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Family Tree Magazine Blog Nomination
Yesterday, Christmas showed up a little early and in my email. That seems to be the way I get all of my best genealogy-related surprises. First, a third cousin, once removed shows up in my ancestry.com email a year and … Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday: Thanks to Ancestry.com, Another Cousin, Found!
My cousin Monique is now the queen of all Internet searches. It was her voracious searching that turned up my second great-grandfather’s Civil War era sword on ebay, a portrait of one of our ancestors at the Maryland Historical Society … Continue reading
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Friend of Friend Friday: Slave Burial Ground in Virginia
While at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, I’ve had the chance to visit the slave burial grounds at nearby Sweet Briar College. Over the years that I’ve been coming to the VCCA to write, I became aware of … Continue reading
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Photo Friday: My ancestors and me at the Maryland Historical Society
Yesterday, on my way down to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts where I’m working on my family history project, I stopped in Baltimore to see some relatives – some living, some dead. The living one is my niece, … Continue reading
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Friend of Friend Friday: Slaves of Alexander Stirling
I found the above will in the Lewis Stirling Family Papers, archived at the Louisiana State University. The Stirling family, wealthy Louisiana planters, owned my third great-grandmother, Eliza Burton. I’ve been scrolling through the microfilmed documents hoping that they will … Continue reading
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Talented Tuesday on Wordy Wednesday: My talented, prosperous ancestors
Not only is this newspaper article about my talented great-aunt Tempe Stuart a point of pride for this woman who would go on to make her living teaching and performing music, but it’s also full of information that I didn’t … Continue reading
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Amanuensis Monday: How My Ancestor Celebrated Columbus Day.
Today, my family and I are celebrating Columbus Day by taking advantage of the day off and going to a beautiful farm-lined part of our state to do some apple picking. But back in 1893, the world celebrated the 400th … Continue reading
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Motivation Monday on Tombstone Tuesday: My Ancestor in a Slave Narrative?
Only my third week of Motivation Monday and already, I’ve fallen down on the job. I blame my stuffed nose for not posting my goals yesterday as part of this weekly theme I instituted only three weeks ago. That’s also … Continue reading
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Celebration Saturday: An Ancestry gift for my Blogiversary
It was a year ago today that I first introduced my family to the blogosphere and began sharing about my search for my roots. So, it was a nice little anniversary surprise to receive a message from the Historic Society … Continue reading
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Motivation Monday: My Third Great-Grandfather’s Role in History?
I’m happy to report that I actually accomplished all of my genealogy goals last week set in my inaugural “Motivation Monday” post. I contacted the Maryland State Archives for direction on Maryland laws passed on absconding slaves and also checked … Continue reading
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