DAR applications can be tricky when a patriot ancestor is associated with a “burned county.” What does that mean? It means that a spark from a wood-burning stove, glowing ash from a clerk’s clay pipe, a lightning strike, or in times of war a courthouse was set on fire. There …
I enjoyed a fantastic experience chatting with Emma Cox of Journeys into Genealogy. For anyone interested in genealogy, Emma’s podcast is a jewel. Her guests open up the world to genealogy enthusiasts who may get hyper-focused on one locale or one country. Recent segments have featured researchers from Ghana and …
Have you ever looked in a record or archive only to wonder “What the heck is that doing here?!” When I was looking for a Virginia probate record I spotted several old newspapers. Complete newspaper issues from 1798 were stashed away in the probate file. The newspapers are not in …
I was at Lakeview Cemetery to find and photograph a grave. It was a successful trip. I spotted these unusual markers. I think they are interesting because they are so literal–Teeter and Fox. Vanessa Wood, photographs of Teeter and Fox markers at Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Conn., 27 February 2024 …
I’ve run into fraternal organizations recently while working on early twentieth century genealogies. They were called lodges, societies, orders, leagues, legions. Fraternal groups were popular in the late 1800s into the early twentieth century. They offered a social group, some were politically active. Fraternal organizations were so prevalent in the …
