Tag Archives: family

Disinterestedness

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Honored Generations

Owing to the fact that we just celebrated the Fourth of July I thought I would bring up something a lot of folks do not consider for this celebration.  I wonder how many of you would recognize your ancestors in … Continue reading →

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Estate records are not dull at all, at all.

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Honored Generations

I was speaking to a young woman at the Virginia State Archives this week who did not understand what she was looking at on the microfiche. The documents were wills and estate records from the late 1780’s and early 1800’s. … Continue reading →

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The Telephone Game, the genealogy way

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Honored Generations

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 →

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On the western waters….

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Honored Generations

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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