Family History and Genealogy
My local library received a new book this week: Confederate Voices by Debbie Stephenson Moore. It’s not a book about the Civil War or the Confederacy, but rather is a collection of biographies, family histories, and organization vignettes with Confederate soldiers from southeast Tennessee and northwest Georgia as the unifying theme. I like the way […]
On the 13th of October 1909, Mr. B. B. Hemphill, one of the oldest and best citizens, departed this life at the ripe old age of 88 years, 8 months, and 3 days. He was born in McDowell county, North Carolina, and came to Murray county, before the Civil War. He enlisted in the Southern […]
My great-great-great-grandfather, Monteville Roberts, was born April 27, 1827 in McMinn County, Tennessee, the son of John Roberts and Rebecca (possibly Sammons). He is found in Bradley County, Tennessee in 1840 and 1850 and in Hamilton County, Tennessee in 1860. Monteville married Mariah Langston on July 18, 1852. (I have conflicting information regarding Mariah’s family, […]
Butler, my paternal grandmother’s line, presents research challenges, but when you find the people, they’re interesting! James Benjamin BUTLER (1880 – 1944) is my paternal grandmother’s father. He was tall, with blue eyes and sandy hair. Like most people in the rural south, James was a farmer. He later became Sheriff of Murray County, a […]
This week’s challenge from Amy at WeTree is to play with Google Maps, a “a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your family history.” My genealogy software uses Google Maps to map all the locations for each individual within the database, so I’ve never gone straight to Google Maps and used it […]
I had a conversation with my dad on Friday about his ancestors who fought in the Civil War. I thought it would fun and interesting to put together a list, with a summary of each person’s military service. I’ve also included each person’s relationship to my dad (as opposed to me, which is my usual […]
Several days ago, Sharon of Kindred Footprints bestowed me with the Kreativ Blogger Award, a meme which has been flying through the geneablogger community for the last few weeks. Thanks Sharon! The rules say that I must reveal seven things about myself, then pass the award on to seven other blogs, so here goes. Seven […]
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