Posted in cousins, research sites on Feb 10th, 2008
My boss is coming back to work this next week part-time, so there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel! So, very soon I will be able to really get back into genealogy!A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a lady in Ohio who is reseaching the surname Carrico. [...]
Posted in events on Jan 19th, 2008
I have been so busy at work that I missed the last Carnival of Genealogy, so I figured I’d better get something going right now for the next Carnival! The topic will be: If you could have dinner with four of your ancestors who would they be and why? What a great question! [...]
Posted in volunteering on Oct 4th, 2007
…I have started transcribing the transcription of the Limestone County marriage records. For the first week that I had the cd containing the records, I didn’t do anything with it. Allergy season is really bad this year!!! But, I finally started the job on Tuesday, and I am currently on page 5. I hope to [...]
Posted in technology on Aug 12th, 2007
I have finished up with Charles and his 3 wives. And he was only in his 40’s when he died! I didn’t really learn anything new about him, just got all the info and sources into my FTM.
Next I went up a generation to Joshua F Bennett, Charles’ grandfather. Not much info on him. Before [...]
Posted in documentation on Jul 26th, 2007
I just mailed the request for Crist Carrico’s death certificate! I sorta forgot, I guess. Too much excitement! Anyway, that’s in the mail and on the way, so in about 4 weeks (if I filled out the money order correctly!) or less, maybe I’ll know a bit more about him. That’s if the state of [...]
Posted in general research on Jul 25th, 2007
My friend David from New Mexico did a little more searching and actually found the headstone for Crist Hayes Carrico! Apparently the survey he was using had missed the stone.
All that’s left to do now is wait for the death certificate to arrive. I’d still like to find out about his veteran’s status.
This has been [...]
Posted in volunteering on Jul 23rd, 2007
After I found my great-great grandfather Crist H Carrico in the Online New Mexico Death Index, I then sent an email through the organization Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) to a researcher in Lea County, New Mexico. This very nice gentleman, David, immediately wrote me back with the name of the cemetery where my [...]
Posted in research sites on Jul 22nd, 2007
I have finally found my sneaky great-great grandfather! (Hey Susan: If you’re reading this, this is Ma-Maw Stanley’s father!)
I read several genealogy blogs, so this evening I was reading Genealogy Roots Blog and there was a posting for online New Mexico death records.
You see, my great-great grandfather, Crist H Carrico, was the “black sheep” of [...]
Posted in blogs, research sites on Apr 28th, 2007
Today I added an RSS feed from Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter (with permission, of course!). Mr. Eastman has all the latest happenings from the world of genealogy! I read his newsletter every day and I frequently find something I can use, whether it be links to new databases, information on new genealogy software or [...]
Posted in research sites, web design on Apr 22nd, 2007
Wow, I have gotten so many articles from GenealogyBank.com! 50 so far, including: obits from the Dallas Morning News for my great-great grandfather Miles F Stanley from 1935 and my great-great-great grandfather Dr Nathan B Kennedy from 1897, a ghost story from Dr Kennedy, a story of attempted blackmail against Mile F Stanley, and even [...]
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