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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. ...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

DNA and Dumplings

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Am I Irish? AncestryDNA says I am 31%, although I suspect some of that Western Europe may be a bit of Irish too. Some of my known Irish...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Slaves Found in My Family History Research

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Schalene Dagutis had a great idea in coming up with the Slave Name Roll Project . The idea is to post the names of slaves found in your fam...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

New Year's Baby Joseph Norman 1955-1987 #52Ancestors #52

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Joseph Wilburn Norman was the New Year's Baby in Birmingham, Alabama in 1955. He was the son of John and Dorothy Phillips Norman. D...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

One of the Nuts-William McCullough 1793-1863 #52Ancestors #51

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William McCullough, my 3rd great grandfather, was born about 1793 in South Carolina. He married Eleanor , probably in 1814 in South Caro...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Abraham Goad 1665-1734 #52Ancestors #50

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Abraham Goad was born before or about 1665 in Lancaster County, Virginia. He was thoughtful enough to leave lots of records behind. John ...