In keeping up with the numbers and our presence on the web I found that we hit 7 front page references out of get this 711 Million. For a site that has only been around no just going into the 8th week of being here; 7 if you don't include our DNS(name recognition server) to kick in; This is almost unheard of folks.


The strategies we have in place are working and working well to say the least. I have included a screen shot.




This is great and scary at the same time. Thanks for supporting this project everyone!

There are companies who specialize in this type of exposure for thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars and we accomplished it on a shoe string. No where to go but up.

Craig

The First Patriot - Aaron Cadieux - Big Operation Production



Film Maker and Screen Writer Aaron Cadieux (web site) bring us the first part in a riveting tale of our American beginnings. Aaron and I take you from the Pilgrims to 1675 when King Philips War begins. The bloodiest war per capita still to date. We will try our best to finish up next week. Folks, this is what Our History Project is about - Preservation and Education - and this is why we are here. I want to personally thank Aaron for his time, dedication and knowledge.

This is a war that set the precedence with the Native Americans that continued for more than 200 more years.

Visit with us, on a time in history that is mostly lost from our heritage and history books. This is a story that every American needs to know, however over 90% do not.

A complete Biography on Aaron can be found on Our History Project - Authors Corner.

American Digger Magazine

Butch Holcombe joined us again for a laugh and some knowledge. He has agreed to be here on a weekly basis with American Digger. Speaking of which, we need a title for the segment and Butch along with American Digger Magazine has offered a 1 year subscription to the magazine for the one who names the segment (listen to the show for details on this, there are a few).

New happenings for Our History Project

As the next phase of Our History Project family we bring to you the Our History Project - Authors Corner and the Our History Project - Book Review. We are in the process of completing these and they will entail more than just books. Give them a visit to find out more.

We at Our History Project are working on a Fund Raising Packet to not only support us but give you, your organization, church or group the added benefit raising money for your cause as well. (details coming soon)


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First don't forget to go to our Forum http://ourhistoryproject.lefora.com/forum/ sign up and show us what you have found, tell us what your researching or just reading.

Now!

Spring is here! The flowers the showers, the grass, everything is waking up and starting to green. Songs such as “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo” and “Put me in Coach” bring about an almost festive time or feeling in us of an age to remember. With these memories of Spring that comes flooding back during this time of year comes the “Excitement” that the diamond is open and the bases are lined.

Its Baseball again, Folks!

What better way to start the season than remembering a little of the past. Our guest this week is Tim Darnell. Tim is the author of “The Crackers, Early Days of Atlanta Baseball.” Tim not only tells us stories of the second most winning-est team in all of professional sports, but gives us an insight to the early days of the game including Professional, Minor League and Negro League Ball.

A link to Amazon and Tim Darnell’s book “The Crackers, Early Days of Atlanta Baseball” can be found here.

This is a show you do not want to miss!

Relics, Detecting, Preserving and Enjoying History

We were also treated to an appearance by Butch Holcombe of “American Digger Magazine”. Not only did American Digger become a Sponsor for the show, supporting our vision of preserving the past but Butch has agreed to join us again for a weekly spot to highlight stories of History and those that relate to Metal Detecting and Relic Hunting, what is being found around the country and how you can catch the bug.

The great thing about Butch and American Digger Magazine is that they are true friends to our history’s past and are very much proponents of Preservation and Education. Their main site can be found at http://www.americandigger.com/ and for being a sponsor they also have a logo placement on each of our pages at http://www.ourhistoryproject.com so you can find them anytime. Their Our History Project can be found at http://ourhistoryproject.com/AmericanDiggerMagazine.html.

We can be found on all podcasting sites including, i-tunes, zune and twitter.



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Each year all over the country vacationer’s and history buffs travel the United States. In many of these towns, cities and parishes lies a historical home that prompts visitors to come in, look around and see what life was like in the olden days. Behind the doors of these places we are allowed to go back in time and take a glimpse of who the people were, learn about the families and see what is was like not to have a TV or a computer.

This week we focus on the historical part of travel and invite you to come along with us. We traveled to Historic Washington, Georgia in Wilkes County to tour a very grand old home/museum and see a great collection of artifacts from a day gone by, among them there are 21 hand painted movie posters that were on display at the famous Lowes Grand Theater.

