October 2009

Weekly Updates for 2009-10-14

14 October 2009 What's New

Added photo of Monteville ROBERTS 1827 – 1895. Thanks, cousin Dianne! http://bit.ly/4aJxtV #genealogy # Added headstone photo for James HEMPHILL 1780 – 1857. http://bit.ly/MGyw2 #genealogy # Added headstone photo for Thomas HEMPHILL 1807 – 1864. http://bit.ly/wyXbS #genealogy # Added another page from the McEntire-Lytle Family Bible. http://bit.ly/fCSNb #genealogy #surnames # @KathyWaitMyers Thanks! I love TNG. [...]

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Tombstone Tuesday – Joseph Tucker

13 October 2009 Evidence

Joseph Tucker was my 4x-great uncle.  His parents were C. B. and Rosamund Tucker and his sister, my 3x-great-grandmother, was Elizabeth Tucker. He was born and died on May 4, 1833.  Elizabeth was born October 21, 1832.  That’s a difference of only six and half months. Joseph is buried with his parents at New Prospect Church Cemetery in [...]

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Weekly Updates for 2009-10-07

7 October 2009 What's New

Added photo of Veteran’s Memorial monument at Murray County Courthouse. http://bit.ly/TcgAv #genealogy # Added photo of Malinda (Burgin) Hemphill’s headstone. http://bit.ly/3dgEj #genealogy # Added photo of Andrew Hemphill’s headstone. http://bit.ly/2I3iWj #genealogy # Found death certificate for Elizabeth (Brookshire) Long.  #genealogy # Found birth and death places for Elizabeth (Brookshire) Long.  # RT @geneaphile Bless her [...]

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Journey Across the Pond

3 October 2009 And More

Most lines of my family tree came to America before 1750.  I have very little documentation of their journey across the pond at this point, as I’ve been concentrating on completing my American records first. Confirmed Passenger Lists The only passenger list that I have is for the Albrecht/Albright family who traveled from Palatine Germany [...]

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October Birthdays

2 October 2009 And More

Let’s recognize ancestors who were born in October: Hans Jakob Rudisuhle, 8x-great-grandfather, born 04 Oct 1666 in Michelfeld, Germany. Margaret Coghill, 9x-great-grandmother, born 05 Oct 1684 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England. George Heinrich Weidner, 6x-great-grandfather, born 09 Oct 1717 in Coburg, Sachsen, Germany. Thomas Mackie, 5x, 6x, and 7x-great-grandfather, born 18 Oct 1724 in Burnsquare, Ceres, [...]

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