DavisDNA and Family Research

11/05/2025

How do you know that you're no longer a genealogy beginner? I think that there are some concrete indicators: https://ldsgenealogy.com/How-You-Know-You-Are-Past-the-Introductory-Stage-in-Genealogy-Research.htm

11/04/2025

The National WWII Museum mourns the loss of former Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney, who passed away Monday at age 84.

Across four decades of public life, Cheney served at the highest levels of the United States government. He was appointed White House Chief of Staff in the post-Watergate administration of President Gerald Ford and Secretary of Defense under President George H.W. Bush, overseeing operations to liberate Kuwait in the early 1990s. After serving as chairman and CEO of Halliburton, Cheney was tapped to be future President George W. Bush's running mate in the 2000 presidential election. He served two terms as Vice President and played a leading role in the administration's response following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Former Vice President Cheney received The National WWII Museum's highest honor, the American Spirit Award, in 2019. We offer our condolences to the Cheney family.

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

In 2021 when Yanga, Mexico’s first liberated city, celebrated its founding, the city’s founding documents highlighted how the city was formed. Historians say that about two centuries before Mexico gained its independence, Yanga, located in the state of Veracruz, defeated the Spanish crown in battle, leading to its freedom and also becoming the “first self-liberated and independent town in the Americas.”

SOURCE:

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-mexicos-first-liberated-city-came-to-be-after-a-daring-revolt-by-an-african-slave12

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

NEW ON GTV2 - Davis Brothers Series, Nancy's Notes Continued, Part 4. https://youtu.be/RMajp4P2L0o&list=PLp_SjTufvLD5PLZMZlkrGDIb5K2k62jF

11/04/2025

ON GTV2 - Davis Brothers Series, Nancy's Notes Continued, Part 4. https://youtu.be/RMajp4P2L0o&list=PLp_SjTufvLD5PLZMZlkrGDIb5K2k62jF

11/04/2025

Today's A Mighty Girl Community Pick is in honor of Native American Heritage Month: "A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor" by Joe Starita. When 26-year-old Susan La Flesche Picotte earned her medical degree in 1889, she became the first Native American doctor in the United States -- a feat she accomplished 35 years before Native Americans were even granted citizenship in their own country.

After graduating from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, one of the few medical schools in the world that accepted women at the time, she returned to the Nebraska prairies to become the primary doctor for her tribe, the Omaha. She served over 1,200 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rural countryside with few roads and little infrastructure. The young woman who spoke their language and knew their customs was often people's last hope against diseases like tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, and influenza that ravaged the community. And, to accomplish this, she had to overcome entrenched patriarchal beliefs about women's role in society both within her tribe and the country at large.

The life story of this remarkable 19th-century feminist and change agent has finally been given its due in this powerful biography. Although La Flesche is a little-known figure today, during her lifetime, she was widely respected, especially by women who admired her trailblazing accomplishments at a time when many people considered women unfit to be doctors. Among them was scientist Marie Curie, who sent her radium from Paris in an unsuccessful attempt to cure La Flesche of the bone cancer.

While written for adult readers, this inspiring biography is accessible to older teen readers as well. A labor of love by renowned journalist and author, Joe Starita, he is donating all royalties from the book to a college scholarship fund for Native American high school graduates.

"A Warrior of the People" is available at https://www.amightygirl.com/a-warrior-of-the-people

There is also a fascinating children's biography about this trailblazing doctor "Susan La Flesche Picotte, Pioneering Doctor" for ages 7 to 10 at https://www.amightygirl.com/susan-la-flesche-picotte

For books for children and teens about Native American and Aboriginal girls and women -- whose stories are very underrepresented in children's literature -- visit our blog post, "A Celebration of Native American and Indigenous Mighty Girls" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10365

If your Mighty Girl wants to imagine herself as a doctor or nurse saving the day, we've showcased our top picks of children's books about pioneering female medical professionals, toys, science kits, and clothing in our blog post, "Medical Heroes" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=29667

11/04/2025

November is Native American Heritage Month
𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨'𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 native forever 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬.❤️😊

11/04/2025

Ken Burns unveils new documentary series ‘The American Revolution’ at Mount Vernon
https://www.alxnow.com/2025/10/30/ken-burns-unveils-new-documentary-series-the-american-revolution-at-mount-vernon/

(ALXnow's No. 1 most-read article for Thursday)

11/04/2025

GENEALOGY TV 2 RELEASE - Part 3 of the Davis Brothers Series is available now. This episode discusses Nancy Davis's role in this genealogical mystery. https://youtu.be/_oiIxkGm-cw&list=PLp_SjTufvLD5PLZMZlkrGDIb5K2k62jF

11/04/2025

As we enter National Adoption Awareness Month, we step into a space of many stories, stories of love, hope, loss, courage, and arrival.

Most voices in adoption are quiet, not because they don’t have something to say, but because they’re busy living: raising families, pursuing dreams, and simply doing life like everyone else. Others will speak of the road that led to adoption; one that was bumpy, messy, and deeply human. And then there are those who speak of their arrival, the love, the connection, the feeling of finally being part of a family, their family.

Adoption isn’t a single story; it’s a symphony of them. It’s where grief and grace share the same table, and where love becomes the language that says, “Welcome home.”