"I was luck enough to find an article in the local paper that stated that his son traveled to his gravesite in Hopewell Virginia. I also found his wife, Elizabeth Jane Savage Thomas' pension record online at fold3.com but it does not…"
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Shannon Thomas commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post Mistakes; Details & Re-examining Can Count!!
Leeann Boone commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post Mistakes; Details & Re-examining Can Count!!"My last comment should read when and WHERE Nathaniel died..."
Leeann Boone commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post Mistakes; Details & Re-examining Can Count!!"I'm in the same boat as Shannon! Except in my case I know when are Nathaniel Ross died (Helena,Ark. 1863 of disease during the war) its finding what happened to his body that has proven difficult! Every lead i get turns into another dead end!"
Deana R. Samuel-Scott commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post Mistakes; Details & Re-examining Can Count!!"Hi Shannon :)
Thank you so much for commenting. You know I have a really excellent contact who helped me with some civil war info, I bet she could help you too. She was able to find out the hospital and exactly where my ggg. grandfather stayed and…"
Shannon Thomas commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post Mistakes; Details & Re-examining Can Count!!"I know how hard getting through brick walls can be. Right now I am stuck on the parents of Joseph Thomas who was killed in the Civil War. I'm hoping to go to Washington DC to get his records and hoping that that will help with the…"
Deana R. Samuel-Scott posted a blog postMistakes; Details & Re-examining Can Count!!
Good Morning and Hello :O)I'm so excited to share my news... I have not written in sometime, for I have been on a treasure hunt and boy did I hit GOLD!!!There were a couple of lessons I learned, again.. I say that because these are mistakes usually made by beginners in genealogy research, so I am humbled to say, I do not know as much as I thought I did... Never let yourself believe that you are smarter than you really are.By adding a death date to a great aunt, I closed off her real life, but…See More
Deana R. Samuel-Scott commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post Indroduction; My Genealogy Journey"Hi Patti :)
Yes, I do understand. I also understand how it feels to have something really great to share, and your family looks at you like your the cat with a dead rat in your mouth, "What again?"...lol It's like we are lepers…"
Leeann Boone left a comment for Deana R. Samuel-Scott"Hey Deana! Thanks for the friend invite! Sorry it took me so long to accept it...I just noticed it now lol!"
Deana R. Samuel-Scott commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post Women of Amazing Character & Strength!"Leeann, wow that is amazing. I know the women of yesterday seem to have a whole different back bone than the women of today...sometimes.."
Leeann Boone commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post Women of Amazing Character & Strength!"I am a direct descendent of Hannah Dustin who was kidnapped during an Indian raid and saw her newborn baby get bashed in the head because she was crying. With the help of a maid that was also kidnapped from that raid and boy (I've heard he was…"
Leeann Boone commented on Deana R. Samuel-Scott's blog post The Kindness of Strangers vs Family Pains"Wonderful post Deana! I was shocked to receive an email from my cousin whose dad is from my Grandpa Boone's first marriage!"
Deana R. Samuel-Scott replied to Lea's discussion does the chat actually discuss genealogy?"Hello,
I just joined this site a day or so ago. I found it by googling gen blogs. I am quite impressed with the chat room. I came here to have a place to blog and found the chat room to be a complete surprise. I personally don't want to be in a…"
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- What surnames are you interested in researching?
- Samuel; Bledsoe; Braswell; Welch; McCann
- What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?
- Ireland, Wales, England
- What is your level of genealogy knowledge?
- Intermediate Family History Researcher
- For what reason did you start genealogy research?
- I inherited a ton of family history except I didn't know who any of them were. So, the search was on to document our family history for my children and grandchildren and there's to come.
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Mistakes; Details & Re-examining Can Count!!
Good Morning and Hello :O)
I'm so excited to share my news... I have not written in sometime, for I have been on a treasure hunt and boy did I hit GOLD!!!
There were a couple of lessons I learned, again.. I say that because these are mistakes usually made by beginners in genealogy research, so I am humbled to say, I do not know as much as I thought I did... Never let yourself believe that…
ContinuePosted on August 20, 2012 at 9:48am — 5 Comments
The Kindness of Strangers vs Family Pains
Most people grow up without ever wondering about their last name. Their entire family has the same one, right? No, not at all. Sure in today's world it's not so unheard of, heck some people even have alternative last names, but in the 1960's not so much. My last name was not the same as my mother's. She used her maiden name. Her mother was remarried and had more children so when we visited, they all had the same last name too. I grew up spending time with my Bledsoe cousins.. there were LOTS…
ContinuePosted on August 3, 2012 at 12:39pm — 1 Comment
Women of Amazing Character & Strength!
In today's world we feel lost without our car keys, or cell phones, our instant this and instant that. Even the things we do not realize that we would be so completely lost without, like sweet milk, air conditioning (of course I would never be without this one), daily mail (now known as snail-mail), 30 minute meals(oh boy) these are things that we live with day in and day out mostly without even thinking about it and when things go wrong or things don't work out,…
ContinuePosted on August 2, 2012 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments
Indroduction; My Genealogy Journey
Hello Fellow Treasure Seekers!
I always feel like I have struck gold each and every time I hit something really great in my genealogy searching. Sometimes it's only a small piece of information but then sometimes it's a rich vein. So I consider myself a treasure seeker.
I have always been interested in our family histories. When I was a small child, I traveled with my grandparents to Texas to visit my great grandparents. It astonished me that they had been born in a time before…
ContinuePosted on August 2, 2012 at 10:42am — 1 Comment
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- At 11:32pm on August 12, 2012, Leeann Boone said…
Hey Deana! Thanks for the friend invite! Sorry it took me so long to accept it...I just noticed it now lol!
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