I was named for my two grandmothers, Ann Irene Feazell and Jennie Elizabeth Payne. The name Ann seems to have no family connection that I can find, so I’m also curious as […]
Sorting Saturday — Fun with Names using Wolfram
Treasure Chest Thursday — One Document Defines Them All
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, […]
Sorting Saturday: Starting a Narrative Lineage
I am prepping for my first CG attempt, which I hope to start sometime this year. One of the requirements is to write Narrative Lineage. I’m going to practice writing one for […]
Treasures in a Box: Adam Franklin Feazell
This picture was buried in a box. It’s the only picture I’ve ever seen of my great grandfather, Adam Franklin Feazell. My cousin confirmed his identity. This was a very good genealogy […]
Returned not used: How I Almost Wasn’t
Wyatt Paul GILLESPIE was born at the end of the Civil War; his wife to be, Laura Cecile DONALD was born 11 years later. He grew up during Reconstruction and they lived their […]
The Summer of 1942
My great grandfather Wyatt Paul Gillespie died on February 19, 1941. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. Gilbert Gillespie was 27; his wife was 24. They had a 4 year […]