We had a great tour and learned a lot from the first county in Georgia, but we invite you to explore all of our small communities though out the U.S., the stories there are real and the artifacts are real. What better way to learn our heritage than to hold a little of the past in your hands?

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http://www.historyofwilkes.org/ or

http://www.washingtonwilkes.org/




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I don't know why I did not do this the other day but here is a snapshot of the google search page. Sorry, I'm proud of how far we've come in such a short time.

This week show focuses on the Korean War and namely Charles Barrow a Navy Medic. The Korean War is also referred as the lost war and it is sad that it is not focused on, hardly at all in our own history. There are a number of sites on the web that tells the story and I have given a few quality sites here that you can visit.

Korean War Project: a little hard to navigate but packed with information of all kinds - http://www.koreanwar.org/index.html

PBS Kids Synopsis of the war with maps - http://www.koreanwar.org/index.html

KoreanWar.com – A lot of great Links and some in depth articles and categories -http://www.koreanwar.com/index.html

The 1950’s in America was a turning point for us where we went from a black and white world to one that was filtered with shades of grey. TV was hitting it’s hay day and reports started to filter in on the world scene, not always pleasant. We went from the Andy Taylors, Honeymooners and edited news reels of the war to a reality of having the war brought home to us nightly. It was nothing comaired to what we have today, but for that time it was remarkable.

Men and women who had suffered through the Second Great War was focusing on families, business and retirement. I was not around then so these are speculations at best, but some I have talked to relate not watching the news because of the images and casualty totals.

It kind of makes you think of – What if CNN was around during any other conflict? The War Between the States where the casualty rate was to a staggering number that in equaled most all other wars together since the beginning of our country. Would the people allow this if it was seen and reported on every night? What about D-Day alone?

This war was in the mist of the Cold War where just the utterance of the word communist would put you at risk. It was the first war that did not have a figure head in person but rather an ideal.

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I know a lot of educators will be viewing the sites and blogs over the course of time and misspellings are often looked down upon. That being said I think we should explain why you see it spelled both ways through out our main web addresses.

I have been a web master for a number of years now and while spelling is not one of my strong suits it has been done on purpose. It may not make since to some but it is a strategy that works.

On Feb. 27th I bought the space for the site. The first posting on the site was on or about March 9th, 2009. We had a zero (0) ranking in any search engine. Today is April 3rd and we now hold 5 out of 10 slots on the first page in the google search engine out of (tonight's search)77,900,000 in one search and 98,700,000 in another.

The strategies between hosts, hostings, forums, blogs and podcast are working. In less than 1 month (4 weeks, 3 really) we have increased from 0 in any search to the front page of them all to the tune of at least 77 Million steps. That is a long way for anyone to go.

It may have not been grammatically correct but it did get the job done.

I will keep the proper name from now on.

This week has been crazy and busy. I did not get a chance to record the Archeology in the News from the 15th - 31st, but I did not want you to miss out. I have provided the links to the stories below that highlight what I have found.

S.C. bluff dig uncovering millenia of human history.

Blackbeard Pirate Relics, Gold Found. Make sure to also look at the follow up story on Black Beard: Blackbeard's Legend, Legacy Live on in North Carolina.

Civil War naval clashes uncovered at Bayport.

www.ourhistoryproject.com

Bradley T. Lepper: New find doesn't end debate on Clovis cache.

How scientists and Native Americans pulled off a major dig before the feds triple border fence destroyed everything.

Teeth Of Columbus' Crew Flesh Out Tale Of New World Discovery.

I hope you enjoy the reads.

Don't forget to listen this Saturday when the new show is released. It will feature Charles Barrow a Navy Medic during the Korean War. This show is great for school age as well as adults. It give very clear understanding of the layout, demographics and climate during the first years of the war.

This week we have been working preparing the paper work for the 501(C)(3). It is the next step in the process and a grueling one. Stay tuned more updates and reports will follow as they come about.

What does this mean? We are incorporated as a Nonprofit Corporation in GA and have been approved through the Charities Division by filling the C-100 and we can accept and solicit donations, memberships, sponsors and supporters.

The federal classification would mean that we would receive tax benefits due to public charities and we can then apply for grants.

I will be checking the Archeology News and get a recording up. I checked at the beginning of the week and there was not much to find in the U.S. only. If you know of any sources get them to me so I can add them to the list to check.

We still need more people on the forum, so stop in and sign up. I have added a few more sections.

Thanks,

Craig