Sharing ancestors, one person at a time. Genealogy and history.
As with the letters, I have unintentionally left a large gap in time since my last letters home series. Though, Kenny's letter didn't have quite the gap in time that I have. Well, I am trying. The next letter in our collection is actually from Kenny's dad, Ken Sr. It's been nearly a year between … Continue reading Letters home: a gap in time
Sometimes we are simply blind when it comes to solving puzzles. The most obvious clues tend to just slither on past our notice. As you recall, in Rosetta's Lost Sister (the first post by this name), I thought I had lost Rosetta Johnson Rhoads' sister, Mary, when I found their youngest sister, Theressa May Johnson … Continue reading Rosetta’s Lost Sister – update
Welp…I made it to week 4 and flopped! So, to catch up… Week 5 - Challenge Boy am I challenged to keep up the writing. I have been banging my head on two lines, Tucker and DeJean. I don’t know how long my stubbornness will last before I throw my hands in the air and … Continue reading Weeks 5 – 9 – Challenge and More
My father-in-law always tells me, the ancestors don’t matter; tell me where all the descendants are. He’s more of a forward thinker than a backward thinker. So, I was on the hunt to track down the descendants of Philip Batey. This, at first, seemed a daunting concept. I mean how many descendants are possible for … Continue reading Week 4 – Overlooked
As with many families, ours has its share of nicknames, though not one sticks out to me for the purpose of this article. It is possible that there are nicknames that are long forgotten. For example, future descendants who try to conduct genealogical research on my generation (or my parents) will never come across our … Continue reading Week 3 – Nicknames
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