Family History and Genealogy
While I did an autosomal dna test at 23andMe last year, I recently took advantage of a sale price to have my mother’s dna tested at Family Tree DNA, doing their autosomal test, known as Family Finder. I also upgraded my own results at FT DNA, in order to compare my results with hers. My […]
I got a new item for my Treasure Chest last week. My uncle found a memory book from the funeral of David Sanford Butler. Dave was my grandmother’s grandfather and since I’m the keeper of the family history, my uncle brought the book to me (yay!). I’ve never seen anything quite like this. It’s cardboard, […]
I have a lot of older pictures of my great-aunt Edna (Hemphill) Pendley and she is almost always wearing a fabulous hat.
Blanche (Hemphill) Stanford, my grandfather’s eldest sister.
This is the last installment in a series of nine posts in which I transcribe the will of my Revolutionary War ancestor, Captain Thomas Hemphill. In the first post, we learned that Captain Thomas’ will was contested by two of his children and a son-in-law, and that the date usually seen for his death may […]
This week’s Treasure Chest Thursday entry is another World War I Draft Registration Card. This time the registrant is my great-grandfather, James Alexander Hemphill. So What Does This Record Tell Us? Name: I think this is the only official document I have that spells out his complete name – James Alexander Hemphill. Residence: Ramhurst, Georgia. […]
Annie Kate (Hemphill) Bryan, my great-aunt.
This is the eighth installment in a series of nine posts in which I transcribe the will of my Revolutionary War ancestor, Captain Thomas Hemphill. In the first post, we learned that Captain Thomas’ will was contested by two of his children and a son-in-law, and that the date usually seen for his death may […]
A few weeks ago while working on SSDI mining, a 1920 census record for one of my cousins caught my eye (thank you Ancestry shaky leaves!). I was trying really hard to stay on task and not get distracted by all the shiny new records I encountered, but this one was unusual. The location was […]
This is the seventh installment in a series of nine posts in which I transcribe the will of my Revolutionary War ancestor, Captain Thomas Hemphill. In the first post, we learned that Captain Thomas’ will was contested by two of his children and a son-in-law, and that the date usually seen for his death may […]
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