tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854338035012188252024-02-07T11:14:31.682-08:00Conversation With Ancestors PastSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-41840598301460765982013-10-08T18:54:00.001-07:002013-10-08T18:55:51.575-07:00Book of Me, Written by You Prompt 6 - Journals and Diaries<span xmlns=""></span><br />
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<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">I had always wished I could unearth some awesome and detailed account of an ancestor by way of a kept journal. To glean a day in the life, in detail, something we can imagine but not really grasp reality wise I expect. There are those people holding on to those sorts of treasures but I have not been so lucky. Shoot! So maybe we all carry the same writing laziness gene in my family? I do have a book with a few notes written in it and recipes from my Great Grandfather Edward Fender. He was a baker and this must have been a work book.</span> <br /> </span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">I have attempted during many times of my life to be a journal writer but I have a real hard time keeping with it. I start a journal, fade, find it years later and see how lame it reads, call myself a dork and chuck the journal in the garbage. Years later I feel enthusiastic about doing it again and alas, read above, the same thing happens again. I do have one very silly journal from the 80's when a girl friend and I shared a place and a few nights we went out then gave our account of the evening. I am not sure I would enjoy leaving that for my descendants though. Note to self: Find that journal, be like Mom, burn it! /Grin. I am a professional blog fader and I think this blog has been my best attempt at journaling. It has some personal things in it but not my daily thoughts and how I really feel about things.</span> </span><br />
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<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">I do have a thing about pretty blank books. I have a few, one I carry … well, maybe it could be taken as a journal? I have a blank book that I carry in my purse. It has all my daily notes in it. Lists of things I need for the house, to do lists, contacts for things I need done at the house. I keep all my current working (home) notes in it and always have it and a red pen with me. I do save them, I am on my second book, and those I would keep so I could reference them again if needed. So I perhaps future generations will try to decipher what this meant:</span></span><br />
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<span xmlns=""><span><a href="http://anglersrest.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/almost-time-for-book-of-me-written-by.html">The Book of Me, Written by You.</a>
A writing exercise that I am taking part in because I always feel like
I am chasing dead people and not documenting the "alive" people. I
hope to teach you a little about me as I learn about you.</span> <br /> </span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">My childhood was a transient childhood. When I was born I was brought home to a rented half house on Portage Drive in Akron, Ohio. Shortly after that I was moved to Germany for 3 years, then back to Portage Drive in Ohio, my grandmother lived there. When I was 6 my family moved to the Rochester, NY area and there was an apartment in one town, then another apartment in another town then we moved to another town were we lived in a real house on a horse farm. My father didn't work for the farm so once they hired a foreman for the farm, we had to move again and this time we at least stayed in the same town, just down another road and renting another house on a dairy farm. I think out of all the places I lived as a child that was my very favorite house. We stayed there a couple of years and then after my mother remarried, we moved to our final family home. A real house in a real neighborhood in the town that has become my "home town". I have always envied those people that lived in one place for year after year or taken on the house they grew up in. Even in my adulthood I moved and moved and moved, all local to Rochester but I never seemed to stay anywhere longer than 2 years until my husband and I bought our house. I loved and was so happy in that house and lived there for 8 years. I just couldn't keep it after my divorce and never really recovered from that loss. Again to the apartment dwelling, convincing myself that I didn't want to own property. Recently I bought a house and have never been happier and I intend to stay here until I die. This house.. home.. has been a long time coming.</span> <br /> </span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">My favorite childhood house was the dairy farm house in Scottsville, NY. Just a small two story farm house on a county corner. Two corners were corn fields, the third a cow pasture. Now those are my kind of neighbors! I was a free spirit during that time. Running and playing, mini bikes and jumping out of barns, hay bale fights. Kids just being kids and healthy and vibrant. We drank so much milk living there that I will probably never have a broken bone! Some of my friends had horses. I was never a good horse person and they can usually tell they intimidate me so you can probably tell how my riding went and the skills I didn't garner from this time in my life. Looking at the house there was a front porch in the middle and two windows on either side of the porch. One side was my parents' bedroom (the left two windows), the center porch was where the front hallway and dining room were and the two right windows was the living room. Behind the dining room was the kitchen with a door out the left side of the house and a door out to the garage that was behind the kitchen. Behind the living room was this huge walk in closet and then a pretty large bathroom. I didn't care then like I do now but all the floors were wide plank hard wood floors that just