Family trees come in all forms and styles. In addition to the traditional chart that identifies ancestors by name, one can also create tree diagrams emphasizing a particular aspect or feature of one's ancestors. Genetic trees, for example,…
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Our family was stunned and heart-broken to hear of Joy Kiser's unexpected death a week ago at age 74. She would have been 75 tomorrow.
Joy was the Jones family historian. Beginning in the 1990s, Joy spent many years researching the tragic…
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My son Peter gave me a book for Christmas that I really enjoyed - They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty. It's a new history of Plymouth Colony by John G. Turner, a professor of religion at George…
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In 1831, Robert McMullin Jr. (1787-1862) and wife Mary Tabele (1795-1869) of Philadelphia named their eldest son Samuel Hildeburn McMullin (1831-1892). Samuel is my 2nd great-grandfather (2GG) and his parents Robert and Mary are 3GGs.
Rev.…
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Just not at the same time!
In 2012, I obtained the Civil War pension file for 2GG Wesley Blalock (1825-1895) from the National Archives.((Wesley Blalock (Pvt., Co. K, 31st Ill. Inf., Civil War), pension no. Inv. 58388, Case Files of Approved…
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I feel like it's time to step back and reassess. I began building a family tree over a decade ago. In January 2011, I joined Ancestry.com at the suggestion of a buddy at work, Ray Thomas - a fellow Ohioan like my father. I was immediately…
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My father, Nelson Jonnes (1926-2011), passed away on 7 November 2011. He was 85 and would have been 95 today.
On the occasion of Dad's 80th birthday bash in 2006, I created a certificate in PowerPoint detailing many of his life accomplishments. …
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Empires rise, empires fall, boundaries shift, names change. Every genealogist encounters past jurisdictions that no longer exist. Only 150 odd years ago, Germany was a patchwork of 39 kingdoms, duchies, and principalities. As a result,…
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I had the good fortune of connecting this summer with two distant cousins who share very rare surnames from my family tree:
Tabele
Wührlin
A previous post told the story of my new Tabele cousin.((See it here.)) This post discusses…
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Lucia and I flew to Alaska last month!
It was an amazing trip and we hope to return. We encourage anyone who has not been to consider it. It is as advertised - majestically beautiful and naturally wilder than any place in the lower 48. …
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Ancestors by Occupation I
R.I.P. Joy M. Kiser (1947-2022)
My Pilgrim Ancestors
Origin of Hildeburn Name
Discovery: Wesley Blalock had Two Wives
Ten Years of Discoveries
Nelson Jonnes Died a Decade Ago Today
The Lost Township of Northampton
Distant Cousins with Familiar Names, Part II
My Vermilyea Cousin in Fairbanks, Alaska