February is deep in the coldest part of winter. While the days are starting to get longer, it's not exactly spring-like yet. With Valentine's Day, along with this unique annual weather, February is the perfect time to tackle a bevy of genealogy projects, like these 10 "must-do" ones.

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/10-must-do-genealogy-projects-for-february 

Anne Frances Robbins, who later changed her name to Nancy Davis, married fellow actor Ronald Reagan, and enjoyed a Hollywood life that later became a political one. She went from First Lady of California to First Lady of the United States, and is one of our most popular and best known ones. Here is her story...

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/americas-first-ladies-40-nancy-robbins-davis-reagan 

Rosalynn Smith Carter was our thirty-ninth First Lady, wife of former President Jimmy Carter. Growing up in poverty as the daughter of a farmer and a dressmaker, she entered the political sphere when her Naval officer husband got elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1962. She has been involved in politics and social causes ever since. Here is her story…

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/americas-first-ladies-39-rosalynn-smith-carter/ 

The Bodie Island lighthouse is an important historical landmark in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina. It is actually the third lighthouse to sit on that island, and has recently undergone extensive restoration work to make it safe for the public to visit. This is its story.

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-history-of-the-bodie-island-lighthouse/ 

Do you know about Bodie? It is one of the best-preserved examples of the original Old West in the United States. Here’s what you need to know about Bodie.

Podcast notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-intriguing-bodie-ghost-town/ 

Samuel Chase was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Yet, it was not signing that important document that made him famous to history. It was his later career as a US Supreme Court justice. As the only Supreme Court justice to ever be impeached (so far–and he was acquitted in the Senate), his position on the nation’s highest court helped set some important legal precedents for that august institution for future generations.

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/samuel-chase-signers-of-the-declaration-of-independence/ 

Charles Carroll of Carrollton is one of the lesser known signers of the Declaration of Independence. He is best remembered for adding “of Carrollton” after his name on the Declaration, but was well known for other things at the time. In addition to being a passionate supporter of the cause of independence for the American colonies, Charles was one of the wealthiest men in the colonies at the time. His descendants still own one of his valuable manor homes today.

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/charles-carroll-the-signers-of-the-declaration-of-independence/ 

Erdman Penner was a screenwriter, songwriter, and associate producer for the Walt Disney Company. Born in Canada to a Mennonite father and a Roman Catholic mom, he was an only child with a penchant for artistic pursuits. Moving to America as a young man, he quickly became a valued member of the Disney team. This is his story.

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/erdman-penner-walt-disney-inspirations 

Margaret Christine Otis Baker is a local heroine in the town of Dover, New Hampshire. Her amazing colonial American story of captivity, conversion (three times), and a love story that saw her leave behind everything she ever knew to return to the town she’d been abducted from as an infant, is not well known to most Americans. Yet, in Dover, her story has hardly been forgotten. It is the stuff novels, movies, and TV shows are made from. This is what you need to know about this entirely remarkable colonial woman.

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/margaret-christine-otis-baker-a-colonial-woman-with-an-incredible-story/ 

Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas. It has a long history of human habitation, as well as a rich and varied history of European exploration and settlement. Here is the story of how Little Rock became a town, then a city, and then the state capital of Arkansas.

Podcast Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/the-state-capitals-arkansas/

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