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Finding long lost relatives
After a looooong hiatus, I’m back. Even though I’ve been at this a while, my attention span often gets in the way of me doing deep dives into finding people. I’m also wondering why such the struggle because today, she was pretty easy to find. I just used a few different words and a different Continue reading
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December 29, 1888
$20.00 One day after date I promise to pay John A Tyson or ??? twenty dollars balance said of 8% interest per annum until paid Dec 29th 1888 DJ Allen {Seal} What was DJ Allen paying $20 for in 1888? That would be just over $3000 in today’s money. Let’s see… This is to certify Continue reading
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Four Ancestors Ago–David Jones Allen (52 Ancestors)
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. 5/23–I decided to make this one of my 52 Ancestors posts even though it is incomplete as of this time. Once I’ve posted all his ephemera, I’ll post something more complete. I decided I would like to give a little background Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday
For the next year, or more, you’ll see my latest family treasure discovery. All of my life I’d heard about these ‘love letters’ that were sent between my great-grandparents in the late twenties. She was a teacher. I’d never actually seen these letters. I’m not sure how long my aunt had the actual letters, whether Continue reading
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Amanuensis Monday
From GeneaBloggers: Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging prompt used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites. An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, Continue reading
Chasing the Past 