This is a cautionary tale about reading what is there and not making assumptions. Fortunately, in this case, I didn’t lose years of research or spend time randomly driving around York County, […]
A Cautionary Tale: Reading Is Fundamental
Come out, come out wherever you are! The hunt for Ancestor #4: Georgia Eva Baxter’s parents. 52 Ancestors.
There was a lot of sadness in Eva Georgia “Georgie” Baxter Payne’s 47 years. Her mother died when she was 4.[1] Georgie died 5 years after her husband when she was 47 […]
I think my great grandmother was a muse. 52 Ancestors: #3 Sarah Sudie Hamrick
When I first starting looking at what knew about my great grandmother Sudie Sarah Hamrick Turner, I thought I didn’t know much about her. But once I started digging into her life […]
A Conflicting Evidence Case In Parts: Death Records
I’ve talked about my grandmother, Jennie Elizabeth Payne in past posts: How Eight Children Ended Up Living Alone in 1930 and The Questions a Record Begs Us to Ask I’ve always had […]
Wisdom Wednesday — The World is a Limitless Place
I am a perpetual student because the world is a limitless place. — Elissa Scalise Powell I had the honor of being in Elissa’s class when I was a student in the […]
Wisdom Wednesday: Uncle Paul and Andy Griffith
My Uncle Paul loved Andy Griffith, especially the Andy Griffith show. He says all of life lessons could be learned from the show. It seemed to be a simpler time back then […]
Details in City Directories: Howard’s Radio Career Uncovered
I was asked a couple of days ago, “Why are city directories interesting?” It is a fair question. You find them, you attach them to your online tree or software program, and […]
Just Because It’s In Print Doesn’t Make It True
I never knew my maternal grandfather, Howard Arthur Turner, as I lost contact with my mother and her side of the family when I was very young. One day I discovered his […]
North Carolina in the 1920’s
Life in the 1920 is not life in the 2010’s. I went searching for information in the 1920’s, specifically about North Carolina, to try and gather some perspective about the life of […]
How Eight Children Ended Up Living Alone in 1930
When we looked at Jennie Elizabeth Payne in the 1930 census, we were left with the question, why was Jennie, 22, was living on a farm in Crowder Mountain, North Carolina with […]
