Sharing ancestors, one person at a time. Genealogy and history.
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
Well, family, 2024 was not a very active blogging year for me. I struggled to find ancestors and stories to share with you. I guess on the one hand I feel like I have accomplished covering most of the ancestors who I have marked “complete” and developed a biography for each of them that could … Continue reading Week 1 – In the beginning
While validating some of Calista Emery’s dates and places, I finally made some progress on William W. Emery/Emory, and Hannah Merrifield; the parents of Calista and Carrie Emory Gage. I was musing about the timing of William’s probate filed in 1864. I never did nail down an exact death date and place, I had just … Continue reading William W. Emery – More Questions than Answers
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