Posted in publishing on Jun 19th, 2008
It was so much fun turning Isaac Turner’s pension file into a book that I have decided to do the same thing with Dr N B Kennedy’s Civil War service records. I have already created 7 pages (doing it right the first time!), so stay tuned!
Posted in technology on Jun 5th, 2008
I promised that I would present a better view of Sarah’s deposition, so here it is. Yesterday, I was in a rush to get to work, so I didn’t have much time. This morning I scanned her deposition, but since the pages are longer than my scanner, I had to scan each page twice and [...]
Posted in events, organization, web design on May 24th, 2008
…so to speak. I moved the Mary Tennessee Turner story that I had written for the Carnival of Genealogy a couple of months ago to my footnote.com profile. This way, the footnote location stays active, as I now have Mary’s story there, as well as that of Dr N B Kennedy. I will continue to [...]
Posted in Happy Dance Time!, images on May 16th, 2008
May I introduce my second great-grandparents, Dr Nathan Blunt Kennedy and Susan William Lee Martin Kennedy!
A few weeks ago, my cousin Susan gave me some old photos scanned onto a disc, that she was using for a family project. Several of the images I already had, but there were also several that I had never [...]
Posted in research sites on May 2nd, 2008
Allison at Genealogy Insider has offered some advice when using Google Books Search:
For best results, limit your search to books only: From the Google home page, click the more link in the top frame, then select Books.
Type a surname plus subject:genealogy in the search box to look for published family histories. Not that your results [...]
Posted in census on Apr 29th, 2008
While searching the 1860 Federal Census for Lauderdale County, Mississippi looking for Susan Martin, I found a 2nd enumeration for Dr John F Kennedy! I had previously found him listed with his brother, Dr Sidney P Kennedy and his family, living in Beat No 2 in Lauderdale County. In the second mention, also in Beat [...]
Posted in census on Apr 29th, 2008
A few days ago, I began a page-by-page search of the 1860 Federal Census for Sumter Country, Alabama, looking for my 3rd great-grandmother, Susan William Lee Martin, and her family. I had reason to believe that Sumter County was their home immediately prior to the beginning of the Civil War. Well…apparently not! Tonight I finished [...]
Posted in cemeteries, web design on Apr 28th, 2008
…have kept me busy for several weeks! I am happy to say that I have “completed” the research of the family of John Kennedy of Sumter County, Alabama. This afternoon I added the last references and sources to my Family Tree Maker database, and have uploaded a current Outline Descendant Report for John Kennedy and [...]
Posted in web design on Apr 25th, 2008
I have decided to delete my old Blogger genealogy blog. There is nothing but a “store front” at the site now. I want to concentrate on this site! All of the Blogger posts, including images, are available here.
Yesterday I was able to add Family Group Sheet pages for all of my main Kennedy ancestors. In [...]
Posted in research sites, taxation on Apr 23rd, 2008
I know, I’m a little late, the 15th has come and gone. But, in the spirit…
Tonight, before another hurricane blew through north Texas, I was checking out Ancestry.com’s new database, U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. I found a few of my Kennedys in Alabama and Mississippi. Maybe this is why they headed west [...]
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