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Material Culture of Mourning
When someone in our family or a close friend passes today, we memorialize them on their social media accounts, on web pages set up by the mortuaries, send cards of condolence and make meals for the family. We attend funerals … Continue reading
Purged (that was hard), Organized (easier than thought) Ready, Set…GO
I was recently asked how I did the first part of the Genealogy Do-Over challenge, organizing. I spent a couple of weeks and a little money to make my life easier. As a researcher who also suffers from A.D.D. it is … Continue reading
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The Telephone Game, the genealogy way
People are fallible and are often misquoted, misunderstood, or just misinformed. You have found a death certificate or marriage record and finally you have the proof of the names of your Great Grandfather’s parents, the wait is over and you even … Continue reading
Do Over, everyone should have at least one mulligan in their research….
Even an old dog…no I mean even someone as experienced as I am, no….that does not sound right either. Let’s just say that even someone with experience as a Genealogist like I do, who has given her clients her best, … Continue reading
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Put down the Pen, Embrace the delete button!
The past couple of weeks I have been working on my paternal direct line making sure that I had recorded and attached as many sources, documents, photos, images and notes for each person for 5 generations. That was my 14 day … Continue reading
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Telling their stories
I am very lucky that I am able to piece together a small story of my English 4th Great Grandparents, Joseph Whitehead and his wife Jane Buckley. They were not notable for being royal or gentry, they were simple folks … Continue reading
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A mystery goes on, for now.
My puzzle… and why being a family historian can make you stay up into the wee hours researching. My maternal Grandfather was Howard G McMeekin b. Orion, Henry, IL. He married 4 times. First was my g-mother Janet (div 1940), … Continue reading
Learning about your family history….
For many people they see genealogy as a collection of names, dates and places in little boxes or on connecting lines. Rather boring and really not very telling is it? To those who start the journey I say look forward … Continue reading
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On the western waters….
I have not given up, I have not lost hope, I am not convinced that we have found and settled on where my 5th Great Grandfather Gov. Richard Caswell is indeed buried. There. I said it. I am at it … Continue reading
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Fathers Wisdom & Wishes, a letter to his son
In late 1775, William Caswell, oldest son of NC Gov Richard Caswell, is serving in the 2nd Continental Regiment of North Carolina assisting the Virginians in driving back Lord Dunmore’s attack around Norfolk, VA, known as the Battle of Great … Continue reading
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Tagged nc gov, north carolinian, richard caswell, virginia house of burgesses
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