On November 26, 2010, my 5th cousin, Jassmine McNair (b. 1990), was killed in an automobile accident. I have never met her, but soon after learning the news from a family member, I could not help but feel sadness and loss. We share 3rd great-grandparents – Rufus McNair & Mariah Wimberly of Plymouth, Washington […]
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Researching my husband’s potential McClellan slaveholding family has been an ongoing research process for me. This week, I have an exciting potential lead for our wish to do DNA comparisons. On Wednesday I was contacted by a white McClellan descendant – turns out that she is a 2nd great-granddaughter of General William Blount McClellan
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Wishing a Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow to those in the United States! For Wordless Wednesday this week, I’ll share a photo of Bristol (Sullivan County), TN. Bristol is has a sister city just across the state line, in Virginia. For Thanksgiving one year in college, I went home with my friend SJE who has family
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Seems I have been remiss in posting here on my genealogy blog. In the past month we have moved so I am busy with that, plus I took a little time away from genealogy to get some cross-stitching time in. As for genealogy specifically, I did have another distant cousin find me on Facebook!
Today, while visiting the website of the National Library of Medicine for work purposes, I noticed an announcement of a new online exhibit titled, “Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine.” The online exhibit focuses on the specific contributions of African-Americans as nurses, surgeons and hospital workers. There are 5 main
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On Monday, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced their funding to the tune of more than $17 million for their National Leadership Grants. The funded projects represent a great diversity, but some are particularly relevant to those of us interested in genealogy & historical research. Some of the projects funded
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Over the holiday weekend, I made DH take me to two local cemeteries so I could take a few pictures for Find-A-Grave. We didn’t stay long – about an hour combined, but during that time I got many pictures for uploading. Perhaps my favorite part of the whole experience was how involved Kaleya (who will
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During the past few years I’ve begun several indexing projects – newspapers, yearbooks, etc. As I do the indexing, I sometimes become interested in researching the names I come across. Naturally, I want to share this information as broadly as possible. Yet, I feel limited in my options to do so. So, here is a
Though I’m unable to attend the FGS Annual Conference in nearby Knoxville, I plan to follow along as much as I can via blog posts, Twitter feeds & Facebook status updates. However, I started thinking about what I’d hoped to have gained from attending FGS and much of it centers on what I perceive as
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Today while reading a blog post on the FamilySearch blog, a phrase they used with regard to their Research Wiki caught my eye — the blog post mentions that anyone using the wiki “need look no further” than their Research Wiki. The Research Wiki, while a great resource, is far from needing to be the