Sharing Stories and Wisdom from Generation to Generation
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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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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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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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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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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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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