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 Happy Dance Time!, research sites on Jun 4th, 2008
Also known as “The-Civil-War-Union-Pension-File-of-Isaac-Turner-Just-Arrived-
And-It-Only-Took-19-Days-Instead-Of-42-To-120-Calendar-Days
-To-Get-Here” Dance!
I’m so excited, and so proud of myself, too! Why excited? I’ll get to that in just a sec…
Why so proud of myself? Because I was cutting the grass in my front yard when the very nice UPS man arrived with said Pension File…and I finished cutting the grass before I [...]
Posted in organization on Jun 1st, 2008
I have been busy this week with my Turner family research. I have been reviewing each person in my Family Tree Legends database and making sure that all sources are in place and correctly documented. I have also been adding images to each person’s file. As I go from one person to another, I occasionally [...]
Posted in research sites on May 27th, 2008
I know that Memorial Day was yesterday, but I just found the neatest site while researching my Turner ancestors!
Jerry Roy McDonald was the 8th and youngest child of Mattie Turner McDonald (my 1st cousin twice removed). He died in WWII when his plane was shot down near Munich, Germany in 1945.
I just did a routine [...]
Posted in genetics on May 25th, 2008
Sooner or later, it had to happen.
What had to happen, you say?
“Kissin’ cousins”, that’s what. Last night I discovered a couple of not-too-far-off ancestors who were first cousins…and married.
Seems the oldest daughter of John Joseph Turner married the 4th child of John Joseph Turner’s sister, Edna Lenora Turner Matthews. That would make them first cousins.
Sarah [...]
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 technology on May 22nd, 2008
I have been studying my Turner ancestors from DeKalb Co, TN and Hill Co, TX. Isaac and Sarah Turner had 14 children (ouch!), and not all survived to adulthood. As I have been researching each of those 14 children, I suddenly realized something. Take a look at the timeline for Sarah Sharpe Vance Turner:
Look at [...]
Posted in documentation, research sites on May 15th, 2008
Until the Civil War Union Pension File for Isaac Turner arrives!
My economic stimulus check arrived a couple of days ago, so after I paid a few other bills (my laptop is paid off!), I ordered my second great-grandfather’s file this morningI I can hardly wait! When I ordered the files for N B Kennedy a [...]
Posted in in the news on May 9th, 2008
I know where part of my money is going: to the NARA! $75 for Isaac Turner’s Pension file and $25 for his Compiled Service record. Ouch!
Posted in research sites on May 9th, 2008
Yesterday, when I discovered the fact that my 2nd great-grandfather Isaac Turner from DeKalb Co, TN and later Hill Co, TX was a member of the 4th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment (United States of America!), I was getting ready to go to work, so I couldn’t really savor it much at the time. So all [...]
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