For the second summer in a row, I took advantage of living in Minnesota to conduct genealogy research locally.
In 2021, Lucia and I drove to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where we obtained the probate file for Mrs. Caroline S. King, aka "Lena"…
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Acquiring images of ancestors is an integral aspect of genealogy research. Seeing a face speaks volumes about the personalities of our progenitors.
A Lukemire cousin recently forwarded an image of our mutual third great-grandmother (3GG)…
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Second great-grandfather (2GG) Wesley Blalock (1825-1895) joined the 31st Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company K, on 10 August 1861 in Centralia, Marion, Illinois.((Wesley named one of his daughters after the town in which he enlisted.)) The…
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In recent posts, I've been in an analysis rather than research mode. First came a summary of ten years of discoveries and breakthroughs. (Read here.) Then I posted a series of three articles about the occupations of my ancestors. (Read…
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This is the last in a series of three posts about my ancestor's occupations. See the first two here and here.
In a nutshell, my ancestors were mainly merchants, bankers, doctors, scientists, teachers, clergy, local public officials, and…
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In the previous post, I introduced occupational family trees and displayed two charts, one for my Dad's tree and one for Mom's. (See the post here.)
In this post, I will identify the most common occupational fields of my ancestors. To…
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Family trees come in all forms and styles. In addition to the traditional chart that identifies ancestors by name, one can also create tree diagrams emphasizing a particular aspect or feature of one's ancestors. Genetic trees, for example,…
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Our family was stunned and heart-broken to hear of Joy Kiser's unexpected death a week ago at age 74. She would have been 75 tomorrow.
Joy was the Jones family historian. Beginning in the 1990s, Joy spent many years researching the tragic…
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My son Peter gave me a book for Christmas that I really enjoyed - They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty. It's a new history of Plymouth Colony by John G. Turner, a professor of religion at George…
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In 1831, Robert McMullin Jr. (1787-1862) and wife Mary Tabele (1795-1869) of Philadelphia named their eldest son Samuel Hildeburn McMullin (1831-1892). Samuel is my 2nd great-grandfather (2GG) and his parents Robert and Mary are 3GGs.
Rev.…
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Dorothy, the Root Beer Lady
Photo Discovery: 3GG Nancy Wood (1810-1886)
Wesley Blalock in the Civil War
My Civil War Ancestors
Ancestors by Occupation III
Ancestors by Occupation II
Ancestors by Occupation I
R.I.P. Joy M. Kiser (1947-2022)
My Pilgrim Ancestors
Origin of Hildeburn Name