Sunday afternoon I was reading Susan Petersen’s post on her Long Lost Relatives blog about how to make the most use of Find-A-Grave. It’s a useful article and while I do most of what she discusses, as I read it, I was inspired to create the memorial for my grandmother that just passed away on […]
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This weekend I reached a milestone on Find-A-Grave. Since joining in 2007 I have added over 1,000 photos to the site! I know there are contributors that do a lot more, but I was pleased to reach this milestone 🙂 Let’s see how long it takes me to get to 2,000. In addition to the
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On Saturday afternoon, the hubby kidnapped us and decided that we were going to drive around aimlessly for awhile before getting something to eat. Our driving led us north of Nashville and in nearby Joelton. Well, guess what we saw along the way? A church cemetery! Being the good genealogist that I am,
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Back in June, through the kind assistance of a researcher in North Carolina, I was sent photos of the headstones and home of the brother of one of my 3rd great-grandmothers. This is Dred Wimberly and his wife Ellen Bertha (Jenkins) Wimberly. They are buried in Unity Cemetery in Rocky Mount, NC and their home
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This Tombstone Tuesday post is dedicated to my friend & co-worker Rachel. I’ve been working on her family tree for a few years now off and on and she recently did a little online searching of her own and found tombstone pictures of her 3rd great-grandparents, William Bolinger and Henrietta Catherine (Bowers) Bolinger. They
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This Tombstone Tuesday post is not for someone in my family, but rather that of a co-worker. The furthest back I’ve traced her Faith lineage is to the mother of this ancestor, Balthazaar “Balthus” Faith. This image of his tombstone is courtesy of an upload from a FindAGrave volunteer at his gravesite in the Calvary
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