September 2010

On this date. . .the 8th of September

8 September 2010 On this date

Births Farley Brookshire was born in 1795. John Mackie was born in 1804. Deaths William Marion West died in 1959 in Chatsworth, Georgia. Marriages Jane Bane and Jonas Chamberlain were married in 1734. Joseph Garrett and Sarah Stroud were married in 1810 in Burke County, North Carolina (my 4th great-grandparents). James Mitchell Alexander and Nancy [...]

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Twice Told Tuesday: Hemphill Elected to City Council

7 September 2010 And More

Robert M. Hemphill, proprietor of a local dry cleaning plant and an officer in World War Two, was elected a member of the Board of Aldermen at a special election held last Saturday.  Hemphill will fill the unexpired term of the late T. H. Moreland. Fifty votes were cast for Hemphill, who had no opposition. [...]

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On this date. . .the 7th of September

7 September 2010 On this date

Births Carrie Etta (Mathis) Bates was born in 1898. Deaths Mary (Clark) Mackie died in 1852. Mary Jane (Hemphill) Morgan died in 1901. James Robert Strader died in 1948 in Barnard, Missouri. Updated September 3, 2011.

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On this date. . .the 6th of September

6 September 2010 On this date

Deaths Margaret Garrett died in 1881 in Fannin County, Georgia. Ora (Shields) Kendrick died in 1947. Edna Josephine Butler died in 2000 in Dalton, Georgia. Updated September 3, 2011.

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On this date. . .the 5th of September

5 September 2010 On this date

Births Joseph McEntyre Lytle was born in 1821 in Burke County, North Carolina. Louisa M. (Smith) Johnson was born in 1877 in Georgia. Deaths Mahala (Lawson) Kendrick died in 1890 in Murray County, Georgia (my 3rd great-grandmother). James Brown died in 1897. Marriages Henry Albright and Meeky Blair were married in 1820. Updated September 3, [...]

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On this date. . .the 4th of September

4 September 2010 On this date

Births Joel Thomas Albright was born in 1843 in Clay County, Missouri.

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On this date. . .the 3rd of September

3 September 2010 On this date

Births John German was born in 1830. Reuben Phillip Johnson was born in 1853 in Georgia (my great-great grandfather). Lizzie (West) Kendrick was born in 1886, probably in Murray County, Georgia (my great-grandmother). Deaths John Burgin died in 1753 in Shrewsbury Parish, Maryland (my 7th great-grandfather). Madison Alexander Ellis died in 1862, while serving in [...]

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On this date. . .the 2nd of September

2 September 2010 On this date

Births Robert S. Alexander was born in 1795 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Updated August 27, 2011.

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Weekly Updates for 2010-09-01

1 September 2010 What's New

Found lots of Tennessee death records on FamilySearch labs today. http://ow.ly/2uPAg #genealogy # FamilySearch Labs also led me to a number of GA records today & the images are online at GA Archives. Yay! # RT @geneabloggers: Open Thread Thursday at GeneaBloggers – social media at #genealogy conferences – give us your opinion http://su.pr/2sNAQe # [...]

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September Genealogy To-Dos

1 September 2010 And More

As I reported yesterday, I got a lot done in August.  Having a genealogy to-do list keeps me on track and enables me to measure my progress.  I hope to have a similarly productive September: Writing: Write 8 blog posts (not including “On this date” posts) – my first priority here is to write up my notes [...]

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