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October 2012 Blog Posts (33)

things I have learned about slavery by studying the life and times of my my Kentucky Womack ancestors

The first Womack to migrate from the Tidewater region of Virginia and settle in Eastern Kentucky was Archer Womack who settled near present Oldtown, Greenup County, probably about the time the county was established (1804).



Boone’s Trail
Boone's Trail that Archer Womack and his fellow frontiersman -- a Negro Slave --
 journeyed together to find a…
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Added by Paul Barnett Lee on October 12, 2012 at 11:03pm — No Comments

Things I have learned about slavery by studying my American ancestry; part 3

William Womack Sr.

William Womack Sr. was born in 1691 in Goochland Co., VA. William died in St. James Northern Parish, Goochland Co, VA before 16 Mar 1762; he was 71.i

In 1709 when William was 18, he married Mary C.…

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Added by Paul Barnett Lee on October 12, 2012 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Free Webinar October 18th on Finding Female Ancestors

For more information see the Utah Genealogical Association website .

Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on October 11, 2012 at 8:03pm — No Comments

Explore the Census During Family History Month with Archives.com

The 1940 Census is now fully indexed just in time for October's Family History Month! To commemorate these two great occasions, Archives.com created a fun and informative interactive graphic showcasing all 23 Censuses! The interactive graphic can be found at the following URL:



http://www.archives.com/1940-census-facts.html



Complete with…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on October 11, 2012 at 3:22pm — No Comments

Photographs, Aging and What to Do.

Photographs, Aging and What to Do.

 Like this bolt of lightening that rippled between the clouds, this thought hit me.

 What is going to happen to our photographs? Especially the old inherited ones of the 1850's 1860's forward.

 Will someone in my family keep them or take them out and burn them?

 When my husbands' Grandmother passed, the family  dumped many photos into the yard and had a bonfire with all the things they did not…

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Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on October 11, 2012 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Easier said than done.

http://nikirayvenfamilytree.blogspot.com/

Added by Niki Bass on October 11, 2012 at 9:06am — No Comments

Slave ownership in the context of Quaker beliefs and practices

The Womack family in America has its origins in the Quakerism of its progenitor. How did this impact their practice of slave holding?
Most Quakers owned slaves when they first came to America; to most Quakers "slavery was perfectly acceptable provided that slave owners attended to the spiritual and material needs of those they enslaved."…
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Added by Paul Barnett Lee on October 9, 2012 at 10:26pm — No Comments

My Indian Birthright.

I would like to find any Living Relatives of my Grandfather, Henry Blessington Peters who was from Calcutta, India who moved to London, England in 1961. He was a Prominent Musician in India with My Great Grandfathers Band and talked about Friends with Names like Buckie and an American GI called Paul Meeks who wanted Him to go to the USA after the War and Marry His Sister. Any Info on any of the people i…

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Added by Mark Franklin on October 9, 2012 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Learn to Preserve Family Keepsakes in New Book



In every family, someone ends up with Mom’s and Dad’s “stuff” – a lifetime’s worth of old photos, letters, papers, and memorabilia packed into boxes, suitcases, closets,…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on October 8, 2012 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Research and Where to Look

Research and Where to Look

Research and where to look and no, I do not mean on line. At a recent event, in fact, two recent events we had attendees whom are still not on computers, or at least do not own one.

Yes, many of them are older and never were exposed to a Computer via school or work. Others were young, and could not yet afford the luxury of a computer. It is not a life need for many. They were learning to use Library computers.

Last fall…

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Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on October 6, 2012 at 5:17pm — No Comments

"THE VAN ARSDALES SETTLE IN A FREE STATE" is a chapter in the family my great aunt Margeret Chadwick wrote called "The Lee Family of Spanish Fork Utah".  The section of her book that about the Van Ar…

"THE VAN ARSDALES SETTLE IN A FREE STATE" is a chapter in the family my great aunt Margeret Chadwick wrote called "The Lee Family of Spanish Fork…

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Added by Paul Barnett Lee on October 6, 2012 at 4:49pm — No Comments

CeCe Moore, DNA Professional to Speak Bonita-Sunnyside Library

CeCe Moore, DNA Professional to Speak Bonita-Sunnyside Library

CeCe Moore, DNA professional will be talking about DNA on 7 October from 1 to 3 P M at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library, Bonita, CA.  4375 Bonita Road Bonita, CA 91902 

CeCe Moore is coming to the Bonita-Sunnyside Library to talk on DNA. October 7th from 1 p m to 3 p…

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Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on October 4, 2012 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Ancestry.com Acquires 1000memories

 1000memories’ Online Photo Digitizing Technology Brings New Sharing

Capabilities to Ancestry.com Users (PROVO, Utah) – Oct. 3, 2012 – Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM), the world’s largest online family history resource, announced today it has acquired 1000memories Inc., the San Francisco-based startup that has been focused on helping people digitize and share the estimated 1.7 trillion paper photos stored in their albums, attics, and shoeboxes.

Founded…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on October 3, 2012 at 12:03pm — No Comments

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