My Start In Genealogy
This week’s topic is to write about ourselves. But, writing about myself is a very difficult task. It is much easier to write about people...
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Anecdotes Of The Mccracken Cousins
Cousins can be almost anybody. I could probably write about the guy at the meat store and be able to research and find out...
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A Voice From The Past
If you would have told me earlier this year that by the end of the year I would have had the opportunity to hear the...
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4 Generations of Cinnamon Rolls
The very first time I made cinnamon rolls was for a McCracken family gathering when I was a teenager. Uncle Don loved them, but all...
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The Ronald Brothers In Business
Natives of Scotland, William Bunten (W.B.) Ronald and his brother Robert, began life in Nebraska working mostly as laborers and farmers. William came to America...
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The Lost Papers
Usually, papers being lost means a loss of information. However, in the case of William Bassett, my 4th great-grandfather, the loss of his papers stating...
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The Spirit World And Genealogy
Aunt Ruthe and Aunt Dee were very involved in exploring the spirit world in the 1970s. Dee kept much of their writing, including a...
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Always Keep Digging
When doing local research, genealogists and historians in the area can be very helpful. They can point you to resources that you don’t even know...
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What A Tangled Web We Weave When We Practice Genealogy
About 15 to 20 years ago, I was doing genealogy research for a friend that I worked with in Colorado. As I researched, I found...
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A Place To Call Home
William Jury, born circa 1812, left England for a new life in Canada. With that move he set in motion many moves to come. ...
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An Early American Nonagenarian
We think of people today as living longer than people of days gone by. People today do have the advantage of modern medicine and easier...
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The Gift of Surprises
Grandpa’ McCracken’s Aunt Minnie Alameda Munroe unknowingly left the family a wonderful gift even though she didn’t name them in her will. The only people...
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Life Of An Early Colonialist
Lawrence Peelle (Peale, Peele), born about 1601 in England, is believed to be our earliest ancestor in America. The line can be traced back to...
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