Roberts Roots & Branches

Letitia Roberts(9), 1862

“…when I was 15 years old and my grandmother lent me my great-great-grandmother Theia’s journal. ..as I read this journal I felt intimately connected with this woman.”     ---Leishman, Anne, “Bring Your Ancestor Back to the Future,” Roots Tech 2015, Friday session, available online at:   https://rootstech.org/video/4053507279001

The National Day of Listening . . .did you participate? . . .did you write down what you heard? . . .did you share what you learned? . . .did you tell a story for your posterity to pass on? . . .did you write down your story?  

Source:  The Kemmerer Republican, published 24 November 1916, page 1 volume 4, online at Wyoming Newspaper Archive. 

Indexes are helpful,  but not infallible.

Sarah Ann Roberts (11), born 1865

Only use others' research as a stepping stone in your research,  by proving or disproving their facts.

Miners Demonstration at Hanley Birmingham Daily Post, published 2 April 1872 MR. MELLY, M.P., ON THE MINES MEASURES Easter Monday has become a great holiday for the miners of North Staffordshire, who have elected it as the occasion of a demonstration in the shape of processions and an open-air meeting.   This gathering takes place at Hanley, which is central and convenient, and which on this particular day seems to be almost given up to miners, so full of them are the streets of the town.   Everywhere yesterday they appeared either in large bodies or in littleknots (sic) , walking or standing, together with many of their wives and children.   The town was in a bustle all the morning, during which colliers were arriving from different parts of the district.   In some cases they were in strong force, marching in procession, headed with banners and bands of music.   Most of them wore ribbon sashes or rozettes (sic), some blue, some green, some tric...

 In honor of our veteran Roberts ancestors!  Thank you! Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed, and Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared November 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the...

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