Just back in June, I was elated to share the news that I’d been able to identify a set of my 5th great-grandparents. That finding was on my mother’s side of the family. And guess what? In the past week, I have identified TWO more sets of 5th-great-grandparents, this time, on my father’s side of […]
Another 5th Great-Grandparents Happy Dance! Read More »
My father’s family is from Craven County, North Carolina, and one of the churches his family worships in is Alum Springs Church. Today, the church held a celebration and my great-aunt, who is a member there and heavily involved in church activities, asked if I could contribute to the program and research the history of
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I’m going to take Randy up on his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun for August 8, 2009. Not because of the intent to document my ethnicity for that is very easy – to the best of my current knowledge, all (with the exception of 1) of my ancestors as far as I can trace have been
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I’m feeling all inspired again with my genealogy blogging! I’ve gotten some great thoughts from reading others’ blogs. For this post, I’m taking Randy up on his last Saturday Night Fun quest, Where Were They in 1909? The task was as follows: 1) Which of your ancestors were alive in 1909? 2) Tell us where
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Cora Cox Lawhorn, my great-great grandmother was born approximately March 3, 1876 and died November 23, 1949. As yesterday was the anniversary of her death, I thought I would write a post about her. I do not know any personal details about Cora in regards to her personality, however, my paternal grandmother, and a first
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