How do you define ‘home?’ Cal Lehmer's house Where do you call home? Is it your present residence? Or is it someplace you’ve lived in the past? If you’re a “home is where the heart is” type of person, you probably have several places that you could rightfully call home.…
Over the many years I have been researching, there have been several times where I’ve been advised against researching in valuable collections. A librarian, historian, or archivist might tell you that a certain set of files, index cards, or an electronic database or image doesn’t have anything to do with…
Family history isn’t limited to blood relatives or those who have entered our family tree through marriage, adoption or non-traditional means. Our families are broader than that. They extend to those we touch, or those who touch us, often in ways not so easily recognized by those just beyond our…
The aftermath of Hurricain Ike has left me with little time for continuing the update process of my genealogy...As the year winds down and the cleanup becomes less of an issue I hope to continue with what was a work in progress once more. My friends researching Cox-West-Whitt-Pearson and related…
I have been reading Dick Eastman's Newsletter for as long as I've been researching my family. This is the best time in history to be conducting genealogical research. Genealogy has accelerated at breakneck speed since we began using computers in the 1980s or before. The introduction of the Personal Ancestral…
If you don't receive this newsletter you should sign up...Follow the link to read the whole article (and the rest of this issue) What is a fact? Google the definition of “fact” and you’ll get a variety of answers. Most definitions hinge on the concept of truth; so, a common…
Happy Papaw with newest addition to the family tree... Cameron Jay September 5, 2008 And with beaming Grandma And shortly it'll be back to the hospital.
I recieved an email from a research buddy with some info on our common ancestry line which has had me running all over Ancestry chasing down one link after another. The interweaving of the lines has my head spinning. West...Bishop...Cox...Whitt...Pearson...Brown. I keep running into the same surnames in the same…
