This week I finally finished setting up my site for my Koonce Genealogy project! I’ve very excited. I’ve had this site on the backburner for several months now waiting to find the time to further develop it. The goal of the site is to serve as a repository for the research I do on Koonce […]
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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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Thanks everyone who commented on the NCGenWeb redesign and all of my other crazy activities. Over the past couple of days I’ve continued to work on NCGenWeb “stuff” and am quite excited by all that is developing. As I take the time to futther explore more of the county sites, I am finding information
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With the recent news of Ancestry updating their Online Member Trees I have been thinking over this for a few days now. Randy’s excellent post describing his experiences with the new interface prompted me to go ahead and explore it for myself and I was quite pleased. While the changes they have currently implemented are
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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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Sunday, June 7th, 2009 is my brother’s birthday. Happy Birthday Rashid! I’m posting this slightly early becuase he is overseas, so for him, it’s already his birthday. In order to mark the occasion, here’s a flashback from the past – a picture from when he was just a itty bitty baby. Awww……
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Today I took my first “real” genealogy field trip! I met fellow Koonce researcher John & his wife Nancy today and we ventured down to Lincoln County, TN to do some cemetery searching and hopping. I am absolutely exhausted this evening, but it was a great day. John has been doing Koonce research for many
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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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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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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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