state history

  • Tennessee Genealogy

    Oct 19

    Being long and narrow the state consists of the eastern, middle and western Tennessee sections. The Spanish had three major explorers into the Tennessee region. In 1540 was Hernando de Soto. Next arrived Tristan de Luna in 1559 and then Juan Pardo in 1567. The Native Indians they found were the Muscogee and Yuchi tribes. AS the English clai...

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  • South Dakota Genealogy

    Oct 19

    Before the 1700s, the Arikara Native Indians were the dominant group in the area. The Arikara reached the height of their power in the 17th century with the development of some 32 villages in the region. That would change by the 1800s when another more powerful Indian nation, the Sioux, took control of what would be South Dakota. Some of the smal...

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  • South Carolina Genealogy

    Oct 19

    The province of Carolina and especially the Colony of South Carolina had English settlers from Barbados in the 1660s and French Huguenots. There were concerns of the French and Spanish at different times in Florida pushing the Roman Catholic faith up the east coast. In studying South Carolina genealogy, it is noted that to help attract new set...

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  • Rhode Island Genealogy

    Oct 19

    The smallest state in land size, it was also the last of the 13 original colonies to ratify the U. S. Constitution. The Native inhabitants to the region were the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuck, and Niantic tribes. Most of the Native Indians were killed by the spread of the European diseases and warfare with the Europeans colonists. Based o...

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  • Pennsylvania Genealogy

    Oct 19

    A large northeastern state bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Lake Erie. The Native Indians of Pennsylvania included the Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Susquehannock and Eriez tribes. The first Europeans were the Dutch arriving about 1631 setting up the Zwaanendael Colony on the Del Mar Va peninsula. In 1638 New Sweden was established and Swede...

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  • Oregon Genealogy

    Oct 19

    Bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the northwest region of the United States, the area has been inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers. The Native Indians included the Bannock, New Perce, Umpqua, Chasta, Klamath, Takelma, Chinook, Molalla and Kalapuya tribes. There had been some Spanish exploring...

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  • Oklahoma Genealogy

    Oct 19

    In the center of the United States, the landlocked state of Oklahoma has many diverse cultural groups as well as physical landscapes. To the east are the small mountain ranges, prairie and forests which cover 24 percent of the land. The rest of the region consists of the semi-arid Great Plains. It was Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, the Spanis...

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  • Ohio Genealogy

    Oct 19

    A Midwestern state that borders Lake Erie and the Ohio River has been a favorite place for pioneer settlers for years. The Native Indians of Ohio are the Miamis, Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Ottawas, Mingos and Eries. Many of those tribes had originated in other areas like New York and New Jersey, but were forced to the Ohio area as the Europea...

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  • North Dakota Genealogy

    Oct 19

    Part of the Midwestern region and the Upper Great Plains of the United States, North Dakota borders the country of Canada. The major tribes in North Dakota have been Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Chippeaw and Sioux. A French-Canadian, La Vérendrye, visited the Mandan tribes around 1738 and was astounded by their level of development. Yet, the re...

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  • North Carolina Genealogy

    Oct 19

    The lands of the state range from sea level along the coast to the mountainous Appalachians to the west. The Europeans came with the Spanish to the region when Fort San Juan was built in the interior region in 1567. Additional forts were built, but nearly all wiped out by the Native Indians. The Spanish ended their colonizing effort in the south...

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