I’ve been quiet the past few weeks, since right before Hurricane Florence began dropping buckets of rain on North and…
Read More
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….
Read More
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…
Read More
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….
Read More
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…
Read More
Walter Peavy: gone in middle age
Doubly related to me Walter L. PEAVY is my first cousin twice removed, and he is related to me through my…
Read More