gleamed. To have floors like that now! I love rustic and homey. My parents had a very high huge bed so my sister and I would run from the living room, through the dining room, through the hallway into their room and vault over the bed smacking into the outer wall and giggling like mad as we plunked to the floor. Between the kitchen and bathroom was the staircase going upstairs and once up you turned left and would walk straight into my bedroom or turn left, then turn left to walk down the hallway to my sisters bedroom. One day my sister and I decided to "live together" and I moved all my stuff into her room. By day 2 we were fighting and we had hung a rope across the room with sheets hanging. It proved to be a problem when I couldn't use the door and she couldn't get to the closet without either of us crossing enemy territory lines. My mother said enough and told me to move back to my room. </span><br /> </span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">Our bedroom windows were dormer like and were square and opened inward to the side. I used to climb out those windows and run around on the roof when my parents were away. Once I trip and flew off the roof and ended up snagging the lightening rod with the hem of my blue jeans. Thank goodness for bell bottoms! I smacked against the side of the house hanging upside down holding onto my pants until my friends could pull me back up and guess who never "ran the roof" again?? :)</span> <br /> </span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">In the front yard there was a huge lilac, I am betting this thing was 25 feet around. We would run around and around chasing either other around it. Two wild plum trees were at each corner of this white house with green trim. Those trees fell very easily to storms. By the road was a buckeye tree. Yes, we and the boy next door were the children throwing buckeyes at passing cars. Until one night one very angry man chased us down and into the house, I was never more terrified and that was the last time I ever pinged a passing car.</span></span><br />
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-83116268775241658292013-10-06T16:30:00.003-07:002013-10-07T16:16:08.985-07:00Secrets of a Jewelry Box<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">I have a fascination with my Mother's jewelry boxes. I can't possibly explain why but I think most women, as little girls, have stories of sifting through their grandmothers and mothers jewelry boxes? I was always in my grandmother's jewelry and came from her room smelling like 4 different perfumes at the same time when I was little. Since my mom died I can't tell you how many times I have pulled out all this pretty ugly jewelry (haha) and sat sifting through it all. Basically it is costume jewelry, some of it is sentimental, and I usually end up pulling out a bracelet to start wearing (confession, today it is 6 bracelets)… I have this thing about bracelets. Oh, and two rings.</span></span><br />
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<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">So yesterday the electrician came in and put the ceiling light fixture in and I am … finally… after a month of owning a used monster size Stickley desk, putting my office together, or <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>should</i></span> be. I collected the jewelry boxes from the dining room to put them in a box to store for now but there I went looking through the boxes instead of my "moving in" office project. I can't help it.</span></span><br />
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<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">This time I stood looking down into this jewelry box (something I have done a thousand times if once) and I noticed something I had never noticed before. See it? I will give you a moment. Out of 3 boxes and three gallon size plastic bags of costume jewelry there is one single item that is different. And more importantly, how on earth did I see past it every single time. I seriously never noticed that pair of used tickets. So now I am writing a blog post instead of moving my office from the dining room to the office. I am so glad I can stay on task…. </span></span><br />
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<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">My mind immediately starts conjuring up all sorts of things about these tickets. Knowing my mother as I do, that pair of tickets meant something incredibly important to her. When she and my birth father split up she burned everything that had anything to do with him. And I seriously mean burned, that woman was a pyromaniac if ever. When I started on my DAR application quest every single document I asked my mother for was gone, destroyed…. Burned. Lol. (I can laugh now.) She left no trace of her life with a man she was married to. Luckily she left some photographs in tact though she did destroy her wedding album. I understand the why of her actions, I have that rage gene too, but I wish she had kept my and my sister's family history intact. So while I derailed my objective of this paragraph, let me get back to the point. That pair of tickets had not a thing to do with my birth father. The tickets are from Ohio and $1.25 so had nothing to do with her period of life with my wonderful step-father. </span></span><br />
