Tonia Kendrick's Blog – February 2010 Archive (13)

This week’s challenge from Amy at WeTree is to play with Google Maps, a

“a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your

family history.” My genealogy software uses Google Maps to map all the

locations for each individual within the database, so I’ve never gone

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I found an interesting biographical sketch on my 4x great-grandfather.

(Google search is truly an amazing thing). I knew that he had

immigrated from Ireland, but the additional information is where the

gold lies. He was the second sheriff in Burke County, North Carolina

and was a member of the North Carolina legislature in 1802.

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RT @LisaCooke: Had a blast talking with Lisa Kudrow about WDYTYA!

Listen to the exclusive interview on Valentine’s Day. Podcast episode

81. #

The death certificates I ordered in November FINALLY came yesterday. #

Updated old blog post – SNGF – Most Recent Unknown Ancestor – with newly found information. http://ow.ly/176hj #

Very nice! RT @InnerCompass: It feels good [...]… Continue

I finally found some Kendrick census records. The lack of documentation
has been really frustrating, because I knew these people had lived in
Murray County, but I simply couldn’t find them. Bad spelling and fancy
handwriting were the sources of my problems. . .

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It’s been a busy weekend here at Tonia’s Roots. The Winter 2010
Geneablogger Games are in full swing and the competition is heavy.
Here are my standings:
1. Go Back and Cite Your Sources – 17 on Saturday and 33 on Sunday. Platinum Medal!
2. Back Up Your Data – have not competed in this event.
3. Organize Your [...]

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The Tonia’s Roots flag is flying, announcing my participation in the
Winter 2010 Geneablogger Games. The base of my flag is the United
States Stars and Stripes. My ancestors came to these shores centuries
ago, so the bulk of my research takes place in the United States. The
middle layer is the German flag, representing. . .

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It was a nice day today, so I made a visit to Spring Place Cemetery. It
had been many, many years since I had been to this cemetery. I was
searching for four headstones, in particular, but had hopes of finding
a few more that might belong to my ancestors. I spent about an hour
there and wandered over the whole cemetery. . .

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I had a conversation with my dad on Friday about his ancestors who
fought in the Civil War. I thought it would fun and interesting to put
together a list, with a summary of each person’s military service.
I’ve also included each person’s relationship to my dad (as opposed to
me, which is my usual. . .

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I reviewed all the indexed items for “Kendrick” in Murray County Heritage

today. It was at times frustrating and at other times exhilarating.

Many of the Kendrick references had only initials instead of first

names. That’s great if you already know who the people are, but if you

don’t, it’s not helpful at all. Many of the male Kendricks had… Continue

For a couple of years, I’ve put the word out that I would like to have a copy of Murray County Heritage

as a Christmas present. No one took the bait, so my parents got me a

copy this year. This book was compiled by the Murray County History

Committee of the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society in 1987. I was

pleased to see that it is now in its sixth printing.… Continue

RT @hikari17: RT @genlighten: Blount County Tennessee Obituary Lookups 1908-present offered by Taneya: http://bit.ly/9Lj3cS #genealogy #

I’ve been away from genealogy for a couple of weeks. Glad to be digging in the past this weekend. #

Added headstone photo for Sarah (LILLARD) O’Neal 1833 – 1858. http://ow.ly/12gZy #genealogy #surnames #

Added headstone photo for 4x-g-grandmother, Rose. . .



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It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in February:



Jonathan Curtis, 8x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1690 in Wiltshire, England.

John Garrett, 5x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1739 in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania.

Catherine Powell, 5x-great-grandmother, born 20 Feb 1785 in Burke County, North Carolina.

Rosamond, 4x-great-grandmother, born 25 Feb 1805 in North Carolina.

Martin Langston, 4x-great-grandfather, born 15 Feb 1809 in [...]



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