I’ve had quite a busy weekend! Yesterday, I was at the Nashville Zoo to learn more about the African American history at the site, and today, I went to Greenwood Cemetery to take pictures for BIllionGraves. I’ve blogged about BillionGraves several times before here on my blog: my first impressions of it before I could […]
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This weekend, I was pleased to have the opportunity to present as part of a special programming event of the Middle Tennessee Genealogy Society. We had a session yesterday afternoon loosely based on the concept of a roadshow/roundtable. Our session featured 4 major concepts; presenters were at 4 tables covering the following subjects: Computers in
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Props to the DigitalNC group for my discovery tonight! As I was updating my family tree information for my relative Reverend Wright L. Lawhorn, I decided to do some more searching for him. Wright was a brother to my great-great-grandfather, Samuel Becton Lawhorn. When I started the evening, I did not have much information about
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Oh what fun to be able to write this blog post! Back during the first season of Genealogy Roadshow, my husband and I interviewed with producers as we were hopeful one of the stories I submitted would be used. Unfortunately, it was not, but every now and then I revisit the research that prompted me
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This week, I traveled to DC for business and on my way to the airport, took a quick visit to Arlington National Cemetery. I went to the cemetery with one purpose truly, to go to the grave site of Henry A. Greene. Henry, is the grandfather of a woman I met a few weeks ago
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On this day in 1994, my mother’s youngest brother, Calvin Earl Robinson passed away. The last post I made about Calvin, in 2008, was to share the news that we finally had a picture of his headstone thanks to the graciousness of a Find-A-Grave volunteer. Now, I’m pleased to show off his NEW headstone which
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Back in 2009, I wrote about a day of Koonce-hunting in Lincoln County, TN with my buddy John P. Koonce. Yesterday, we were able to continue the adventure and an adventure it was indeed!!! John was joined by his nephew Dan and the primary purpose of our trip was to look for the Grills-Koonce cemetery
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This Veteran’s day I did not have a chance to blog about any veterans in my family, so I decided to honor the holiday differently. I visited the Nashville National Cemetery yesterday and took pictures using the BillionGraves app. In two hours I was able to take more than 800 photos – amazing. Now, my
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While at Walgreens the other night, my six-year old sees cameras and says Mommy, can I get my own camera so I can use it when we go to the cemetery? Well, she definitely gets engaged when we go to the cemetery, often asking to be in at least one picture and demanding me to
Yesterday, my mom visited her brother’s grave in Sarasota National Cemetery. The cemetery had decorated all the headstones and she says it was a gorgeous view. What do you think? And, here is Stanley’s headstone
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