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Five Ancestors Ago–Nancy McSwain Allen (52 Ancestors)
Nancy McSwain Allen was my 3rd great grandmother via her son David Jones Allen his daughter Virginia Allen Smith her son his daughter According to her gravestone, she was born August 22, 1828 and died May 10, 1806. The year of her birth was fairly close to what was reported on each census I’ve seen. 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
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Funeral Card Friday
My great grandmother Continue reading
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Three Ancestors Ago–John Ed Robertson (52 Ancestors)
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. I chose John Ed today because it’s the anniversary of the Spanish Flu epidemic. Whenever I think of a flu epidemic, I think of John Ed. Our families were lucky in that we didn’t have a lot of deaths caused Continue reading
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Daylight Savings Time
My great-uncle Joe never took much heed with Daylight Savings Time. I don’t remember which time he kept, I just remember that he never sprang forward or fell back. His watch remained and he would add (or subtract!) an hour half the year, each year. I’m sure he wasn’t the only one to do this, Continue reading
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Friday’s Faces from the Past
My father and grandmother in 1949, around May. I’m pretty pleased with how this turned out. Continue reading
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Mystery Monday
I chose the Mystery Monday blogging prompt for today because I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the last few weeks trying to find William Smith’s Confederate military records. But first, the facts: Born: About 1822 in Montgomery County Died: after 1880 Married: Sarah Strother He’s my 3rd great-grandfather via: his son, Jones Monroe Continue reading
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7 Ancestors Ago — Mean Johnny Bolt (52 Ancestors)
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. Since today is Sunday, I decided to follow the Geneabloggers blogging prompt “Black Sheep Sunday” for this week’s ancestor. Johnny Bolt is in my husband’s 5th great-grandfather via: Disclaimer: I haven’t proven much for myself yet. Facts: Continue reading
Chasing the Past 