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Bumper Crop of Fun!
North Carolina was and continues to be an agricultural state. This is certainly in evidence at the NC Sate Fair 2012. The NC State Fair was originally started to showcase the States’s agriculture and...
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Searching For Ancestors in Boydton, VA
I do love researching my ancestors in county courthouses. This week I got to spend time in the Mecklenburg County, VA courthouse in Boydton, VA. Mecklenburg County Courthouse A beautiful drive up...
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Back in early summer, I upgraded my cell phone to an android smartphone. Reading through genealogy blogs I had been intrigued by the use of smartphones in the research process. Now that I had a...
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12 Questions I Would Ask My Ancestors
December 12, 2012 I almost missed the 12/12/12 significance until I came across this great post at Leaves for Trees. Heather wrote about 12 ancestors she would like to meet, 12 questions she would...
View ArticleMy Ancestor Did That? !
I spend a lot of time gathering the factual information on my ancestors. Birth dates, death dates, marriage dates, lists of children, etc all make a this genealogist a happy camper. But as we all...
View ArticleAnswers to “My Ancestor Did That?!”
Here are the answers to the last post My Ancestors Did That?! How many did you get right? Great grandfathers: One was good with numbers. – Silas Baker Carr One couldn’t hold a job. – Silas Baker Carr...
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Tuesday’s Tip – My Best Transcription Tip
Old letters and postcards in my ancestor’s handwriting are enough to keep this genealogist happy for a long time! 1912 Postcard from Howard Roberts To Esther Richardson I am progressing well toward my...
View ArticleHow Would You Spell……?
I mentioned in yesterday’s post the difficulty I sometimes have in transcribing my ancestors’ correspondence. Much of the writing I transcribe is from the early 1900′s, and many of my ancestors were...
View ArticleThe Labor of My Ancestors
I originally posted this on Labor Day 2010. I thought it would be fun to re-visit my ancestors’ occupations today. With Labor Day upon us, I began thinking about the type of work my ancestors did. I...
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Family History Shared
I’m doing a little re-focusing here at Are You My Cousin?. Up to this point, AYMC has primarily been about telling MY ancestors’ stories. l will continue to do that, but…. I want to help you share your...
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