Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)
When I notice an early death in family history records, I’m always saddened. But I’m always curious, too. When I saw that my first cousin, thrice-removed, James C. “Jim” GRIFFIN (1895-1922) died from a boiler explosion I looked for a newspaper article, and I found one. I found something unexpected, too. Jim’s Early Life Jim. GRIFFIN was the son of…
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Henry Lee GRIFFIN was born 29 Apr 1892 in Platt Springs, Lexington County, South Carolina. His parents were Henry David GRIFFIN (1858-1920) and Annie M. WATTS GRIFFIN (1862-1938). His grandfather, William Harris GRIFFIN, Sr. (1820-1870’s) was my 3rd great grandfather. This makes Henry Lee my 1st cousin thrice removed. Early Life On the 1900 and 1910 U.S. Census, Henry lived…
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A recent theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks was Large. I thought my 3rd great-grandfather, Renatus THOMAS of Richland County, South Carolina (1799-1874), won the prize in my family tree for having the largest number of sons who served in the Civil War. Five in total: James S. (1828-1912), Renatus Jr. (1832-1863), Shadrack (1835-?), John (1836-1931), and Jesse (1843-1932)….
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Arthur James Terry was born 4 October 1901 in South Carolina, most likely in Richland County. His parents were John TERRY (1868-1942) and Maria MARTIN TERRY (1874-1950). Maria was a sister of my great-grandfather, Adolphus Burdine MARTIN (1687-1917) which makes Arthur my first cousin, twice removed. Early Life Arthur’s family lived on the Fort Jackson property in Richland County along…
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A few months ago, MyHeritage.com introduced a colorization tool for photos. I blogged about it here and showed examples of photos I used the tool on and the amazing results. Now MyHeritage.com has introduced an enhancement tool for photos, too. I couldn’t wait to try it out after watching this webinar about what the tool can do: New Ways to…
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You may have just gotten an email from me about me doing a test to see if a fix worked. I didn’t mean for it to go out to everyone but it did. The good thing is that the fix worked! Thanks for understanding about the unintended post and have a wonderful day. Nancy
