The month of March brings wedding anniversaries for all of my parents. 🙂 March 17th is the anniversary date for my mother and step-father. This year marks their 14th wedding anniversary. March 25th marked the anniversary date for my father and stepmother. This year marks their 20th wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary! I was not present […]
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The past couple of weeks I’ve been more focused on my Koonce genealogy work than anything else. Ever since having that flurry of Koonce activity, I’ve just been caught up in it. I have decided to do a new blog devoted to chronicling my quest to research and findings; not just of my own Koonce
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Postcard image sent to me by John P. Koonce of E.B. Koonce Morturary in St. Louis, Missouri. The mortuary was owned by Ernest Benjamin Koonce and his wife Virginia from what I have been able to determine via some quick research. This African-American Koonce family is not related to me, but as I’m now
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I have to preface this picture with a few comments. Yesterday, my cousin, the granddaughter of my great-grandmother Pearlie Mae “Julie” Kilpatrick sent me this picture and I am absolutely mesmerized by it. I only have a few pictures of Pearlie Mae and this one is exquisite. She was all dressed up, including a pearl
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I’m writing this post as a pre-published post, but I was just flipping channels and ran across the movie The Temptations. When I watch this movie, I think of my grandfather Herman. My favorite scene from the movie is when actor Christian Payton (playing Paul), sings “For Once In My Life.” At the time, I
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A couple of weeks ago, when I bought In Search of Our Roots, I’d also seen a book by John F. Baker Jr. called The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation. Tonight, I went ahead and purchased this book too. I will probably not be able to start reading it right away, but I’m glad to own
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My father in 1970 – point guard for the Newbold High School basketball team in Dover, North Carolina. Picture taken from his yearbook. Research tip for me: consult newspapers from the time period to see if his performance was mentioned 🙂
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Last weekend, I picked up the new book from Henry Louis Gates, In Search of Our Roots. This is the companion book to the African-American Lives 2 special from last year. I just started reading the book yesterday and I am enjoying it There are profiles in the book for the highlights of the research
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I really need to go to bed, but I just had to post this! I was sneaking a peek in GenealogyBank.com tonight and noticed that they have made some enhancements to their search interface for the Historical Newspapers Collection. When you go to the search screen, you are shown several new search options that
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This past week or so has been especially rewarding for me – as I’ve had a cluster of activity around my Koonce surname. In these past several days I’ve spoken to the daughter of my great-aunt that recently passed away, spoken to two Koonce descendants who also have ties to Lenoir & Craven counties in
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