Category Archives: Genealogy

Snow and Genealogy

I would say the weather report sounds like a broken record, but that would really be dating myself, wouldn’t it? I don’t think my youngest child even knows what a “record” is, much less what the term “broken record” means! … Continue reading

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Speed of Life

I have been so busy lately, that I haven’t even had time to check my email, much less blog.  Faith and I have been trying to figure out why we are so much busier this school year than we have … Continue reading

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Only A 5th Generation Texan

So I was randomly surfing blogs, and found “Catholic Mothers Online”.  Well, I’m a Catholic Mom, and I am online, so I had to check it out.  One of the blog names really jumped out at me:  “7th Generation Texan“.  … Continue reading

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What to blog?

I’ve been reading a lot of really good blogs lately, and can’t help but think that there are so many ways that I could improve this one.  I could make it look more “professional”, somehow.  I could focus on just … Continue reading

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Fathers, Daughters, Love & Stuff

Today has been a really wonderful, busy, day. This afternoon, we attended the Annual Homeschool Valentine’s Skating Party.  It is always a lot of fun, and the kids love it.  Alex gets to flirt with all the pretty girls, (and … Continue reading

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Old Family Photos

I had a friend tell me that she wash hoping that I would post some pictures from my Aunt Bobbie’s photo album. And, actually, I have been meaning to, but well, one thing leads to another. So, without further ado, … Continue reading

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The Adams Album

While we were in Texas, one of the most exciting things I got to do was scan all of the pictures in a photo album belonging to my Aunt Bobbie. Her grandmother gave it to her mother 105 years ago!!! … Continue reading

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To The Daughter of The Old South

While I was digging through old records and documents down in Georgia, I found a lovely essay written by Sidney E. Stevens. The Stevens family was among some of the earliest settlers of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, along with my Boggs … Continue reading

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Georgia On My Mind

I am very excited to be headed down to Georgia in the morning to do a bit of research. My mother’s great-grandmother was Eulalie Boggs, and her family was from Oglethorpe County, Georgia. My mission tomorrow and the next day … Continue reading

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Family Tree Software

Our Girl Scout troop is working on the ‘My Heritage’ badge. One of the activities is to create some sort of presentation about your family heritage. Our troop is planning on making a scrapbook page at our next meeting, so … Continue reading

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Great Genealogy Site

Recently, someone shared a wonderful resource with me for doing Online Genealogical Research.  It is a website with literally hundreds of links to other sites. I thought I would share it here, in case anyone wants to check out any … Continue reading

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Cause of Death: Paralysis?!!

I have been working on my family history a little today, and made some interesting, albeit accidental, discoveries. First of all, I noticed a young man living with my 3rd G-Grandparents, Hirium M. and Sarah Freeman, in the 1860 US … Continue reading

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