
Although it’s no longer being published, you can still access copies of Ancestry Magazine on Google Books. Starting with the first issues in 1994: Up until the last issues in 2010: There […]
Although it’s no longer being published, you can still access copies of Ancestry Magazine on Google Books. Starting with the first issues in 1994: Up until the last issues in 2010: There […]
Sarah Gillespie, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Gillespie was born sometime during February of 1860 in Amherst County, Virginia. She was had 1 sister and 2 brothers; the family had a $300 […]
Two years ago today my sisters, my stepmother and my Uncle Paul were with my Dad as he spent his last hours on this planet after fighting a 3 month battle with […]
Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: On A Wild Goose Chase from Fannies Your Aunt Genealogy Detective from Kelly Vial Fold3 Discount from The Ancestry Insider What’s in a Name, Kreykes, […]
Some documents are like a really great Christmas, they just have everything in them that you need. This Deed of Conveyance 1 defines quite nicely Wyatt Paul and Laura Donald Gillespie’s children, […]
I love my two dogs, Coco and Belle. I remember the dogs I had as kids, Boomer, Peppy and Caesar. I can remember my dad talking about his dog Smokey and how […]
I could not remember where I had stashed these. Eureka they have been found! These are the tombstones for my previous entries on my Maiden Aunts: Harriet Ann Gillespie, daughter of Jeremiah […]
Harriet Ann Gillespie was born on June 14 1850 in Amherst, Virginia and died at the age of 70 on October 5, 1920 in Lexington, Virginia. She never married. (I had a […]
Both my father and grandfather were named Gilbert McClung Gillespie. According to my father, it was tradition for parents to give the last name of the Doctor who delivered them as a […]
Here is what inspired or otherwise caught my interest this week: Dower Share, Dowry & Dower Rights by William Dollarhide Tech Tuesday: Using Pinterest for your Family History Photographs by Michael Davies […]