My Genealogy Journey!

 

I started doing genealogy many years ago.  At first it was just some mysteries that intrigued me. Then I became hooked like many others. Today I do research almost daily.   However, I often focus on someone else’s mystery.  So, I don’t make as much progress on my own family as I would like.

 

My passion is for people’s stories, but I am also careful not to create too much of their story myself.  Putting together pieces of the puzzle logically and filling in the blanks without too many assumptions can be a challenge.  Sometimes it is a logic puzzle that needs to be solved, sometimes it requires studying history, sometimes you have to take a fresh look at everythings, and sometimes it requires challenging what everyone else believes.

 

Recent Blog Highlights

Ronald Thomson

The Business of Western Expansion

      When we think about people who settled along the trails westward, we often think about the hardships that they encountered.  We may wonder if they were traveling west and simply gave up and decided to settle in...
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Jury McCracken Peelle Pellett

Papers, Papers, And More Papers

  When you are clearing out a house, you might be inclined to just dump old papers that don’t look like they have been touched for decades.  However, before you just dump that box, bag, or drawer of old receipts,...
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Ashby McCracken Peelle Pellett Thomas

Holy Matrimony

Today, marriages come in many forms from the brief ceremony at the justice of the peace to elaborate events that go well beyond the ceremony.  In the case of my grandmothers, one was married by the probate judge and the...
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