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 in the news on Jul 7th, 2008
I have been spending a lot of time in recent weeks studying a couple of my Civil War ancestors. Issac Turner fought for the Union with the 4th Tennessee Mounted Infantry and Dr Nathan Blunt Kennedy tended to the Confederate sick and wounded with the 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment. The military records of the two [...]
Posted in publishing on Jun 18th, 2008
This publishing stuff is like a whole new language to me! I have learned so much in the past 2 days about using OpenOffice (Impress vs Writer) to create an e-book, exporting it as a .pdf document and then uploading it to Lulu.com and getting it ready to be viewed.
To begin with, I originally started [...]
Posted in publishing on Jun 18th, 2008
Isaac Turner’s Union Civil War Pension File is finally ready for the world:
I have created a 62-page e-book in .pdf format. For whatever reason, I was not able to upload the file to my WordPress Media Library, so I set up a storefront at Lulu.com. This is a first, so we’ll see how it goes. [...]
Posted in research sites on Jun 14th, 2008
I am currently putting an OpenOffice Impress presentation together (equivalent to PowerPoint, but free!) of Isaac Turner’s Pension file. I went surfing this morning looking for an advertisement from the 1890’s for the law firm that represented Sarah Turner in the pension claim process, N W Wills & Co of Washington, DC. Trying to add [...]
Posted in research sites on Jun 12th, 2008
Beginning on 19 Sep 1890 and finalized on 4 Dec 1893, Sarah S Turner’s application and supporting documents required to file for and receive her husband Isaac Turner’s Union Civil War Pension totals 57 pages:
Department of the Interior, United States Bureau of Pensions- 23 pages
Depositions- 24 pages from 5 people, including 8 pages mostly hand-written [...]
Posted in cemeteries, volunteering on Jun 10th, 2008
In reading Ken’s post about a couple of ancestors that he found in the Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 database at FamilySearch Record Search, I learned that requests for grave and headstone photographs can be made at Find A Grave. I have been to this site a few times, and have found a few folks that I [...]
Posted in research sites on Jun 5th, 2008
In response to a comment from Val of One Point In Time, “…I’m quite surprised to find that a pension file would contain so much information…”, this is what Isaac Turner’s file contained:
Sworn statements attesting to the character of Sarah S Turner, W R Robinson, Edward Carroll and Mrs Mary A Carroll, followed by handwritten [...]
Posted in how-to, technology on Jun 5th, 2008
Straining my brain to figure out how to create a pdf file of Sarah’s deposition. Downloaded a free pdf converter program. Can’t figure out how to make it work. Googled “create pdf ebook”. Search sent me to a YouTube video, How To Use Open Office To Create PDF-Files. Ding! Ding! Ding! Peace o’ cake! I [...]
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