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.

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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.

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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.

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