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Who Tries to Plan a Research Trip in Winter?
In the midst of the Holiday Season no less? Me, that's who.I've got 5 vacation days that I need to use between now and the end of the year. So, I came up with the brilliant idea to finally do a trek to...
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The Book of Me, Written by You - Prompt 12 - The Year I Was Born.
In an effort to get back to blogging, researching, etc. I've decided to start participating in Julie Goucher's activity, The Book of Me, Written by You.Even though the activity is already up to prompt...
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Dear Genea Santa
Yes, I know it's Sunday and not Saturday, but shouldn't you just be grateful that I'm posting.This post is in response to Randy Seaver's, Genea-Musings, Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge for...
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Motivation Monday - April 2014 Goals
Nothing much has happened during the 4 months since my last post. I think I've finally gotten through most if not all of the health issues that derailed me last year right after I declared I was again...
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Research Trip in the Works
After researching my family off and on for the past 20 years, I'm finally going to make a trip to my paternal ancestors home county.The goal is to do this trip on September 12th. Yes this first trip...
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Motivation Monday - September 2014 Goals
Since my father died in 2011, I've really struggled to get back to the research and the blogging. In the past 3+ years, I've declared on several occasions that I was ready to get back to the research /...
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Sentimental Sunday - Happy Birthday Daddy!
Daddy, today, if you were still living, you would have been 86. In the 3 years, 5 months, and 12 days since your journey here on earth ended, life has continued. There have been good days and bad days...
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Madness Monday - Getting Ready for a Research Trip
This week, I'll be going on my second research trip, ever. And it looks like I will not be any better prepared for this research trip than I was for the first one I did a few years ago. But the...
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Wordy Wednesday - Aunt Martha's House
Picture of Aunt Martha's house is from the personal collection of the owner of this blog.This is my Aunt Martha's house. Until this summer, I never really thought I had a sentimental attachment to...
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Goals for 2015
It's so hard to believe that another year has ended and new one has begun and I'm sure I'll be saying the same thing next year at this time. The older you get, the more time just seems to fly by.Even...
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Motivation Monday - June 29, 2015
It's hard to believe it's been nearly six months since I've posted anything to Conversations and as I stated many times both here and on Georgia Black Crackers, I can't promise this time is going to...
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Mystery Monday and Motivation Monday - July 20, 2015
Hey folks, still struggling on the blog posting front, but things are progressing. Still working on the office decluttering but I'm almost done with what I'm calling Phase 1. Since I'm writing this...
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Wordless Wednesday
Wow, it's almost been a year since I went to the ancestral home county (Martin County, NC) and I've still not posted about my research trip. So, today begins the discussion of the trip.Goldie Road is...
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Walking Among the Ancestors - My 2014 Research Trip
Yes, it's almost been a year since I took the long overdue trip to the ancestral home county and with this post, I'm finally talking about it to someone else besides my family.You would think that as...
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Wordless Wednesday
This beautiful mushroom was in the cemetery in Everetts, NC in which many of my paternal ancestors are interred.
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AAHGS 2015
This week the 36th National Conference of the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) will convene in Richmond, VA.This will be my second time attending the National Conference and...
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Year to Date - 2016
It's hard to believe we are already well into the second month of 2016. I had meant to start out the year with some fresh goals and ideas for what I planned to do this year with regard to my research...
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February 25th - Genealogy Showcase.
Wow, another year has come and gone and still no real research going on. Life has definitely taken over, again, no mater how hard I try to not make it so.Even so, I'm trying to stay active in genealogy...
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#A-Z Challenge 2017 - G
My friend Renate, from Into the Light, turned me onto this blogging challenge a little over a week ago. I immediately decided that I would participate as it would help me get back to blogging but as...
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#A - Z Challenge 2017 - I
Thanks to my friend Renate, Into the Light, I'm trying to participate in the 2017 A-Z Challenge, which can be found at http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/.The Letter I is for Iola Everett Jones, my...
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M is for Martha Jones, one of my paternal great grandmothers. I've not done much research on my great grandmother of late. This was the very first post I did on my great grandmother back in 2009....
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#A - Z Challenge 2017 - T
T is for Thomas Langston Jones, my uncle.This post was originally done September 23, 2009 for Wordless Wednesday although it really was a Wordy Wednesday.Wordless Wednesday - The Uncle I Never MetI...
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Wordless Wednesday
Frank EverettAbt 1860 - 20 Sep 1938This is one of the many Frank Everetts among the ancestors on the paternal side of my family. This particular Frank is my Great Grand Uncle and was my Great...
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MAAGI 2018
This has been a crazy year but with tiny steps I seem to finally, although ever so slowly, be returning to my research.And to help me get back into the grove and keep pushing forward, this year, I will...
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A New Year
It's hard to believe that it's been over 2 years since I have posted anything on any of my blogs.It's a new year and although I'm entering the new year on a sad note (my mother died on Christmas day),...
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