When you write about your family, good things happen. You find flaws in your logic. You find those wonderful “ah-ha” moments. And on occasion, you find a genealogy angel. Or they find […]
The Gift of Yearbook Pages. Treasure Chest Thursday.
My Top Ten Blog Posts for 2012 on Finding Forgotten Stories
My most visited page on the blog is my How To Videos page where I post links and slides from my presentations that I do for Ancestry.com. Also the page Blogs You […]
Wisdom Wednesday — Wyatt and Laura
Wyatt Paul Gillespie, son of Jeremiah Gillespie and Mary E Gillespie, was born on July 15, 1865 in Amherst County, Virginia. Laura Cecil Donald, daughter of James Calvin Donald and Elizabeth Jane […]
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 — The Legend of Middle Names
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 […]
Sorting Saturday — My Documents Are a Complete and Utter Mess or Yes, Elizabeth Shown Mills is Always Right
In my post Sorting Saturday: Starting a Narrative Lineage, I stated that my grandfather was the descendant of a Civil War Veteran, specifically, the a member of the Stonewall Brigade. And I […]
“Wisdom Wednesday: It is what it is, it aint what it aint
As I dig into my family history I’ve run into things that have made me uncomfortable. I have at least six direct ancestors that fought for the Confederacy. As my niece exclaimed […]
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 […]
Treasure Chest Thursday — The Mysterious Samuel J Campbell Deed
Update: I found I had the images out of order and that what was Page 6 continues the dowry release. It is all reasonably ordered now. My grandfather, Gilbert Gillespie, told my […]
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 […]
