Tag Archives: Mississippi
Follow Friday: Calm after the Storm
I’m happy this Friday not to be following any storms like Hurricane Sandy or the subsequent Nor’easter that dropped about a half a foot of snow on our town, up to two feet in other areas. I’d always wondered how … Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday: The man who met my enslaved ancestor
If ever I had a top 10 list of genealogy moments, speaking to Peter Monrose would be right up there along with finding the picture of my ancestors pictured in the header of this blog and the newspaper ad my … Continue reading
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Follow Friday: Hackers, then and now
This week, someone hacked my twitter account and sent out advertisements in my name extolling the virtues of working from home. It was pretty annoying, but I tweeted that I’d been hacked, deleted the ads, then changed my password. Hopefully … Continue reading
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Sports Sunday: Grandpa and the Negro Leagues
Today, my family and I went to see the New Jersey Jackals play baseball at the Yogi Berra stadium in our town. It was our first visit to the stadium and probably my third baseball game ever. We only went … Continue reading
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Fearless Females: My great-grandmother, Josephine
In honor of Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo at the Accidental Genealogist blog has been providing prompts all month to honor our female ancestors. Today’s prompt is to write a mini profile on one of our fearless female family members. … Continue reading
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Follow Friday: Finding a lynched ancestor
Back in May, I posted a new piece of oral family history, that one of my second great uncles may have been lynched. You were all helpful with ideas of where to look to try to verify if the rumor … 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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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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Obituary Sunday: Alfred B. Stuart’s death notice
Last week, my friend, Shannon Brock sent me a couple of death notices that she thought pertained to my family. I’m not sure about one of them, but the following is definitely the death notice for my kin, Alfred B. … Continue reading
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Monday Madness: Ancestral Property Found, Lost & Found Again
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-nrPgD3LIc&feature=channel] Ever since my cousin, Monique and I returned from our trip down to Ocean Springs, Mississippi to do some ancestry research, I’ve been thinking about all the property my ancestors accumulated and then lost. It was a source of … Continue reading
