This week’s prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks is: So Many Descendants. Two ancestors in my mom’s family each…
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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…
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Earl Frost: a bold move and an early death
A distant MARTIN cousin, G., asked one day if I had information about a mutual cousin she was researching. That…
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A Moving Story: When The Martins Left South Carolina
A few months ago, I completed the daunting task of prepping my house for sale, selling it, and moving to…
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Dogs, drinking, dancing…and other distractions for nineteenth century farmers
A few weeks ago, I read something written by A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) that made me think about my farming…
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James C. Griffin: One Early Death Becomes Two
When I notice an early death in family history records, I’m always saddened. But I’m always curious, too. When I…
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