September 2009

Weekly Updates for 2009-09-30

30 September 2009 What's New

Such great ideas! RT @geneabloggers: Learn about creative genealogy blogger Vickie Everhart and BeNotForgot http://su.pr/2xEd32 #genealogy # Added photo of Johnson siblings, including g-grandmother, Rachel Johnson Ward.  # @breagettingfit Congrats! in reply to breagettingfit # Added death certificate for Dovie GARRETT 1881 – 1922. http://bit.ly/ZpdzH #genealogy # Added death certificate for Walter Henry ELLIS 1844 [...]

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Weekly Updates for 2009-09-23

23 September 2009 What's New

Added photo of Anna (CARNES) Forrester1822 – 1914. http://bit.ly/2U15To #genealogy # Added photo of Elijah Monteville ROBERTS 1879 – ?. http://bit.ly/EA8fR # RT @auldmags: #Randomquestions for #genealogy – What’s you favorite ancestor first name? Susannah Adeline – I just love the combo. # Added photo of Luke and Ruby Butler headstone. http://bit.ly/VK5sf #genealogy # Found [...]

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Weekly Updates for 2009-09-16

16 September 2009 What's New

Translated NC mission records describe tribal life. http://bit.ly/BqN6y via @addthis # Added J. A. Hemphill death certificate. http://bit.ly/4Ci3bW #genealogy # Footnote subscription just paid off again. They now have Eastern Cherokee apps; formerly had to pay $25 for each app from NARA. # New daughters of Benjamin L. Burgin and Jane Dysart: Sarah and Martha. [...]

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Monteville Roberts and The Great Locomotive Chase

12 September 2009 Family Stories

Monteville and other members of the Roberts family aided in capturing the Union soldiers who were involved in the Andrews Raid (a.k.a. The Great Locomotive Chase).  The Andrews Raiders had abandoned the locomotive General eighteen miles south of Chattanooga.  The hunt for the fugitive raiders was prompt and successful; several were captured the same day [...]

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Weekly Updates for 2009-09-09

9 September 2009 What's New

New person: Martha Young, granddaughter of Captain Thomas Hemphill. Named in his will. #genealogy  # New Headstone Photo: Coy JOHNSON 1920 – 1943 #genealogy  # New Headstone photo: Charlie and Ruby Johnson. #genealogy  # Added Family: JOHNSON/SMITH m. Abt Mar 1900. #genealogy http://bit.ly/5KCZp # Added great-uncle Elmer Hemphill’s military discharge paper from WWII. #genealogy # [...]

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September Birthdays

3 September 2009 And More

Let’s recognize ancestors and close relatives who were born in September: John Burgin, 7x-great-grandfather, born 14 Sep 1704 in Shrewsbury Parish, Kent, Maryland. Elias Powell, 6x-great-grandfather, born 26 Sep 1754 in Bromfield Parish, Culpepper, Virginia. Elizabeth Mann, 5x-great-grandmother, born 29 Sep 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Sarah Morrison, 4x-great-grandmother, born 20 Sep 1778 in [...]

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Weekly Updates for 2009-09-02

2 September 2009 What's New

Watching last night’s National Geographic special about genetic genealogy. . . # Photo Added: McEntire-Carter sons. #genealogy # New person: Elmira ( ) Lytle, wife of Leander Perkins Lytle. #genealogy.  # New Document: 1900 Census. Georgia. Murray County. Bullpen District. Martin Roberts HH. #genealogy http://bit.ly/rB81S # New Marriage Record: McDowell County Marriage Index, p. 21. [...]

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