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Tag Archives: Florida
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Brick Wall
I have brick walls that I’m more focused on trying to break through, but I’ve written about them before. Today, my focus will be on my 3rd great-grandfather on my dad’s side, John Ross Parker. Going forward in time, my … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy
Tagged Florida, family history, Baldwin County, Escambia County, #52ancestors, Givens, Parker, Manning
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Should Be a Movie
The first story this prompt brought to mind was that of a first cousin, four times removed on my dad’s side of the family. As a young bride, Sarah Jane Hall John’s farm near the Jacksonville area was attacked by … Continue reading
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Membership
This has been one of the tougher prompts for Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. I’ve already written about some of my memberships and my parents’. The next organizations that come to mind are the ones I … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, My Life
Tagged #52ancestors, family history, Florida, Genealogy, Pensacola
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Education
There was never any doubt in my mind that I would graduate from high school and then go on to college. My experience in school, however, was a bit different from day one. We lived in Scotland the year I … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, My Life
Tagged #52ancestors, Brentwood Elementary School, Cook, family history, Florida, Pensacola, Stevens
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Out of Place
This week, I scanned a bunch of photos that my mom had taped onto 8.5″x11″ paper to take to a copy shop years ago. This was when home scanners were rare, and office supply stores didn’t offer color copies. She … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, My Life
Tagged #52ancestors, Cinotto, Dilzer, family history, family photos, Florida, Ough, Silcox
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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
Posted in Genealogy, Pensacola
Tagged #52ancestors, Escambia County, family history, Florida, Genealogy, Hahn, Pensacola
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Free Space
The day was April 28th, 1989. I had been living in Central Florida for seven months, and finally, my day off coincided with a scheduled launch of the space shuttle. That morning, I got in my car for the approximately … Continue reading
#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: 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
Posted in Genealogy, Pensacola
Tagged #52ancestors, Escambia County, family history, Florida, Genealogy
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Popular Name
Back in the olden days, everyone had the same first names. It can sure feel like that sometimes. Here’s a brief look at a couple of the common first names (also known as given names or Christian names) in my … Continue reading
Posted in My Life, Genealogy
Tagged #52ancestors, Alabama, Cook, family history, Florida, Genealogy, Hahn, Lindsey, Pittman, Stevens
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