Is a life set up before it’s born?
A future which it has no say,
As a rose with a sharp thorn
Grows in its own way.
A Question of Life
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Grandfathers Tree
150 Years Later, Civil War Sailors Get Arlington Burial : The Two-Way : NPR
Elizabeth Beard’s Letter to Husband Lewis Barney
The following letter from my 2nd great grandmother Elizabeth Beard to my 2nd great grandfather Lewis Barney is a small glimpse of hardship faced by my family in the 1800′s:
Re-Kindling
Regretfully, I’ve neglected posting to this blog for quite a spell now. I intend to start writing and posting regularly again as I’ve accumulated many stories and ancestral tidbits through my research. I want to share my info with family and anyone else interested in all things regarding ancestry.Stay tuned! KB
Family in Deerfield Massacre
Rev John Williams is a 2nd paternal cousin 9x removed
Mistake or Surprise?
I decided to look up my parent’s 1940 census info. I went to the FamilySearch website expecting to find my mom and dad’s stats along with a listing for me as a household member (I was born in 1939). I found my parent’s census but much to my surprise, a boy Christopher age 3 and a girl Catherine age 2, were listed as their children. I never heard of them before! I was not listed! I even checked the original hand-written census document to make sure. Sure enough it was the same as the transcription.
Brief History of My Paternal 3rd Great Grandmother Mercy Yeoman
Mercy Yeoman:
Daughter of Stephen Yeoman and Abigail Fountain
Married Charles Barney, abt 1804, Gayuga, New York, New York