A to Z Challenge 2014
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A to Z Reflection
I’m not sure I can truly call myself an A to Z Challenge Survivor or not. I certainly missed a few posts. I started off strong, but in the end, I petered out. My posts were too long and too involved. I felt like I was cheating if I posted something short. Will I ever Continue reading
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V is for Vital Records
is for Vital Records. In the early 1900’s the powers that be began to see the importance of keeping up with records regarding births, deaths, and marriages. Fortunately, many jurisdictions saw the importance of these records long before hand. The problem is where this information was recorded and kept. In my county, we lost our Continue reading
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U is for Unique
is for Unique. Not. There’s little in our family tree that is unique. This is something that makes my research a little more difficult. Those folks that have unique surnames have the difficulty of finding folks whose names were misspelled by census takers and other record keepers. My problem is that there were a lot of Continue reading
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T is for Timelines
is for Timelines. Timelines, among other things, seem a pretty simple concept. But when I look at different family trees, I find this is obviously something very difficult. My ancestry tree is a work in progress, and one that I use to find people, not where I keep my verified data. I like to hope Continue reading
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S is for Scrapbooking
is for Scrapbooking. I have a vision of this beautiful heritage scrapbook with information about my ancestors that can be handed down through my family. The hardest part is what to include. My love of scrapbooking came from my grandmother and great-grandmother. It is wonderful to look back and see the neat things they made, Continue reading
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Q is for Questions
is for Questions. In genealogy do we ever have all the answers. That’s easy enough. Not even close to it! Here’s just a few of mine: Continue reading
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P is for Preacher aka Five Ancestors Ago–LeeRoy Whitson Harris (52 Ancestors Week 16)
is for Preacher. This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. Rev. LeeRoy Whitson Harris is my 2nd great-grandfather via The facts: He was a shoemaker according to the 1880, 1900, and 1920 census. In 1910, he was listed as a farmer. Was this just the recorder listing Continue reading
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O is for Occupations
is for Occupations. According to census data, most of my family were farmers. There’s the occasional blacksmith and shoemaker, an even more occasional preacher. These two pictures belong to a small set that is, I believe, the only pictures I’ve found, so far, showing any of my ancestors working. My grandfather went to Newport Tennessee Continue reading
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N is for Name
is for Name. Today’s relationship to the word is a bit random. A bit of a stretch, as it were. My great grandmother’s name was Alice Harris Harris. Her middle name, according to my grandmother, was Virgillia. Odd name, huh? I’ve seen different people put Virginia in their ancestory files. I used to always chalk that up Continue reading
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M is for Murder
is for Murder. Two folks, that I know of, in our family tree have been tied up in stories of the taking of another person’s life. Mean Johnny Bolt’s story is one of outright murder. Alfred Elder’s story is largely unknown. All I know is that I believe he was in prison in Richmond, Virginia for manslaughter. Continue reading
Chasing the Past 
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