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Sunday, April 22, 2018

Italian for Genealogists

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Here are a few basic Italian words used for genealogy. I thought it would be useful to have them all in one place. Ancestors  Antenati Ge...
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Sunday, August 28, 2016

Edmund Tidwell 1758-1846 Revolutionary War Soldier

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Edmund Tidwell was born 1758 in Virginia. He was the son of Richard J and Rachael Rebecca Helms Tidwell. Edmund, sometimes shown as Edmond...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Learning to Read Italian Records-Part One-Birth Records

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Italian records are a treasure trove of information, but where do you start when you can't read Italian? Luckily, most Italian records...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Chasing Squirrels Leads to BIG Find

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  © Copyright  Peter Trimming  and licensed for reuse under this  Creative Commons Licence Chasing squirrels: a genealogy term used ...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Sarah Jane McNamara Baine 1880-1972

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Sarah Jane McNamara Baine about 1900 The elegant lady in the above photo is my 2nd great aunt, Sarah Jane McNamara Baine. She was bor...
Saturday, April 2, 2016

My Colorful Ancestry Birthplace Chart

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My friend  J Paul Hawthorne had a great idea for visualizing ancestors birthplaces. It's been all over the internet lately. I'm a b...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Bernardino Fratoddi's Brush With Royalty

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As genealogists, we all would love to find a connection to royalty. Mine came in an unexpected way. Empress Elisabeth of Austria , Queen o...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

How Can You Have an Anonymous Mother?

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I requested the Certicati di Nascita (birth record) of my great grandmother Giulia Mo ntagna from Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. I had he...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

I'm a Daughter of the South

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Yep, that's me... Alabama born and bred. George Wallace was Governor or husband of the Governor and finally former Governor in all the A...
Saturday, June 6, 2015

Kicking Butt in 1789, Isaiah and Joel Jr Phillips

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I discovered an interesting court case while researching Phillips in Wilkes County, Georgia. This case concerns Isaiah and Joel Phillips Jr....
Monday, May 25, 2015

Remembering Private Kenneth George Wrigley POW Sandakan North Borneo

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Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX21789 Private Kenneth George Wrigley  Copyright expired - public domain   From Australi...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Meggs to Meigs and Back Again-Same but Different #52Ancestors

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Wikipedia, public domain, Snowflakes I recently had a fourth cousin once removed contact me through my blog. I was glad to meet my cous...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Sergeant Caleb Rogers Warnick CSA of Alabama 1829-1917

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Caleb Rogers Warnick was born January 15, 1829 in Blount County, Alabama. He was the oldest child of Robert W. and Malinda Cheney Warnick. ...