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Weekly Updates for 2010-08-04

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Great #genealogy resource! Gordon County GA obituaries online. http://ow.ly/2i2Jb #
RT @JireneGen: “Write as you have never written before.” The Coming Genealogical Dark Ages. Good #genealogy article. http://su.pr/9MB3yo #
RT @vrc84: Doing in #genealogy in GA or surrounding states? Follow the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Sun. column http://tinyurl.com/254zdyv #
RT @GenealoGee: A Review of Family Tree . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Tombstone Tuesday: Benjamin Forrester

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Benjamin E. Forrester was born 24 Jun 1850 and died 12 Feb 1937 in Fannin County, Georgia. His parents were Coleman Forrester and Anna Carnes.  Salina Tucker was his wife.  Benjamin is buried at Dial Church of Christ Cemetery in Fannin County.

He was my great-great-great uncle.  My great-great-grandmother, Mary Lourania (Forrester) Ward was his youngest sister.

This . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Weekly Updates for 2010-07-21

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RT @rootstelevision: Tuesday is almost over – did you catch the new Roots Tuesday blog/videos?!! http://bit.ly/al5JM0 #genealogy #photos #
RT @whiteoakattic: Using a large mirror to direct sunlight diagonally across face of gravemarker makes inscriptions easier to read. #
Blog post: Treasure Chest Thursday: My First SS-5 http://ow.ly/2c930 #genealogy #
Blog post: On this date. . .the . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Tombstone Tuesday: Andrew Hemphill

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Andrew Hemphill was born 08 Nov 1782 and died 22 Nov 1858.1  He married Catherine McDonald, who immigrated from Enniskillen, Ireland.2

Andrew was probably born in Old Fort, North Carolina; his father is enumerated in Burke County on 1790 census (Old Fort was part of Burke County at that time).3  He was the son . . . → : CONTINUE READING

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge 25

This week’s challenge is to:

Write one good, solid comment on at least one genealogy blog every day for a week. Sometimes we get busy and the genealogy reading we should be doing just piles up. The same thing happens with blogs. This week, take some time to read genealogy blogs. Select at least one post a . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Reuben Johnson and Martha Garrett: Tombstone Tuesday

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Reuben Phillip Johnson and Martha Jane Garrett were my great-great-grandparents.  Reuben was born September 3, 1853 in Georgia and died April 15, 1911.1 2  Martha was born June 7, 1854, also in Georgia, and died October 26, 1929.3 4  They were married about 18775 and had eight children, all of whom . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Newt Ward and Rachel Johnson: Tombstone Tuesday

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Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson were my great-grandparents.  Newt was born 24 Oct 1890 in Fannin County, Georgia1 and died 01 Aug 1974 in Whitfield County, Georgia.2  Rachel was born 09 Aug 1892 and died 16 Feb 19803 in Murray County, Georgia.4  They were married in 1909.5  They . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Tombstone Tuesday: James and Maud Butler

James Benjamin Butler and Maud Whitener were my great-grandparents.  Jim was born November 24, 1880 in Murray County, Georgia.  He was a farmer and later the sheriff of Murray County.  He died November 28, 1944.

Maud was born in August 27, 1885 in Murray County, Georgia.  She died April 7, 1975.    Jim and Maud lived most of . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Weekly Updates for 2010-02-10

RT @southerngraves: Rose Hill Cemetery; Macon, GA blog – http://tinyurl.com/y8dtgux – Robert Anderson’s simple gravestone reveals. . . #
Posted query “Thomas Kendrick-Mahala Lawson family – location in 1870?” on Genealogy Wise: http://ning.it/dwEUUJ #
Uploaded 1840 Census, Tennessee, Polk County, p5. Lawson, Haskins #surnames http://ow.ly/14BZr #
Added 1850 Census, Tennessee, Polk Co, District 3, p. 225B Lawson, Haskins . . . → : CONTINUE READING

Genealogy To-Dos – January Wrap-Up

I got away from genealogy a couple of weeks this month, spending my time on other pursuits (reading and scrapbooking, namely).

How did I do toward my goals?

Write 10 blog posts – completed 7
Abstract (or update previously-done abstractions, if necessary) 20 census pages and update the citations.  I haven’t located all these census pages yet, so some . . . → : CONTINUE READING