Translation of Sacred Chants
Beause many of us are more and more are committed to being multicultural in our respect for and participation in the sacred in every tradition, [...]
Passengers on First Supply Ship to Virginia 1608
The First Supply Ship, with Captain Newport, returned to Virginia with about 100 new settlers, finding only 38 survivors of the [...]
Passengers on First Supply Ship to Virginia 1608
The First Supply Ship, with Captain Newport, returned to Virginia with about 100 new settlers, finding only 38 survivors of the [...]
First Passengers to Jamestown
Some of the Original Settlers at Jamestown, taken from John Smith’s writings; other sources name individuals not listed here. (Taken [...]
Choosing Jamestown as the Site of the First Permanent English Settlement in North America
Considerations that Shaped the Choosing the Site of Jamestown in 1607 “…Contrary to the impression that will be gained from many of our modern textbooks, [...]
Ancestry: Government Documents: Charter of the East India Company 1600
Charter of the East India Company 1600 Source: British History Online. 'East Indies: December 1600', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and [...]
Ancestry: Government Documents: Signers of Charter of the East India Company 1600
Signers of Charter of the East India Company 1600 Source: British History Online. 'East Indies: December 1600', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, [...]
Colonists Likely Knew Each Other!
It is most amazing to think that as far back as the 1600’s, many of our ancestral lines were well acquainted with each other, sometimes [...]
Ancestry: Governmental Documents: First English Charter for American Colonization1606
10 April 1606 King James I of England chartered two Virginia Companies, headquartered in different cities in England, to establish colonies along the coast [...]
Ancestry: Contemporary: An excerpt from “Concerning Smoke” by Jordan Paper
“The bowl of the pipe is a sacrificial vessel that itself is a miniature cosmos. Often tobacco is added pinch by pinch, each [...]
