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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: I’d Like to Meet
This week, our topic has us fantasizing about which of our ancestors we’d like to meet. For me, it’s a relative that has intrigued me for most of my life. I learned when I was a child that my great-grandfather … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, Escambia County, family history, Florida, Genealogy, Hahn, Pensacola
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: At the Library
I miss going to the library. It’s one of the things I’ve been avoiding since the plague arrived. I used to love going and picking out books when I was a child, and then years later, and a few years … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, Escambia County, Florida, library, Pensacola
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Help
This prompt, from Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, reminds me of a story that my parents’ minister told at my dad’s funeral. He recalled the time that he and my dad were outside of the church … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, Escambia County, family history, Pensacola
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Teams
The first image this prompt conjured up was a photo of my dad that I think I probably first saw just a few months ago. At least, I never remember seeing it growing up. When my mom and dad first … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, baseball, Escambia County, family history, St. Regis Paper Mill
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Timeline
My mother’s paternal grandmother is Dollie Cook, born Dorcas Elizabeth Allison, in Marion County, Georgia, on October 8th, 1890. As far as I know, no one has ever found a birth record for Dollie, but that is the date she … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, Escambia County, family history, Florida, Genealogy
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Yearbook
While I’ve had access to Ancestry.com, I looked up my parents and a few other more recent relatives in their yearbook collection. I learned something I didn’t know about my dad. Until I saw the photos, I never knew – … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, My Life, Pensacola
Tagged #52ancestors, Escambia County, family history, Hahn, Pensacola, Tate High School
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Social
Today, many of us use social media to share details about our lives – celebrations, announcements, tragedies, or even just a good joke. A hundred years ago, newspapers provided social media. I must admit, I never thought I’d find my … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, Baldwin County, Escambia County, family history, Florida, Genealogy, Hahn
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Foundations
It’s a new year for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Amy Johnson Crow’s weekly challenge to write and share family history information and discoveries. When I saw the prompt for week one, my first thought was construction, and that reminded … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, Escambia County, family history, Florida, Pensacola
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Lines
This week’s topic in the 52 Ancestors challenge is really wide open. I could right about family lines, or learning lines for a play. But I decided to write about bylines. Merriam-Webster defines a byline as “a line at the … Continue reading
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Tagged #52ancestors, Alabama, Escambia County, family history
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Strength
My maternal grandfather, Hoyt Cook, was a talker. That’s probably why I tell many stories about him in this blog, because I heard his stories often when I was growing up. One of the stories he shared was about how … Continue reading