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I have wanted to take an IGHR institute course for years. Before COVID, they were always in person, in Birmingham (and then Athens), for a week. I never could get away from work for the week do attend. Then, with the COVID lock-down, all the institutes went virtual. Mostly though, they still were a solid … Continue reading "IGHR, Here I Come!"
52 Ancestors Week 25 – Artistic I am late to get this week’s post written. I just got home from a big family vacation. Five of my six siblings and step-siblings on my stepdad’s side all got together for nearly a week in the Caribbean. It was a wonderful visit, but tinged with sorry since … Continue reading "A Multi-Talented Man"
52 Ancestors Week 23 – Wedding Bells It’s June and that’s a time when there are often wedding bells ringing. This is a story about a February wedding. What are some of the things you think of at a wedding? Certainly, there are the bride and the groom and the vows. Maybe you think about … Continue reading "He carried them in his saddlebags"
25 Ancestors Week 22 – Reunion George Washington Wren was born in 1802 in the Waxhaw area of Lancaster County, South Carolina, right in the same neighborhood where Andrew Jackson was born some thirty-five years earlier. By the late 1820s, he had moved on to Putnam County, Georgia. I don’t know what led him to … Continue reading "Wren Reunion"
52 Ancestors Week 21 – Military Well, this week certainly didn’t pan out like I expected! I started out thinking I would ask you all questions about how to track the military service and whether I had adequately researched it for my ancestors. I was just frustrated when I had no service listed not knowing … Continue reading "As Gomer would say, “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!”"
52 Ancestors Week 20 – Wheel Robert Harrison Dickson was a street car motorman, guiding street car #21 of the Fort Smith Light & Traction company along his route for sixteen years. He started with the street car line in 1917 and continued until it made its final run in 1933. I guess you could … Continue reading "Robert at the Wheel"
52 Ancestors Week 19 – At the Library I know this is cheating, but I am going to share a rerun this week plus a quick story about a trip to the big Library. A couple of years ago, we had this same prompt and even then I didn’t have a great story to tell. … Continue reading "My First Research Trip"
52 Ancestors Week 18 – Institutions Pappy Frazer was practically an institution, himself. He had been in Memphis forever and his family had been there even longer. His grandfather was the attorney general for Memphis before the Civil War. His family was intertwined with the leading families of the city. Favre Cason Frazer was born … Continue reading "Retired Sailors on the Beach"
52 Ancestors Week 15 – Big Mistake “Go West, young man!”, urged Horace Greeley. Able-bodied, ambitious, brave, adventurous young men were encouraged to head west to find adventure, riches, and to help America meet its destiny in the settlement of the West. I am certain that my great-grandfather, Hume Field Bailey’s, younger brother, Sam, heard … Continue reading "All That Glitters Might Be Mud"
52 Ancestors Week 14 – Language This week, I want to share two little stories about my great-great-grandparents, Rev. Jeremiah H. Cason and Bettie (Cooper) Cason. You may recall other stories about them. They were early Baptist missionaries to the Yoruba Country in Africa and lived and interesting life. In 1856, Jere and Bettie traveled … Continue reading "Two Quick Family Stories"
