Posted in events on Oct 31st, 2008
“A Physician’s Experience in a Cemetery When He Was Young and Poetically Inclined.
Hillsboro, Hill Co, Tex, Jan 28.- Dr N. B. Kennedy, in conversation with The News reporter to-day said:
“The account of that graveyard haunt of Col. Williams that you published in The News reminded me very pointedly of a graveyard experience I had when [...]
Posted in events on Oct 18th, 2008
Thanks, Randy! You seem to have started an epidemic!
Denise and The footnoteMaven have infected me, too! Ok, let me grab some Kleenex and begin!
** 10 years ago I:
had a different, much less stressful, much smaller paycheck job
was living in a different town (close by)
had a 20-month-old granddaughter who I absolutely adored! (now she’s 11 [...]
Posted in events on Sep 20th, 2008
Msteri from Heritage Happens has tagged this blog with the I Love Your Blog award. Actually. she did this a few days ago, but as I’ve said, I’ve been too busy sneezing to do anything lately.
The rules are:
1. Can put the logo on his/her blog
2. Must link to the person who gave the award
3. Must [...]
Posted in events on Sep 18th, 2008
Ruth Anne Hall (me!), age appox 6 months, 1958. Digital scan of original photograph found in Mom’s Red Photo Album. Private collection Ruth Stephens, Benbrook, TX. 2008.
Posted in events on Sep 8th, 2008
Well, I guess it blocks a bit of sun, at least:
This lady is my third great-grandmother, Susan William Lee Martin Kennedy. She was the wife of Dr Nathan Blunt Kennedy, one of my Civil War surgeon ancestors. I guess as the spouse of a prominent physician in the Hill County, Texas of the 1800’s, Mrs. [...]
Posted in events on Sep 3rd, 2008
Mary Tennessee Turner Rogers, James Richard Wright, Maryland Sue Stanley Hall. Home of Miles Francis Stanley II, Fort Worth, TX. February, 1968. Digital scan of original photograph from Mom’s Red Photo Album. Private collection Ruth Stephens, Benbrook, TX. 2008.
Posted in events on Aug 23rd, 2008
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“What I Took Away From the 2008 Genea-Blogger Group Games“
In what ways did my participation in these Games benefit my genealogy research?
To begin with, this was a lot of fun and a great way to inject something new into a long, hot Texas summer. In the past, my research has tended to slack off dramatically [...]
…so it’s back to research!
I’ve returned to my Appling’s of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. This morning I found the Civil War Service Records (Confederate) for 4 of William Appling’s sons at footnote.com. I normally wouldn’t be researching this far laterally from my direct line, but I simply can’t resist anything Civil War! Most of these are [...]
Posted in events on Aug 22nd, 2008
I’m posting this a day early, so that I don’t forget. Too much other stuff going on right now!
(For event details, see my iCompete! site)
Event #2, Back Up Your Data!- All 5 tasks completed…PLATINUM MEDAL!
Event # 3, Organize Your Research!- Tasks B, D, E completed…GOLD MEDAL!
This has been a lot of fun and [...]
Posted in events, research sites on Aug 16th, 2008
Actually more like tree-work. I updated my RootsWeb WorldConnect database and my WeRelate page this morning. Also working on a Genea-Blogger Group Games event. Just a quiet Saturday at my house…
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