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9/12/2017 06:27:00 AM
We hear that hurricanes are growing worse, but that idea does not hold up under scrutiny. In fact a new technique is showing just the opposite. One can only imagine the horrors visited upon the Indians living there at the time.
According to this book; Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present, and Future
by Richard J. Murnane (Editor), Kam-biu Liu (Editor)
"Paleotempestology is an emerging field of science that studies past tropical cyclone activity mainly through the use of geological proxy techniques..."
A study of the past 5,000 years reveals the past 1.000 years to have been relatively quiet.
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6/05/2017 11:20:00 PM
Labels: Archeology, artifacts, colony, English, james city, jamestowne, lost colony
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8/18/2016 08:59:00 AM
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6/20/2016 09:22:00 PM
Labels: john white, lost colonist, lost colony, medicine bottle, mystery, pottery, roanoke, virginia dare
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4/20/2016 01:29:00 PM
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Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587, date of death unknown) was the first child born in the Americas to English parents, Eleanor (or Ellinor/Elyonor) and Ananias Dare. She was born into the short-lived Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina, USA. What became of Virginia and the other colonists has become an enduring mystery. The fact of her birth is known because the leader of the colony, Eleanor Dare's father, John White, returned to England to seek assistance for the colony. When White returned three years later, the colonists were gone.
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4/21/2015 11:54:00 AM
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8/03/2014 10:08:00 AM
“Fort San Juan and six others that together stretched from coastal South Carolina into eastern Tennessee were occupied for less than 18 months before theNative Americans destroyed them, killing all but one of the Spanish soldiers who manned the garrisons,” said University of Michigan archaeologist Robin Beck.
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7/26/2014 12:58:00 PM
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3/30/2014 06:37:00 PM
Published on Jan 28, 2014
The Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists over the years have come across several instances of disarticulated human skeletal remains in trash pits. This short film documents one such find. A skull fragment found in the fort's west bulwark ditch demonstrated clear evidence of an attempt at trephination (a surgical procedure performed in response to head injuries, whereby surgeons remove a plug of bone form the skull to prevent a buildup of fluid that could cause pressure on the brain). The research that is presented in this film was the result of a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Jamestown Rediscovery Project. Senior Staff Archaeologist, Jamie May of the Rediscovery Project narrates the film.
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2/17/2014 11:07:00 PM
A very exciting and definite paper has just been published by Nature, today, titled “The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana,” by Rasmussen et al. The authors conclude that the DNA of a Clovis child is ancestral to Native Americans. Said another way, this Clovis child was a descendant, along with Native people today, of the original migrants from Asia who crossed the Bering Strait.
All four types of DNA were tested; Y chromosome, mtDNA, autosomal and X. Everything tested as having come through the Bering Strait from Asia. There was no European admixture.
This information is very important to a number of academic disciplines. I am sure much more remains to be explored and explained, but we can rest assured in this fact:
"The researchers concluded that the Clovis infant belonged to a meta-population from which many contemporary Native Americans are descended and is closely related to all indigenous American populations. In essence, contemporary Native Americans are “effectively direct descendants of the people who made and used Clovis tools and buried this child,” covering it with red ochre.Furthermore, the data refutes the possibility that Clovis originated via a European, Solutrean, migration to the Americas."
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2/13/2014 11:54:00 AM
Letter by Dawn Taylor
We the descendants of those who manned the Historic Cape Hatteras Light Station located on North Carolina's Outer Banks and citizens of the United States,are petitioning NC Congressman Walter Jones and the National Park Service to preserve and protect the original granite foundation stones which bear the names and dates of our forefathers who honorably gave of themselves to provide those at sea a beacon in which to safely navigate the dangerous waters known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
In 1999, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was moved back 1,600 feet to protect it from the encroaching Atlantic Ocean.After the move the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society spent almost $12,000 to have the original granite stones which had been cut away from the lighthouse foundation, engraved with the names and dates of all of the keepers of the Hatteras light. The stones were then arranged in a circle to mark the original location of the historic lighthouse.
Over the years, due to coastal storms,this historic site which mean so much to the keeper descendants and lighthouse enthusiast alike,has been covered with sand and the stones scattered around by waves. Just as the lighthouse was moved for preservation's sake, we want these stones to also be maintained and protected from the sea.They represent such a large part of our island's heritage and history.
