Posted in general research on Oct 3rd, 2008
I haven’t been posting much or doing much reseach in the past few weeks. There have been some other, non-genealogy things been going on in my life of late, and there’s just not enough hours in the day, it seems! But I have been reading my Google Reader every day, and I’m trying to keep [...]
Posted in general research on Oct 3rd, 2008
Terry Thornton over at Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi recently posted the results of his Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You challenge. I have been really surprised that I haven’t read much about Terry’s Herculian efforts and the wonderful job he did with presenting this introduction/overveiw of so many genealogy [...]
Posted in general research on Sep 29th, 2008
This is a reprint of a post from June 23, 2007. It is about the newspaper articles that a very kind RAOGK researcher found and sent to me concerning the death of my great-great grandfather…
After I found my great-great grandfather Crist H Carrico in the Online New Mexico Death Index, I then sent an email [...]
Posted in general research on Sep 27th, 2008
This little guy was introduced to me by Terry Thornton of Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi.
Looks a bit like my 2nd great-grandfather, Isaac Turner, don’t you think?
Thanks, Terry!
Posted in general research on Sep 27th, 2008
Ok, Terry, you asked:
Why genealogy? What unseen force compels me to spend hour after late-night hour trying to decipher census enumeration sheets that were “completed” by the child-now-adult with the worst handwriting of his entire fifth-grade class? Do I really have nothing better to do than stumble about an old weed-entangled, chigger-infested rural cemetery looking [...]
Posted in general research on Sep 10th, 2008
stanley - rogers (67), originally uploaded by bluebonnetcountrygenealogy.
Stanley-McNiel Wedding, St Marks United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. May 1968. Digital scan of original photograph. Private collection Ruth Stephens, Benbrook, TX. 2008.
Posted in general research on Sep 8th, 2008
I just put in the search term “s w l kennedy” into the Google News Archive Search and got back a Supreme Court of Texas document from 1886! It deals with the appeal of the Last Will & Testament (sorry if I’m not phrasing this correctly- I’m not up on Legalease!) for the father of [...]
Posted in Civil War, general research on May 20th, 2008
July 14th, 1861
Washington D.C.
My dear Sarah.
The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days — perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I [...]
Posted in general research on Apr 3rd, 2008
My trip to Hillsboro yesterday was well worth the gas (currently $3.27/gl!). My first stop was the library. I had made a list ahead of time, so I immediately went to the microfilm reader thingy gadget (?). It wasn’t working at first, but after the very nice lady from downstairs had a stern discussion with [...]
Posted in general research, volunteering on Mar 31st, 2008
I’m planning to go to Hillsboro on Wednesday. As it’s about a 3-hour round trip, I don’t get down there as often as I’d like. So I need to plan ahead to make the most out of the trip!
Part 1: Search the microfilm of the Hillsboro City Library’s various Hill County newspapers for Dr. Kennedy’s [...]
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