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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
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
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
Well, I had this typed up for last week but my profession got in the way. Life is tuff when you still have a job-job. Let's talk Duggin's. Philip married Mary F. Duggins on 24 November 1867 in Boyle County, Kentucky, probably Danville. Mary Duggins was born on 17 February 1845 and was the only child … Continue reading Mary Duggins
We have confirmation that Sarah's father was Philip Batey as recorded by the family on her death certificate and a family bible. My father-in-law had been told that Philip had served in the Civil War and had a brother named Squire who rode around in a goat cart due to so deformity or injury. He … Continue reading Philip M. Batey
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