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Tag Archives: Genealogy
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Bald
This prompt (from Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project) instantly reminded me of my dad, Bill Hahn, and his dad, Charlie Hahn. Most of my life growing up, my dad wore a crew cut. I recall it … Continue reading
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: DNA
DNA holds the key to identifying my 3x great-grandfather. I continually watch webinars, and I’m grateful to have received a scholarship for the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) DNA intensive in June. I have my uncle’s Y-DNA (currently waiting … 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: Oops
I’ve been thinking about this topic all week. Maybe too much, because my oops happened today (Sunday, February 5th, 2023). My husband decided it would be a nice day for grilling, so we invited my mom over for lunch. Before … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, My Life, Pensacola
Tagged #52ancestors, Corley, family history, Genealogy, Muterspaugh
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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: 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: Characters
We all have a character or two in our family trees. The trouble is, we don’t always get to know the personalities and experiences of our ancestors or other relatives. We find names and locations in Census records and perhaps … Continue reading
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Extended Family
When I was growing up, my extended family consisted of my four grandparents, my first cousins, and a few great-aunts and -uncles and their children. Even then, I had trouble keeping up with them all. Now, I’ve made contact with … Continue reading
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Identity
This post is adapted from a letter I wrote to my mom’s brother about my research into their maternal grandfather’s family. When I started researching the family tree, I knew the name of my great-grandfather Billie Stevens from hearing him … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy
Tagged #52ancestors, Alabama, family history, Genealogy, Stevens
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#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Broken Branch
My Reid family is one that I have found quite a bit of information about, after 1850. I had no idea anyone in the family was named Reid until I saw the death certificate for my great-grandfather James William Stevens, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy
Tagged #52ancestors, Alabama, family history, Genealogy, Read, Reed, Reid
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Rhyme Schemes and Daydreams 