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Weekly Updates for 2009-12-09

  • Cool, my granny was a one. RT @littlebyteslife: CA #DAR participated a few yrs ago.RT @WWIIToday: Know a Rosie from WWII? http://ow.ly/BiNH #
  • Indexed batch of 10 GA death certificates for FamilySearch. Many died on Christmas. Sad.

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Tombstone Tuesday: John and Sarah Tucker

John-Sarah-Tucker-bw-WThis tombstone marks the burial place of my 4x-great-uncle, John William Tucker and his wife, Sarah Jane.  John’s sister, Elizabeth (Tucker) Ellis, was my 3x-great-grandmother.

I know very little about John and Sarah. … Read the rest

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Tombstone Tuesday – Joseph Tucker

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… Read the rest

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October Birthdays

Let’s recognize ancestors who were born in October:

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Native American Ancestry – An Update

On December 8, 2008, I posted an article regarding a family legend of Native American ancestry.  Here is an update on what I have learned since then.

Several weeks ago, I was looking through the Guion-Miller Rolls for the name “Patterson.”  I found a “Wm.… Read the rest

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Tombstone Tuesday – Elizabeth Tucker Ellis

My last Tombstone Tuesday post was about Elijah Ellis.  Today’s post is about his wife, Elizabeth Tucker, my three-times great-grandmother.  She was born in Surry County, North Carolina, but spent most of her… Read the rest

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Tombstone Tuesday – Elijah M. Ellis

Elijah Marion Ellis was my three-times great-grandfather.  He and his wife, Elizabeth McKinney Tucker, had four children.  His life was marked by tragedy; he lost his sight to typhoid fever at the age of 32 and was dead ten years later at the age of… Read the rest

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What’s New – 2/11/09

Marriage Licenses Scanned

Martin Roberts and Rosa Ellis

Elijah Ellis and Elizabeth M. Tucker

F. R. Kendrick and Vadah Whitner

George Harrison and Beulah Whitener

William Whitener and Mary Patterson

New Census Records

1860 – Jane (Chapman) Patterson household (she lived next door to Anna… Read the rest

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Tombstone Tuesday – Churchwell Branch Tucker

Churchwell Branch Tucker was my four-times great-grandfather.  He married Rosamond and they had ten children.  They are buried just south of Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia at the cemetery of New Prospect Church, where C. B. was an active member during his life.

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Murray County, Georgia: Research Resources and Links

Murray County was formed in 1832 at the time of the Cherokee Land Lottery and began to be settled in the late 1830’s.  Many of my family members live or have lived in Murray County, Georgia; some were among those first settlers.  The current count is 138 individuals who lived,… Read the rest

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