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 [...]
Posted in research sites on May 8th, 2008
Not a Yankee technically, but he was a member of the 4th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry, United States Army! I’m talking about my 2nd great-grandfather Isaac Turner. Lesson: Never Assume Anything! I have never considered the possibility that my ancestors, the vast majority from Southern states, could have fought for the Union. Never gave it [...]
Posted in technology on May 5th, 2008
After a couple days of investigating, trying out and moving over to Family Tree Legends, this morning I got back to actual research with the Francis Turner Family of DeKalb County, Tennessee. Nothing new or exciting, just organizing what I already have and then documenting it all into my database.
Posted in research sites on May 1st, 2008
This morning I started researching my Turner ancestors, who I had previously traced back to DeKalb County, Tennessee (1850 Federal Census). I found all of the federal censuses, slave schedules, and IRS tax assessment lists at ancestry and downloaded them. Next step was the Tennessee GenWeb site, then to DeKalb County. These folks have a [...]
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 cemeteries on Apr 18th, 2008
The Graham-Mason Cemetery photos and information are now available on the Cemeteries page. That was the smaller of the two cemeteries in Hill County, Texas that I have inventoried, with only 22 identified graves. Jennie Maragert Melton, the wife of my great-granduncle Francis Lee Turner, and probably her infant son Claude are buried here.
Posted in events, technology on Mar 13th, 2008
I have graduated from Dinosaur Dial-up to DSL, and I am so excited! One of the first things I did was to go to the Roots Television site and check out some of their videos. What a great place! I knew the site was there, but could never really enjoy what they had to offer [...]
Posted in education, organization on Apr 18th, 2007
This evening, I went through my “correspondence” folder, where I have documented all the letters I have sent out and info I have requested. There’s really not that much!Anyway, I scanned the SS5 for my great-grandfather, Charles Arthur Rogers, and the death certificate for my great-grandmother, Mary Tennessee Turner, and added them to my website. [...]
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