The bane of any genealogist is the famed brick wall. Our family has our share of them. There are a plethora of articles describing the how-to and rules-of-thumb for breaking through them, and I am constantly clicking on headlines pro porting to provide innovative methods to cracking them. But, alas, many of these articles don’t offer anything significantly … Continue reading Genealogy Brick Walls – Single Name Research
Category: Rhoades
Gypsies and Community Pillars
Father’s day always brings one of many opportunities to call Dad and catch up. This year I needed a little more than catching up. I needed reaffirmation that I grew up to be just as Dad had intended (like all children of great fathers, I will always need my Daddy no matter how old I … Continue reading Gypsies and Community Pillars
Family in the Great War
This month on Facebook, my husband has been honoring those veterans who participated in D-Day, specifically his brother Airborne members. But June is also the month that the United States sent their first troops to Europe during World War I; the formal declaration of War on Germany came in April 1917. Many Great War memorial … Continue reading Family in the Great War
Woodfin
Some members of our family have the distinguished middle name of Woodfin. It started several generations ago with my great-grandfather, a son of Rosetta Johnson and Daniel Rhoads. The origin of this name (to our family) is a complete mystery and I lose sleep (occasionally) over it. My grandmother told my Uncle that Woodfin was … Continue reading Woodfin
Charles Madden
I think there is enough evidence to say with certainty that Charles Madden was Elizabeth's father. Just to recap from her biography, I was at a dead end with Elizabeth until I was contacted by a fellow researcher who is a DNA match on FTDNA.com. She provided me with some additional information, much of it … Continue reading Charles Madden
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