Thinking about what to give Mom? How about the gift of genealogy? I’m offering an author’s coupon for $10 off of Pryor Wives: Stories of Family, Fortune, and Fiasco–now through May 12, 2025. The book is also available on Amazon.com (the coupon can not be used on Amazon). MOTHER’S DAY …
For a change I get to makes two announcements. In the Fall 2024 issue of The California Genealogical Society journal, The California Nugget, is my article about an American institution—the Boarding House. My mother left a written account of her migration to California during the Great Depression. She wrote about …
Are you interested in writing about your family? The current issue of the Tennessee Genealogical Society’s Ansearchin’ News is all about writing family histories. I was one of three writers interviewed about our interest in genealogy and the paths we’ve taken in pursuing genealogical writing (It’s striking how much we …
Elizabeth (Talley) Pryor, wife of Allen L. Pryor was not included in my book Pryor Wives. I dug in to find out more about her Talley family and her Pryor household in Sumner County, Tennessee. My article about Elizabeth is in this month’s Tennessee Genealogical Society‘s Ansearchin’ News.
I submitted the transcription of a letter from Avery M. Keesee to his Austin L. Green. I first encountered Austin while working on the Pryors in Tennessee. He is connected by his marriage with Emily (Ligett) Pryor in 1850 in Roane County, Tennessee. The letter discusses politics, society, and family …
