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Duane's Ancestors
The Bartons
 Descended from early emigrants to New England and Québec.

Marcy's Ancestors
Marcy's grandparents
 Jewish emigrants from eastern Europe to Ohio and Colorado.

Important Events in the Lives of Our Ancestors on This Day

  1647
Massachusetts passes the first law in the Colonies requiring that children be taught to read and write.MassMoments
  1775
The first American abolition society is founded in Philadelphia.USNA LCP
  1865
President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre.LoC Ford's
  2003
Human Genome Map is completed.genome.gov ORNL