The 11 Nations of the United "States"

Posted at Facebook by a fellow genealogist, Deborah Lee Stewart, I found this article intriguing to say the least.  Click "Continue reading" to activate the links to this article and others.

See, my paternal ancestors were Scotch-Irish and settled in "Greater Appalachia" and many of those descendants still live there!  My English maternal lines have, in large part, been in the "colonies" from Mayflower days (John Howland...he's the one that fell overboard and had to be rescued) and my most direct ancestor William Bassett who arrived in the Fortune in 1621.  And there are many others, legions of others, all of whom occupied "Yankeedom" at some point in the history of the US.

Here's the link to the NPR article.

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