Posted in cemeteries, research sites on May 4th, 2008
I was reading a post at Beyond Fiction, in which Ken discussed finding the death records at FamilySearch Labs’ Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 database of a set of twins born to his paternal grandmother in 1927. This inspired me to go back to the database to look for 2 infants that I knew to be [...]
Posted in Happy Dance Time! on May 3rd, 2008
One of the first death certificates that I obtained when I first began to research my family tree was that of my great-grandmother, Ruth (Carroll) Carr. Her father, as listed on the death certificate, was John Spurgeon. A bit of research indicated that his name was actually John Spurgeon Carroll. The lesson here is that [...]
Posted in general research, research sites on Sep 15th, 2007
My uncle Ladd died last night:
Born in Fort Worth, Texas to Floyd Thomas Clark and Mamie Inez Carr, Ladd (as he was known to family and friends) grew up in Fort Worth and lived most of his life in Texas. Plagued by diabetes since early childhood, he was his own man and lived his life [...]
Posted in cousins on Jun 15th, 2007
I haven’t heard anything else from my new “cousin” in a couple of days, hopefully she’s just busy and will write back later. I got a lot of new info from her and some new insights into the Bennett family. The most exciting part was finding out that my grandmother Mamie Inez Carr’s flat fingertips [...]
Posted in cousins, research sites on Jun 10th, 2007
My dad’s 2nd great-grandfather was James Bennett of San Saba, Texas. A few days ago, while searching online for information about one of James’ kids, Henry Clay Bennett, I came upon a posting on GenForum looking for info on Henry C. Bennett of San Saba! I emailed the lady and she wrote me back and [...]
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