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A Reward of Merit
A Reward of Merit Presented to Mr. Jones Allen by ?. ?. Wright for most improvement in Writing At a School taught at Zoar Church begun Jan 30th and ended Feb 10th A.D. 1882 This post is part of a series of transcriptions of letters, papers, receipts, and other ephemera that are held in the Continue reading
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Amanuensis Monday
The subject of this sketch, above named, was born in this vicinity, grew to manhood and made his home here all his natural life, having gone to his final and eternal home since the last meeting of Harris Reunion. By trade, Lee was a shoe and harness maker, and he prosecuted this trade for many Continue reading
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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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Accept with Pleasure…
Mt. Gilead, N.C. January 15, 1927 Dear Mr. Smith, I received the message that you sent by Walter, and accept it with pleasure. Please let me know what time you are coming. Sincerely Virginia Allen Continue reading
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Church Record Sunday
Register of Pastors NAME DATE OF APPOINTMENT TERM OF SERVICE I have transcribed this to the best of my ability, but I am no handwriting expert. I welcome any corrections! Correction to #14 thanks to Jean Warner. 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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Four Ancestors Ago–John “Sutt” Morris (52 Ancestors)
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. John Thomas “John Sutt” Morris is my 2nd great-grandfather via The facts: The following was written by my mother in about 1990. John T. “Sutt” Morris There were so many John Morris’s in the Moratock, Eldorado, and Ophir communities in the late Continue reading
Chasing the Past 
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