This week’s prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks is: So Many Descendants. Two ancestors in my mom’s family each had 16 children: Uriah/Huriah Henry LEE, Sr. and Renatus THOMAS. But Uriah, my 2nd great-grandfather, has more descendants. I didn’t do a full count, but the estimate put Uriah ahead. I did count grandchildren, though – 88 of them! Uriah…
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John Terry: a hard lesson learned too late
This is the first installment in an irregular series I’m calling ‘Things to be Learned from Dead People.’ (Note: There are three men named John Terry in my family tree. None of them are this John Terry.) A murder in Fairfield County, SC A man named John G. Sessions, of Fairfield County, South Carolina was murdered in Barnwell County, South…
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The Hunt for Murchison Cemetery
If you’ve read even some of my blog posts, you know I enjoy research. A few years ago, my daughter and I put boots to the ground to find a ‘lost’ local cemetery after I did all the background research I could. Here are links to the two blog posts I wrote about: The Challenge of the Dickens Family Cemetery…
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Favorite Photo Prompt from 52 Ancestors/52 Weeks
I have many favorite photos in my vast collection, and this is one of them. The original was B&W, so I used the tools at MyHeritage to enhance and colorize it. This photo is a favorite for three reasons. First…it’s a photo of my grandmother, Florrie THOMAS MARTIN (1894-1979). Grandma didn’t like having her picture taken, so that’s enough to…
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I’d Like to Meet…Sallie Price, my great grandmother
The theme this week for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is: I’d Like to Meet I’d like to meet Sallie Price, my great-grandmother. I’ve thought about this prompt off and on all week because I’d like to meet many of my ancestors. But right now, I’d like to meet my great-grandmother, Sarah Rebecca “Sallie” PYLES PRICE (1862-1940) for two reasons….
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Christmas Carol Game From Decades Ago…and still fun today
Many of you may have seen this game before, but maybe some of you have not. In the 1970’s, my mom, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) used this game at a Christmas party with her friends. I don’t know where she got it from, but it’s been around. I still have her original copy of it with her answers written on…
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