Weekly Updates for 2010-03-10

  • Elizabeth Alexander is my cousin! We both descend from William Mallory (and I just made the Alexander connection – duh). #FOA #
  • Mine ordered- RT @megansmolenyak: “Who Do You Think You Are?” bk released tomorrow! Wld B grateful for

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Tombstone Tuesday: James and Maud Butler

JB-Maud-Butler-TT-wJames Benjamin Butler and Maud Whitener were my great-grandparents.  Jim was born November 24, 1880 in Murray County, Georgia.  He was a farmer and later the sheriff of Murray County.  He died November 28, 1944.

Maud was born in August 27, 1885 in Murray County, Georgia.  She died April 7,… Read the rest

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A Place for All Their Faces

We are the sum of all the people who have lived before us.

Meryl Streep, Faces of America

These are the women who inform who I am today.  Some are ancestors.  Some are aunts or cousins or in-laws.  Some I knew in person. Some I know only… Read the rest

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Aunt Thelma’s Potato Soup

Today’s Fearless Female prompt from The Accidental Genealogist is to:

Share a favorite recipe from your mother or grandmother’s kitchen. Why is this dish your favorite? If you don’t have one that’s been passed down, describe a favorite holiday or other meal

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Nancy Emeline Brookshire

Nancy Emeline Brookshire (don’t you love that name?) was my great-great-great-grandmother.  She was the daughter of James Brookshire and Elizabeth Tilley and was born on May 13, 1833 in North Carolina.  She died on March 1, 1916 in Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia and was buried in Tickanetley Cemetery.

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Family History Skills: Genealogical Basics

One of my To-Do items for March is to take the online “Family History Skills course” provided by the National Genealogical Society.   This course is offered free to NGS members;  NSG offers several other online courses for fees, so I wanted to take… Read the rest

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A Farmer’s Wife

On Monday, I wrote about Anna (Carnes) Forrester.  Today’s spotlight is on her daughter, Mary Lourania (Forrester) Ward, my great-great-grandmother.  This is the woman that my grandmother refers to as Grandma Ward.

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Weekly Updates for 2010-03-03

  • Indexed 50 names on FamilySearch 1910 Massachusetts census. #genealogy #GBGames2010 #
  • Blog post: Winter 2010 Geneablogger Games – The Final Tally http://bit.ly/d9eFWQ #genealogy #GBGames2010 #
  • Reading: Trace Your Family Tree on Your Lunch

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March Genealogy To-Dos

I’m getting a better feel for what can be accomplished in a “normal” month, with only weekends and a few weeknights to do genealogy.

The to-dos for March are:

  • Write 8 blog posts
  • Abstract (or update previously-done abstractions, if necessary) 8 census pages and update the citations.
  • Index some

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A Favorite Female Ancestor

In honor of women’s history month, I’ll be writing a number of posts honoring the female half of my family tree.  Today’s post is part of the Fearless Females blogging prompt series created by Lisa Alzo, The Accidental Genealogist.

Do you have a favorite

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