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SNGF – Ethnicity
Randy’s challenge for this evening is as follows: List your 16 great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places. Figure out the dominant ethnicity or nationality...
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Family Events – Week of August 9 to August 15
Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree. Mary BRAUN – Mary is my second great-grandmother, who was born on 19 November 1855 in Germany. She died on 9...
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Family Events – August 23 to August 31
Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree. This post completes an entire year of the Family Events column, and is therefore the last post for this theme....
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Saturday in the Attic – 01/30/10
This is a copy of the marriage record for my third great-grandparents, James MULLIGAN and Sarah Norton WEBSTER. They were married on 5 November 1865 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan. To my knowledge,...
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James Manly Garrison (1861-1909)
James Manly GARRISON, with son James Norton, ca. 1896. James Manly GARRISON, son of James or John GARRISON [1] and Susan —?—, [2] was born on 26 December 1861 in Picton, Ontario, Canada. [3] James...
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My Revolutionary War Patriots
In honor of Independence Day, I thought I’d write a post about my ancestors who are Revolutionary War patriots. Robert Parks Robert PARKS is the patriot I went in under for membership to National...
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Fearless Females – Favorite Female Ancestor
Back in 2010, in honor of Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo created a list of writing prompts for each day during the month of March. I didn’t participate in 2010, so I’m going to take the opportunity...
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Surname Saturday: McMahon (Ireland / Illinois)
My McMAHON line apparently comes from somewhere in County Tipperary, Ireland. Timothy MCMAHON, my third great-grandfather, it the earliest known/proven ancestor in that line. Timothy left Ireland...
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Surname Saturday – Garrison (Ontario / Michigan / Illinois)
My earliest known GARRISON is James Manly GARRISON, who was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1861. I’m still trying to determine, with some level of certainty, who his parents are. I know his mother’s name...
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Surname Saturday – Mulligan (Ireland / Michigan / Illinois / Canada / Ohio
James MULLIGAN is third great-grandfather. He was born on 7 December 1812 in Dublin, Ireland. By 1850, he is living in the United States. According to a genealogy compiled by my family, his daughter,...
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52 Ancestors #14: A Pile of Bricks
Week 14 Prompt: Brick Wall This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “Brick Wall.” Like any genealogist, I have several so-called brick walls. The majority are self-imposed either for lack of effort/time or...
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