Posts Tagged Burke County NC

March Birthdays

It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in March:

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February Birthdays

It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in February:

  • Jonathan Curtis, 8x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1690 in Wiltshire, England.
  • John Garrett, 5x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1739 in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania.
  • Catherine Powell, 5x-great-grandmother, born 20 Feb 1785 in Burke County, North Carolina.
  • Rosamond, 4x-great-grandmother, born 25 Feb 1805

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January Birthdays

It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in January:

  • John Johnson, 5x-great-grandfather, born 27 Jan 1783 in North Carolina.
  • Hiram W. Searcy, 4x-great-grandfather, born 07 Jan 1796 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
  • Jennie McEntire, 4x-great-grandmother, born 06 Jan 1797 in Burke County, North Carolina.
  • Rose Anna Haskins, 4x-great-grandmother,

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December Birthdays

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October Birthdays

Let’s recognize ancestors who were born in October:

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September Birthdays

Let’s recognize ancestors and close relatives who were born in September:

  • Ann Hubbard, 10x-great-grandmother, born 03 Sep 1605 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
  • 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,

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And then there were 16

Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Assignment is to list one’s 16 great-great-grandparents, include their dominant ancestry and to calculate one’s own dominant ancestry.

My spin on this is to look back an additional four generations from the ggg’s in order… Read the rest

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My Genealogical Threes

I’m playing along with Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun.   This week’s assignment is to:

Tell us your three responses to the questions:

  • Three genealogical libraries I frequent
  • Three places I’ve visited on genealogy trips
  • Three genealogy societies I belong to (or want to)

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What’s New 7/22/2009

New People

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Fighting for a New Nation

As we prepare to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of our nation, I want to take a moment to recognize my ancestors who fought for (or supported the fight for) our freedom and independence.  I have seventeen ancestors and relatives who were involved in the American Revolution.  To see… Read the rest

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