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<span xmlns=""><span style="color: black;">When my mother died there were two personal items in her bedroom. One was a 1964 letter from a man I think she was in love with and I think he was the love of her life. Or perhaps he was the one she let go and regretted. It was a letter that was telling her he was going to get married and yet still talked about how he had felt about her. So it was a love letter in a way and a goodbye letter in another way. Everyone keeps "that" kind of goodbye letter. But that it was easily accessible to her speaks the importance of that letter to her and helps me understand her and her life a little bit more. The second was that pair of tickets tucked away in her jewelry box. Other than that she didn't leave much about her as a person. I mean, we had a house of "stuff" to deal with but not a lot of paper proof that defined her as an individual. We never did stumble upon that box of love letters that everyone hopes to find. Those tickets were kept for a reason and my intuition is telling me it has everything to do with the man in the letter. And I can't believe I missed them! So we have mystery documents and probably no answers but it is fun to imagine; to dream. Were those tickets from the date of her dreams? Where they their first date? The last time they saw each other? I would love to know.</span></span><br />
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-69070107069448927242013-10-01T17:02:00.001-07:002013-10-01T17:05:43.500-07:00Book of Me, Written by You Prompt 4 - Favorite Season<span xmlns=""></span><br />
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<span xmlns="">The cold air that just smells so good.</span><br />
<span xmlns="">The sound of a rake (in honesty, the sound of someone else raking).</span><br />
<span xmlns="">The crackling sound and smell of a roaring fire.</span><br />
<span xmlns="">The taste of apple cider, donuts, apple pie, apple butter (most likely a good apple harvest year!)</span><br />
<span xmlns="">The silence in the wee hours of the morning, those little birds are sleeping in now.</span><br />
<span xmlns="">The sense of accomplishment I feel with all I harvested, foraged at farm markets and created to carry the summer season along with me.</span><br />
<span xmlns="">A snuggly blanket and a good book, something there is not much time for in summer.</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-42582372955744362552013-09-21T17:37:00.001-07:002013-09-21T17:53:51.470-07:00Book of Me, Written By You Prompt 3 - Describe your Physical Self<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">
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Book of Me, Written by You.</a> A
writing exercise that I am taking part in because I always feel like I am
chasing dead people and not documenting the "alive" people. I hope to teach you a little about me as I
learn about you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">Reading through the posts in the group on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/bookofme/"> Facebook</a> for The Book of Me, Written by You I can see many feel the same that I do. This is a hard post to write. So, I have opted to write mine first then go and read the others.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">I am an average person physically. I have been told throughout my life that I am cute. Sigh. Doesn't every woman want to be the great beauty of her time? Wink. Actually I have good genes. I look younger than my years, at times have shocked people when they do find out my age and the jaw dropping looks from people when they realize that 36 year old man standing next to me is my son gives me a big ole grin for the day. I will take it! Shallow? No, not me, I would prefer to be known for things other than looks. <br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">I have often teased that I come from the land of giants. The Duncan's of my family tree are tall. My mother was 5'9", my grandfather 6'7" and his sisters around the 6' foot mark. I ring in at 5'4" and while that is not short, I am the shortest woman in my family (even my daughter is an inch taller) other than my 6 year old granddaughter.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">I am dark brown of hair, fair skinned (I burn and peel and that is probably why I have helped stopped the aging clock, I avoid the sun) and I have hazel eyes. They tend to be more green in summer, more brown in winter and I am told by one that they can sparkle and produce a smile <br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">My dress size is my most frustrating part of my physical person. Weight has been a life time battle.. I am an emotional and a stress eater. I lost a lot of weight when I was sick over the last two- two and a half years. My last year of good health has packed on those pounds again. My doctor feels it is better to tackle healthy weight than to have deprived my recovering body by starving it to maintain that size 12. Well, I have slid into 16's US of late and I am feeling ashamed, defeated and like a failure. I also have to cut myself some slack, I was very ill and being able to write this post is a major life battle won. And, I have realized that things are going good for me I tend to gain weight. That is a long time and very old protective trigger. So, I am trying to accept myself as is and along the way eat for my health.. We will see how this goes. <br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">I have a few scars. The scars I am very proud of, or was when I was 10 years old, are a little "v" shape over my right eye almost to my temple and an up and down scar in front of my temple. Those are rights of passage scars. There was a hill that all the boys rode their stingray bikes down and I didn't have a stingray bike and was told that since I was a girl I wouldn't be able to take that hill. So down that hill I went to show them the what for and woke up in an ambulance being rushed to the hospital. I remember my mom holding my hand during my stitches "surgery" (they had to make sure there was no concrete in my head, haha) and then I proudly showed off my stitches at show and tell the day after I had them out. <br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">The remaining scars are life scars. Two caesarian sections and then the laparoscopic spots of my gall bladder surgery last year - - there are 5 very small white scars on my abdomen. <br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">When I was 40, newly divorced and unsure why now, I got a tattoo. At the time I was very much into the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronism) and carried a dagger in my bodice so I suppose thought it would be fun to have a dagger tattoo there. So, I laid there for hours getting a dagger needled down my breast bone. Anyone know how much that spot hurts? The tattoo artist mentioned I had a high tolerance for pain and she kept asking if I needed a break to which I said no.. You just get to the point that you want it done. I don't hate it now but if I were to do that moment over again, I probably wouldn't get it. I am not sure regret comes into play but I just happen to like to feel more ladylike without it. Would I get another one? No.