My grandmother, Alice, wanted to be a nurse. I only discovered this a few years ago, when my mother was passing along some of her mother’s papers to me. Among the papers was this letter my grandmother received from Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, NC. Saint Augustine is a Historically Black College, founded in 1867, […]
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Genealogy angels exist – they really do! Last night, I was visited by one. One of the family branches that I work quite actively on is my maternal grandmother’s family – the McNair family of Washington and Edgecombe counties in North Carolina. This branch is an active one – with reunions held every year since
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A piece of advice I like to share with those researching their families is to go after all the vital records you can! Online indexes can be helpful – but getting the actual record is important for many reasons. Last week, my geneafriend, Renate Yarborough-Sanders, and I held the first session of a summer series
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Today is the culmination of the American Library Association’s National Preservation Week, a week dedicated to ensuring that institutions and individuals are aware of the importance of preserving our items. Seeing to it that my own personal and family items are preserved is a priority for me and I could definitely benefit from more diligence
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Experiment 626. I am a super-fan of Experiment 626, or, as you may know him, Stitch, from the movie Lilo & Stitch. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you it’s true! There is just something so heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time in Stitch’s quest to just “belong” and Lilo takes
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I’ve been blogging for 14 years and I find it an excellent way to share my research findings and the processes I use for my family history research. Digital is my forte and I embrace it wholly! When it comes to ensuring that the work I do sustains beyond me, I am, at this point,
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I’ve written a few blog posts lately about the home of my great-grandparents, Abraham & Martha McNair. Well, here comes another one! However, in this case, I am pleased to have found a new discovery about their home. Namely, their address prior to the home that has been such a beacon for my family history
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My maternal grandmother’s parents, Abraham Lincoln McNair Sr. and Martha (Walker) McNair purchased their family home in 1945. I am fortunate to have a copy of the deed paperwork in my family archive collection. The house is at 502 Wilson Street in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina. I know from my mother that the house
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Just when I start to get comfortable thinking that I have my family history organization all squared away, my mother asks me a question that makes me realize how much more progress I still have to make! 🙂 But, that’s okay! It keeps me motivated to continue making progress in my photo and file organization
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In previous posts, I’ve shared the work I am doing to organize my photos – both physical and digital, including historical and present-day photos. A great joy for me in that process has been visiting with all of the pictures in my collection, talking with my family and friends about our photos, and just having
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