Research

Rhoda Hemphill Weds James Gregory

22 May 2011 Analysis

On this date in 1910, Miss Rhoda Hemphill and James W. Gregory were joined in the honorable state of matrimony in Murray County, Georgia. Rhoda was my maternal grandfather’s first cousin, making her my first cousin twice removed. What I learned from this document: I did not know that Rhoda had married; for some reason [...]

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May Genealogy To-Dos

1 May 2011 And More

Here is my to-do list for May, mapped to my annual goals. Research The last three months, I’ve focused my research on one surname per month.  I’m switching gears this month. Unsourced people:  I have a number of people in my database that don’t have sources, from the days when I was less diligent about [...]

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Genealogy To-Dos: April Wrap-Up

30 April 2011 And More

April was a pretty good month, especially when compared to March.  I’d say I achieved about 85% of my objectives. Research Census project: do the 1920 and 1910 transcriptions and analyses for the Newt Ward-Rachel Johnson household.  I finished 1920 and got about halfway through 1910.  It’s the Johnsons that are taking forever (no surprise [...]

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Stanford-Hemphill Marriage

19 April 2011 Analysis

On this date in 1919, Martin Eakes Stanford and Blanche G. Hemphill were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony.  They were married in Murray County, Georgia. Blanche was my grandfather’s eldest sister. Analysis From this record, I learned Martin’s middle name and the fact that he must have gone by Eakes, else why would [...]

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April Genealogy To-Dos

4 April 2011 And More

Here is my to-do list for April, mapped to my annual goals. Research The last two months, I’ve focused my research on one surname per month.  I like how this is working, so I’m going to continue by focusing on the Johnsons for April. Census project: do the 1920 and 1910 transcriptions and analyses for [...]

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Genealogy To-Dos – March Wrap-Up

3 April 2011 And More

Ugh.  This is probably the worst month, since I started writing down my monthly genealogy goals, in terms of achieving those goals.  I did get other things done, like taxes, transferring everything to a new computer, etc. Research Census project: do the 1930 and 1920 transcriptions and analyses for Newton Coleman Ward; if I have [...]

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23 and Me – My first thoughts

24 March 2011 And More

I received my 23 and Me DNA results a few days ago and I wanted to get some of my thoughts on “paper.” First of all,  I didn’t realize when I ordered the kit that it included health as well as genetic results.  I found out about the health component, but wasn’t really interested.  Then, [...]

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March Genealogy To-Dos

1 March 2011 And More

Here is my to-do list for March, mapped to my annual goals. Research I really enjoyed focusing on the Forresters last month, so I’m going to continue the idea of working on one family for March – the Wards. Census project: do the 1930 and 1920 transcriptions and analyses for Newton Coleman Ward; if I [...]

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Genealogy To-Dos: February Wrap-Up

28 February 2011 And More

I got a lot done in February, but it didn’t exactly coincide with my to-do list. Research Forrester research: I got an email from a new-found Forrester cousin last month with a good bit of census information. I want to follow up on this and test her conclusions to see if I agree. My brick-wall [...]

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Census Research Checklist

25 February 2011 Research

The fifth lesson in the NGS Home Study Course is about census records.  I use census records all the time and didn’t learn anything new; however, as with most of the lessons so far, doing the assignments brought out holes in my research. The first assignment in this lesson is to create a census research [...]

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