In May of 2013, in a letter to the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society, seashore superintendent Barclay Trimble said, “Because of coastal processes, namely shoreline erosion and dune migration, the stones have routinely become covered with sand requiring substantial effort to keep them uncovered.”
The National Park Service has also responded by stating that it no longer intends to keep maintaining the stones due to it being no longer practical to keep uncovering and rearranging the stones after each storm. To most, this is an unacceptable answer.
Each year,especially through peak tourist season, thousands visit the lighthouse per day and purchase Climbing Tour Tickets at $8 for adults and $4 for senior citizens. It is not hard to do the math and to see that indeed, there are funds out there to preserve the site we are petitioning.
These original Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Foundation Stones located at the original lighthouse site,with the names of our forefather's etched in their remembrance, should be preserved. We the lighthouse descendants and all who cherish and honor it's existence are hereby joining together by the creation of this petition to make our voices heard and to see that these cherished stones will still be there for future generations to visit, just as we have.
Signed...
Dawn Farrow Taylor
President - Cape Hatteras Genealogical and Preservation Society
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12/22/2013 12:10:00 PM
"Our harvest being gotten in our Governor sent four men on fowling, so we might after a more special manner rejoice together, after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They, four, in one day killed as much fowl as with a little beside, served the company almost a week. At which time amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and amongst the rest their greatest King Massasoit with some 90 men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted. And they went out and killed five deer which they brought to the Plantation, and bestowed on our Governor, and upon the Captain and others."This latter Thanksgiving dinner is the one that has survived and became the National Holiday.
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Allen -- Colonist roster
Alligood -- Families of Interest
Archard-- Colonist roster
Archard -- Families of Interest
Armstrong -- Families of Interest
Arthur -- Colonist roster
Austin -- Families of Interest
Bailie -- Colonist roster
Barber, Barbour -- Families of Interest
Barrow -- Families of Interest
Beasley -- Families of Interest
Bennet -- Colonist roster
Bennet -- Families of Interest
Berde -- Colonist roster
Berry -- Families of Interest
Berrye -- Colonist roster
Bishop -- Colonist roster
Blount -- Families of Interest
Borden -- Colonist roster
Boyd -- Families of Interest
Bragg -- Families of Interest
Bridger -- Colonist roster
Bridger -- Families of Interest
Bright -- Colonist roster
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Brooke -- Colonist roster
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Browne -- Colonist roster
Bryant -- Families of Interest
Buck -- Families of Interest
Burden -- Colonist roster
Butler -- Colonist roster
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Cage -- Colonist roster
Cahoon -- Families of Interest
Cain -- Families of Interest
Carawan -- Families of Interest
Caroon, Carron -- Families of Interest
Carrow -- Families of Interest
Chapman -- Colonist roster
Chapman -- Families of Interest
Chavis -- Families of Interest
Cherry -- Families of Interest
Cheven -- Colonist roster
Collins -- Families of Interest
Colman -- Colonist roster
Cooper -- Colonist roster
Cooper -- Families of Interest
Cotsmur -- Colonist roster
Cox -- Families of Interest
Crisp -- Families of Interest
Croom -- Families of Interest
Cuttler -- Families of Interest
Daniel -- Families of Interest
Dare -- Colonist roster
Darige -- Colonist roster
Darige -- Families of Interest
Dixon -- Families of Interest
Dorrell -- Colonist roster
Durrance -- Families of Interest
Durrant -- Families of Interest
Dutton -- Colonist roster
Earnest -- -- Colonist roster
Edwards -- Families of Interest
Elks -- Families of Interest
Ellis -- Colonist roster
Ellis -- Families of Interest
English -- Colonist roster
Evans --Families of Interest
Farre -- Colonist roster
Farrow -- Families of Interest
Fitspatric -- Families of Interest
Florrie -- Colonist roster
