Family Genealogy
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Happy Birthday Ruth
One hundred and three years ago today, my husband’s paternal grandmother was born. In wanting to write a tribute to her on her birthday, however, I realize that what I know about Ruth, in the genealogical sense, is very little.
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A Tale of Two Brothers
This is a Civil War story. It’s not a story of two brothers fighting against one another, although I’ll be honest, I’m surprised by that. The story begins with Hiram and John McLemore, my husband’s 3rd Great Uncle and 2nd Great-Grandfather, respectively.
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The Disobedient Daughter
When Great-great-great-great-grandpa Thomas Chilcoat passed on, the will he left behind was relatively standard. First, pay all his expenses and his funeral. Second, provide for his wife. Then he starts divvying up his assets among his children: 2/5 to Robert, his eldest son [my 3rd great grandfather], 2/5 to Thomas, his youngest son, 1/5 to…
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
Most of my family trees (I’m at 24 trees and counting) include a lot of travel. The family ancestor arrives in America, then moves three or four times, then his subsequent family moves, then another generation moves, and eventually, there are family members scattered from coast to coast across the U.S. Not so when talking…
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Dynasty
Those of us of a certain age may recall the 1980s drama Dynasty. Apparently, it was so good as to warrant a reboot, so that our progeny won’t miss out on the fun. Well, those Carringtons (now or in the 80s) don’t have anything on the Pattersons.
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Delusions of Grandeur
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When I was in the 10th Grade, I had to write a research paper for history. We were given a list of Civil War topics from which to choose. Sadly, Irvin is not my long lost 3rd-Great-Uncle or even my 1st-Cousin-4x-Removed. He was just a very unskilled Union general.
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And now, a message from our sponsors…
Calm yourselves. I know it’s a shock. You haven’t seen hide nor hair from this blog since July of 2017. And now, out of the blue, getting a notice alerting you to its existence… That can be a little unnerving. None-the-less, I’m back. Which is to say I haven’t really been gone, just silent.
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Top This
I’ve been told my Grandfather Weddle’s maternal relatives, the Marshes, weren’t very close. In fact, on the rare occasions that they all got together, they typically spent their time and energy playing “Top This!” [1] You know how that game goes: one sibling brags about their new car, or big bonus, or the latest remarkable…
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Double Cousins
Remember that old commercial for Certs? Two. Two. Two mints in one. (You youngsters can watch it here.) Well, that’s sort of what happened to Dutch (Harold Seba Taylor, Sr) when it came to cousins. It went something like this…
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Prisoner of War No. 44095
I was digging around the internet for ancestry records when I found these: prisoner-of-war records for Kevin’s maternal grandfather, John Frederick Flatau, a.k.a. Opa.