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  • USGENWEB Genealogy Assignment

    I wrote in my other blog an assignment. I asked that you use usgenweb to try to find out some information either on my ancestors or one of your own ancestors. On usgenweb or worldgenweb you can find wills, deeds, marriage records, and cemetery records if you are lucky. Sometimes you can’t find anything because […]

    Wednesday 2nd July 2008 - 1:46:59 PM | Comment

  • Genealogy PI

    I think it is the mystery that makes genealogy so much fun. You are doing the work of an investigator. You look at your ancestors legal documents and follow them as they move. You read their court documents and their wills. Sometimes when someone writes a biography of an ancestor, they almost honor the person […]

    Thursday 19th June 2008 - 10:05:16 AM | Comment

  • Amber’s Addiction

    I am afflicted with an addiction to genealogy. It is an inherited condition passed on from my paternal grandfather, to my mother, to myself. (DO you want me to draw my tree? Ahnentafel #’s 3 and 6 are the guilty parties!)
    It started with trying to see if I am related to someone famous. Then […]

    Tuesday 29th January 2008 - 1:05:33 AM | Comment (1)

  • Interesting . . .

    I was looking up some information on Lauderdale County, TN and found our old friend Alonso Klutts:
    SOCIAL HAPPENINGS—The marriage of Miss Helen Given and Mr. Alonozo Klutts occurred at Humboldt on Thursday evening of last week. Mr. & Mrs. Klutts are representatives of two prominent families, pioneers of Lauderdale County. They are […]

    Wednesday 23rd January 2008 - 10:41:33 AM | Comment

  • A Letter From Ida Majors

    This is a letter dated June 30, 1898. It was written by Ida Pope Majors one of my ancestors.
    Dear Aunt Minnie,
    An awful accident occurred yesterday. Daughter and I went to pick a few berries for supper when I came back, “Oh me! How sad!” One of those […]

    Wednesday 23rd January 2008 - 10:23:32 AM | Comment (1)