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
I had written an entire article about Squire Batey, who rode in a goat-drawn cart. But I had already written about him and his unique photo in a 2020 52 Ancestors topic, Large – In life and in death. So at the last minute, I had to quickly draft a new post about some new … Continue reading Week 2 – Favorite Photo
I was perusing the musings of other family bloggers and came across one post on Chiddicks Family Tree by Paul Chiddicks about the “Sixteen Challenge”. This challenge is to name all 16 of your 2x great-grandparents. When I started out on this little blog project several years ago, I tried to write about each ancestor from youngest to … Continue reading Thankful for Ideas – Rhoades 2x greats
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