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I have fallen back into the bad habit of missing some weeks. I had Service all queued up and ready to go on time...then I found out Ancestry had opened up international records for the month of May and just like that, I was distracted (I had a laundry list of foreign records I wanted … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Service
Note: These newspaper clippings all came from Newspapers.com and were clipped mostly from the Kentucky Advocate. I will be happy to share the exact paper name and date upon request. Some people are fortunate to have a diary keeper in their ancestry. Some have found earlier publications written by an ancestor’s family with direct personal … Continue reading 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Popular
Ok, so I am off to a bad start by missing two weeks. The second week was Favorite Photo. That was a tough one. I don’t have one favorite photo, and I am not a fan of posting family photos. But I love finding pictures of relatives, especially ancestors. So, I would have to say … Continue reading Catching Up with 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Note: You'll see a variety of spellings for the same names. I used the spelling found for the record used to support the statements. All records can be found at Ancestry.com. All newspaper articles can be found at Newspapers.com. If it can't be found it's because I got the information direct from my father-in-law, who … Continue reading Descendants of Philip Batey
I have been attempting to methodically piece together how all these Kentucky Coomer's may be related. Edward is still an enigma for me, and his proposed familial connections are equally exacerbating. In my first post for Edward, I identified a known brother and a possible brother. 1. Andrew Coomer, husband of Elizabeth Tarter, is … Continue reading Possible Relations of Edward Coomer
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