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One Word

Today I asked my mother how she would describe her grandmothers with one word: – paternal grandmother, Lucinda — “sweet” – maternal grandmother, Martha — “bossy” Then, I asked Kalonji the same question: – his paternal grandmother — “sage” – his maternal grandmother — “gangsta” So then, he asked me the same question: -my paternal […]

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Lewis “Christopher Columbus” Robinson

Today while reading some information related to my job, I learned of a new resource that explains the environmental hazards of working/living near a major water port. That prompted me to do a blog post about my great-grandfather, Lewis Robinson. We don’t know much about Lewis, as he died when my grandfather was just three

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Inspiration

From reading Eastman’s blog over the weekend, I found a new website that I had not previously been aware of – the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Eastman reports that they added a skill building section to their website, so I wandered over and was very thrilled with what I found. On the site are

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Barfield’s mother!

I think I have finally found Barfield Koonce’s mother! Barfield was my great grandfather and the beginning of my interest in my family genealogy. When my aunt died back in 1984 (I was 9 at the time), she was buried in Mitchell Cemetery – where I would then learn that we had a lot of

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Copyright

Lately, as I’ve been considering my transcription blogs, I’ve been thinking of how to handle copyrighted material. I am a librarian after all and I must adhere to copyright! For the Roanoke Beacon and the Nashville Globe, I am currently okay. The content I’ve posted is public domain as far as I can ascertain from

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A New Printer

Yeah! I got a new all-in-one printer this past week. I can now finally scan all my documents that I send away for, so I have been busy doing that these past few days. My other printer developed a short in the power cord, so I’ve been without a scanner/printer for months. Do you know

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One Step Closer!

I have earlier posted about some information I received from a distant cousin that suggests that our ancestor, Silas Kilpatrick was owned by the white Kilpatrick family in that county. She mentioned to me that she had found a document where a slave named Silas was mentioned in the will of Warre Kilpatrick (d. 1821).

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Another Generation for Kalonji

I seem to have a lot to post about these days 🙂 Today I received in the mail, the death certificate for one of Kalonji’s 2nd Great-Grandmothers. From the certificate I learned her parents names – Carr/Kier Talley & Dally Waller. I was then able to locate them in the 1870 census. Then, doing some

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Milly Dicken

I’ve found another former slave that I’m interested in researching. Yesterday, I went to the Tennessee State Library & Archives and looked through a book that abstracted wills from Edgecombe County, North Carolina. I am on a hunt to figure out if I can find the slaveowner of my ancestor Rufus Tannahill McNair who was

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Finding the Holloways

I think I may have found an elusive census record. Not 100% sure, but I have a set of evidence that leads to believe it may be them. I was searching for the 1880 census record of my great-great grandmother Polly Hood Holloway. I was not completely sure of her husband’s name b/c I have

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