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Tangled Roots and Trees: In Dogged Pursuit
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. Thursday, August 13, 2015. When I started researching William J. Walter, his wife Mary L. Walter and daughter Mary V., I ran into problems. There were several men named William Walter living in Adams County, Pennsylvania, during the same time as my William J. Walter. They are likely all related but the sheer number of men with the same name was giving me fits. My issues were many:. Four uns...
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Tangled Roots and Trees: 52 Ancestors #32: The 32 Great Great Greats
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. Sunday, August 9, 2015. 52 Ancestors #32: The 32 Great Great Greats. It would have been so easy to reprise a 27 December 2013 post about Henry Crawford Tucker and his 32 children. But I will adhere more closely to the optional prompt and write about my 32 three-times great grandparents. Fan chart of my family tree made several months ago using. CDA), Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Tangled Roots and Trees: War Stories
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. I participate in the Honor Roll Project. Conceived and maintained by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy. The Attack on Harbert's Block House. Revolutionary War Chaplain, Rev. Samuel Blair, Jr. New Revolutionary War Memorial. British Surrender at Saratoga. Daniel Mitchell, Patriot. Loyalists in My Tree? George Washington Spoke to Him. Died of Sickness During the Civil War.
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Tangled Roots and Trees: 52 Ancestors #30: Proving James Harvey Beard's Father
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. Sunday, July 26, 2015. 52 Ancestors #30: Proving James Harvey Beard's Father. Ancestor: James Harvey Beard (1780-1869) and a host of other Beard men! I always knew my four times great grandfather Benjamin Jennings. When Dad was unable to continue researching due to health reason, he had recently learned the name of his paternal grandmother, Effie Davis (Beard) Jennings. Case No. 3555, w...
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Tangled Roots and Trees: May 2015
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. Sunday, May 31, 2015. 52 Ancestors #22: Three Generations of "Coasties". Name: Herbert Paul Lange (1929-2013). Uncle Herbert Paul Lange joined the U.S. Coast Guard after he graduated from high school in 1948. Herbert Lange on the day he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard; from my. Had this to say about his military service:. My brother, Ted, followed Uncle Herbert into the U.S. Coast ...And t...
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Tangled Roots and Trees: January 2015
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. Thursday, January 29, 2015. The miners riot in Blantyre in 1887 made news all over the country from Glasgow to Aberdeen to Edinburgh and many smaller cities and towns. The story eventually made its way to far-away Brisbane, Australia, when it was published on 31 March 1887. Snippet from the Aberdeen Evening Express. 9 February 1887;. Image courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive. I don't ...
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Tangled Roots and Trees: The Court Case Regarding the Slaves of Mary (Mitchell) Beard
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The Court Case Regarding the Slaves of Mary (Mitchell) Beard. The four named slaves were: HENNY, WALLACE, DICK,. The children of Samuel and Mary (Mitchell) Beard and heirs to their estate, which included the above mentioned slaves, were:. James Harvey Beard married 1) Mary McMullin or McMullen and 2) Rhoda Parker. Elizabeth "Betsey" Beard married Rufus Thomas.
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Tangled Roots and Trees: 52 Ancestors #31: Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. Sunday, August 2, 2015. 52 Ancestors #31: Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy. Ancestor Name: William Raiford TUCKER (1898-1991). I've written several posts about how hard it can be to find an elusive ancestor. My Scottish immigrant Muir line (Dad's side) have given me the most trouble, surprisingly once they came to the U.S. In. Benjamin Tucker's home in Southampton County, Virginia;. By W A. Cov...
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Tangled Roots and Trees: Wordless Wednesday: Governor Dick, Runaway Slave
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Tangled Roots and Trees. Where family and history come together. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Slave Name Roll Project. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Wordless Wednesday: Governor Dick, Runaway Slave. Cornwall Iron Furnace main building, which dates from the 1850s; image. One such slave, DICK,. Also known as GOVERNOR DICK,. Ran away in 1796. An advertisement was placed in the newspapers for his return; hence, we know his name. One of the exhibits at the Cornwall Iron Furnace. Visitors' Center; personal collection.
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