Forbs -- Families of Interest
Gaylord -- Families of Interest
Gibbes -- Colonist roster
Gibbs -- Families of Interest
Glane -- Colonist roster
Gramme -- Colonist roster
Griffin -- Families of Interest
Gurganus -- Families of Interest
Gurkin -- Families of Interest
Hardison -- Families of Interest
Harris -- Colonist roster
Harris -- Families of Interest
Harviem -- Colonist roster
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Harvye -- Colonist roster
Hassell --Families of Interest
Hawkins --Families of Interest
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Hemmington -- Colonist roster
Hewet -- Colonist roster
Hill -- Families of Interest
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Howe -- Colonist roster
Hudson -- Families of Interest
Humfrey -- Colonist roster
Hynde -- Colonist roster
Jackson -- Families of Interest
Jennette --Families of Interest
Jerkins -- Families of Interest
Johnson -- Colonist roster
Johnson -- Families of Interest
Jones -- Colonist roster
Jones -- Families of Interest
Kemme -- Colonist roster
Keys -- Families of Interest
King -- Families of Interest
Lasie -- Colonist roster
Lathan -- Families of Interest
Lawrence -- Colonist roster
Leary -- Families of Interest
Little -- Colonist roster
Long -- Families of Interest
Lowery -- Families of Interest
Lucas -- Colonist roster
Lucus -- Families of Interest
Mackey -- Families of Interest
Mann -- Families of Interest
Mannering -- Colonist roster
Martyn -- Colonist roster
Mayo -- Families of Interest
McCoy -- Families of Interest
Merrimoth -- Colonist roster
Midgette -- Families of Interest
Moor -- Families of Interest
Mullins -- Families of Interest
Myllet -- Colonist roster
Mylton -- Colonist roster
Newton -- Colonist roster
Nicholas -- Families of Interest
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Norman -- Families of Interest
Padgett -- Families of Interest
Pain -- Families of Interest
Paramore -- Families of Interest
Patrick -- Families of Interest
Pattenson -- Colonist roster
Payne -- Colonist roster
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Perry -- Families of Interest
Phevans -- Families of Interest
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Philpatrick -- Families of Interest
Pierce -- Colonist roster
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Pinkham -- Families of Interest
Pollock -- Families of Interest
Powell -- Colonist roster
Powell -- Families of Interest
Prat -- Colonist roster
Pugh -- Families of Interest
Respass -- Families of Interest
Ricks -- Families of Interest
Rollinson -- Families of Interest
Rufoote -- Colonist roster
Russell -- Families of Interest
Salter -- Families of Interest
Sampson -- Colonist roster
Sawer -- Families of Interest
Scot -- Colonist roster
Scot -- Families of Interest
Shaberdge -- Colonist roster
Shephard -- Families of Interest
Simmons -- Families of Interest
Smart -- -- Colonist roster
Smith -- Colonist roster
Smith -- Families of Interest
Smart -- Colonist roster
Sole -- Colonist roster
Sparrow -- Families of Interest
Spendlove -- Colonist roster
Spenser -- Families of Interest
Squires --Families of Interest
Starte -- Colonist roster
Stevens -- Colonist roster
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Stilman -- Colonist roster
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Sutton -- Colonist roster
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Swann -- Families of Interest
Tan -- Families of Interest
Tappan --Colonist roster
Tarkington -- Families of Interest
Taverner -- Colonist roster
Taylor -- Colonist roster
Tetterton -- Families of Interest
Thomas -- Families of Interest
Tom, Toms -- Families of Interest
Tomkins -- Colonist roster
Topan -- Colonist roster
Tuley -- Families of Interest
Turner -- Families of Interest
Tydway -- Colonist roster
Viccars -- Colonist roster
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Wahab -- Families of Interest
Wallis -- Families of Interest
Warner -- Colonist roster
Warren -- Colonist roster
Warren -- Families of Interest
Waters -- Colonist roster
Waters -- Families of Interest
Welch(s) -- Families of Interest
White -- Colonist roster
White -- Families of Interest
Wildye -- Colonist roster
Wilkinson -- Colonist roster
Willes -- Colonist roster
Williams -- Families of Interest
Wood -- Colonist roster
Woolard -- Families of Interest
Wotton -- Colonist roster
Wright -- Colonist roster
Wyles -- Colonist roster
Wyles -- Families of Interest
Wythers -- Colonist roster