The prompt this week for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is: Challenge. Here’s my challenge story. Are you familiar with…
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Why I’ve been quiet the past few weeks
I’ve been quiet the past few weeks, since right before Hurricane Florence began dropping buckets of rain on North and…
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The work of some of my ancestors: turpentine farming
The prompt for 52 Ancestors this week is Work. Most my ancestors were farmers, stone masons, railroad laborers, and preachers….
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Same Name: Renatus x 5 or 6
The prompt for this week is: Same Name. I had a few choices like Mordecai and Daniel. Instead I chose…
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Billy Thomas, Jr.: into the pool with you
This month’s Genealogy Blog Party is a pool party where we get to toss a difficult ancestor into the pool….
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Baxter Gardner: struck by lightning
Baxter Tillman GARDNER was the son of Bennie GARDNER (1888-1920) and Jessie PATRICK GARDNER BYRD (1892-1967). Baxter was the middle…
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