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Inns, taverns, and ordinaries

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Taverns, inns and ordinaries are establishments that provided food, drink and sleeping accomodations during the Colonial period. Historic records show that the earliest ordinaries were operated in 1668 in Virginia. Genealogy experts have been tracing the origins of taverns because of their important role in history.

Author: Gormley, Myra Vanderpool
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1995
History, Bars, saloons, etc., Bars (Drinking establishments), Hotels and motels

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Presidential pedigrees

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Presidential genealogies are interesting because they shed light on the social history of the American people. Pres. Clinton, who was given the name William Jefferson Blythe IV, is a descendant of settlers in the Confederate states.

Author: Gormley, Myra Vanderpool
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1995
Clinton, Bill, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Bush, George W., Family

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Taxing affairs

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Tax records during the Colonial era can be useful in tracing genealogy. This is because colonial tax lists contain detailed information about real and personal property. They also sort out persons of the same name.

Author: Gormley, Myra Vanderpool
Publisher: Hearst Magazines, a Division of the Hearst Corporation
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1997
Tax administration and procedure, Tax administration, Demographic aspects

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Subjects list: United States history, United States history, 1600-1775 (Colonial period), Analysis, Genealogy
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