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1940 Census x 2
I was super excited, like most people, to see all of the 1940 census records. I even worked to transcribe many for Family Search. In looking for records for my grandparents this past week, I came back across the 1940 census for his family. Or at least I thought I though I had come across Continue reading
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Friday Faces from the Past
Here’s another before and after photo for Friday Faces from the Past. This is the LeeRoy Harris Family. The picture was taken before 1812, because Alice died in 1812. Georgia was the youngest child and she was born in 1897. I suppose she could be around 12. Several folks in this picture will appear in Continue reading
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Two Ancestors Ago–Fred Hoyt Morris, Sr (52 Ancestors–Week 8)
The facts: My Pa Pa was my everything until I was 7 years old. Ma Ma always said he let me do whatever I wanted. If that meant writing in books, I did. There is still evidence of that. We made forts on couches and fished and picked blackberries. Well…he baited my hooks and watched Continue reading
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Six Ancestors Ago–John Calvin Caudle (52 Ancestors)
Now this is the way a newspaper article should read. This notice appeared in the The Charlotte Democrat on April 06, 1877. I haven’t done a lot of research on my 3rd great-grandfather. I remember this tale being told regarding his death and was happy when I found the article on ChronicleAmerica.gov. I have seen transcriptions Continue reading
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Six Ancestors Ago–Absolom Strother (52 Ancestors)
When I started this challenge I didn’t put any thought into the order of ancestors or where to start. I just wrote about whichever ones struck me at the time. I figure, the rest of this challenge will go like that. However, my Week 1, when I get it done, will be about my mother Continue reading
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Four Ancestors Ago–Boston Miller Robertson (52 Ancestors Week 2)
Boston Miller Roberston has turned out to be a much bigger puzzle than I had anticipated. I can’t find any information on him regarding his Civil War activities beyond the Application for Headstone. Evidently, when his son, Roy, applied for the headstone, there was quite a bit of a problem finding him! The application is Continue reading
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Five Ancestors Ago–William Allen (52 Ancestors #5)
I found a challenge yesterday and thought it would be a perfect way to really get this blog going. I’m going to go back (cheat) and add the other two for previous weeks and I’ll catch up the other two posts sometime later. In August of 1862, William Allen headed to war. On August 6th, Continue reading
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Five Ancestors Ago–John William Elder (abt 1835 – aft 1910) (52 Ancestors #4)
Various people have listed John William Elder as being the son of Elizabeth and Alfred. I haven’t made the trip to Charlotte County to investigate the Elder clan yet, but I have done a fair amount of research via census data. John William Elder was born about 1835 By 1910, John W Elder is widowed Continue reading
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Three Ancestors Ago…A Picture doesn’t always tell the whole story (52 Ancestors #3)
For this photo, Grandmother Allen (Rosa Caudle Allen) took little Virginia and Margie to Troy. It may be hard to tell from the photo, but this was no simple feat. She had to get them up early and get a ride to the train station in Norwood (a couple miles away). Then, they took the Continue reading
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