of Harper's Weekly, the author states there are three institutions vital for the success of a civilization: the Family, The Church, and the State (in that order). "It will be seen at a glance that the Family, the Church, and the State mutually and powerfully influence each other, and that their aggregate fruits constitute the civilization of any people" (Harpers Weekly, 1857). The periodical goes on to state "The influence of the Family and the Church upon civilization in Mohammedan and Pagan lands is not so open to our view. We find, however, clearly this one great fact, that the civilization of these lands is greatly inferior to the civilization of Christian countries." Furthermore, those nations outside of the Christian faith are at a stand-still regarding their development, and are "sickly and decaying." If only the writers knew what trials of faith the Uni...

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