A to Z Challenge 2014
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I is for Indian Princess
is for Indian Princess We all have them, right? One of your grandmothers was an Indian Princess. No? Perhaps just Indian then? 🙂 My supposed Indian Princess is Amelia/Melia/Millie who was perhaps Cherokee. She was married to John “Jacky” Morris and lived in Montgomery County, North Carolina, in the 1800s. edited to add: sarcasm. Continue reading
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H is for Heirloom
is for Heirloom. Over the weekend, my friend lost pretty much everything she owned in a fire. We spent Monday trying to sort through some of the things. Of course it’s easier to deal with these things when it’s not your stuff that’s damaged from heat, smoke, and fire, but the one area I had Continue reading
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G is for Ginger
is for Ginger. a light reddish or reddish-brown color There aren’t many gingers in my family. In fact, most of my family has darker hair and aren’t even fair skinned. My granny’s family was fair skinned, her brother a ginger. That makes me wonder which of her ancestors were gingers. My husband’s grandfather was a Continue reading
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D is for Death Certificate aka Three Ancestors Ago–William Christopher Harris (52 Ancestors)
is for Death Certificate In addition to the A to Z Challenge, this post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at http://www.nostorytoosmall.com. William Christopher Harris I never realized my great-grandfather lived for 12 years after my grandmother was born; after his wife died. I mean, the children Continue reading
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C is for Crippled
This is my great-grandfather, Joseph Jones Smith. When he was in his late twenties, early thirties, he took sick and was bed ridden for two weeks with pneumonia. When he recovered from the pneumonia, arthritis had attacked his joints and he couldn’t bend most of them. He spent the last half of his life unable Continue reading
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B is for Bastard
is for Bastard. Aren’t there a few in every family? Illegitimate children, that is. So far, in my family, I know of two. In my husband’s two more. I have possible names in one case, a nickname in another, but what can be done about it? Even though all involved are dead, I still worry Continue reading
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A is for Ancestor
is for Ancestor. I’ve been interested in genealogy for about 30 years. I’ve always liked hearing the stories about where I came from and the people who made up my family, even when I was too young to put it all together. Once I was actually grown, my mother began sharing her genealogy work with Continue reading
Chasing the Past 
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