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And here is 2 of the 1-2 punch
Life changes happen fast with me, no sooner than I had written about my husband’s passing than I learned that my father would not be with us much longer. What was supposed to be an in & out surgery for … Continue reading
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Life Changes
43Y3M5D Everything has a beginning and an end. There are always endings. Some are longed for, planned for, and eagerly awaited, and then there are the ones that are out of your control, totally unexpected, unwanted, and desperate to be … Continue reading
Organization is a must!
When first starting out to learn more about my family, I had a couple of local history books, some copies of handwritten histories, a mountain of letters, and small scraps of paper and empty envelopes that generations of people had … Continue reading
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Disinterestedness
Owing to the fact that we just celebrated the Fourth of July I thought I would bring up something a lot of folks do not consider for this celebration. I wonder how many of you would recognize your ancestors in … Continue reading
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First.
There are many things I could write about using the word “First” as inspiration. First inspires my mind to think of the first time I ever met someone, watched something, got a job, had a date, cried, tried or experienced … Continue reading
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“Janet told a TRUTH!”
For many years my mother and her younger half-siblings had known that their mother, Janet, claimed to have had a son and gave him up for adoption. They only knew that he was born in Oct 1940, in Dade County … Continue reading
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Strong, Small and Determined
Fifty years ago today my Great Grandmother, my father’s maternal Grandmother, Sallie Eliza Heath Rouse passed away from suffering at home from pneumonia and what appears to have been a stroke. She lived 65 yrs, 8 months and 16 days. … Continue reading
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Estate records are not dull at all, at all.
I was speaking to a young woman at the Virginia State Archives this week who did not understand what she was looking at on the microfiche. The documents were wills and estate records from the late 1780’s and early 1800’s. … Continue reading
Respecting our ancestors, where they lay.
Last week on vacation, my husband indulged me on my birthday by taking a side trip from our short stay in New Bern by going to Kinston, NC to visit where my father’s family lived. When we were kids and … Continue reading
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Material Culture of Mourning
When someone in our family or a close friend passes today, we memorialize them on their social media accounts, on web pages set up by the mortuaries, send cards of condolence and make meals for the family. We attend funerals … Continue reading