<br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">Miscellaneous things about me - My dentist says I have nice teeth. Luckily I was blessed with straight teeth. I love toe polish and you will usually see me sporting a maroony red polish, occasionally purple or navy blue. Rawr! I am busty, could have done without that in high school… just saying. When in shape, my curves are in all the right places. Feet, I have big feet and have always hated that. I want delicate little feet. But.. I wear a size 9 1/2 shoe. <br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span xmlns="">The image in this post was a self portrait exercise done in Art Class in 1974 which would put me at 14/15 and 9th or 10th grade.</span></span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-29353755711622706512013-09-13T06:00:00.001-07:002013-09-21T17:52:47.269-07:00The Book of Me, Written by You Prompt 2 - Your Birth<span xmlns=""></span><br />
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<a href="http://anglersrest.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/almost-time-for-book-of-me-written-by.html">The
Book of Me, Written by You.</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
writing exercise that I am taking part in because I always feel like I am
chasing dead people and not documenting the "alive" people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope to teach you a little about me as I
learn about you.</div>
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<span xmlns="">I was born on Sunday, August 30, 1959 at Akron General Hospital in Akron, Summit County, Ohio. Those I know that were nearby were my Grandmother, I was her first born grandchild, and my "Aunt Pat" (my mom's best friend through life), and my Father. Aunt Pat LOVES babies and the expression on her face when my daughter was born and those wiggling fingers of hers as she approached to take my daughter into her arms… well I know how she looked when she did that to me, haha.. She always proudly reported she was the third person to hold me. I love that woman more than she will ever know. </span><br />
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<span xmlns="">I went home to live with my parents and grandmother on Portage Drive, Akron. I had dark hair and blue eyes and grew into brown hair and hazel eyes and I do have a card with my newborn picture with my length and weight on it but can not find it currently. I do remember I was 7 pounds and a few ounces and I think, if memory serves me, that I was 19"-20". I was an easy, average, birth.</span><br />
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<li><span xmlns="">Juke Box Jury premieres on BBC Television </span></li>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-57255320447756794272013-09-06T19:03:00.001-07:002013-09-22T09:42:10.671-07:00The Book of Me, Written by You Prompt 1 - Who Are You?<br />
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<span xmlns="">I stumbled across the new blog series and thought I would do my best to be a part of it. I can't promise I will make every prompt but I love the idea of this project and future researchers of my family might know a bit about me. I am so busy documenting dead people I always forget the people that are alive. My bad!!</span><br />
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<span xmlns="">Who Am I?</span><br />
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<li><span xmlns="">A survivor! Last year I survived a grave illness and above that I walked away with no permanent disabilities. I am thankful every day.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A mother. A son, a daughter - the two most precious things in my world.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A partner. I am not an easy partner to have, I have baggage.. In this relationship I am learning to be more kind, to listen and mostly to cut people some slack. I am hard on myself and everyone else in my life.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A sister. We have always loved each other, now we are finding our relationships, repairing, cementing and moving forward knowing we have each other.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A friend. I am blessed with good people in my life.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A member of the DAR. An achievement that is not mine but the men in my family that gave of themselves to make us a Country. I am very proud of these men to fight for what they felt was right.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A volunteer. I volunteer in minor capacities and will be joining my Fire Department in the Women's Auxiliary. (very excited about this)</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A knitter. I knit, I am not great at it and never will be but what I do do, I enjoy.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A spinner (handspun yarn). Spinning, it's where I find peace and my zen. When that wheel spins and that luxurious fiber slips from my hands onto the bobbin, I am so there. Ahhhhhh.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A family historian. I love it, I will never be a super genealogist but I am very happy with my accomplishments thus far.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">An independent woman. Fiercely, I hate feeling trapped and helpless so I should probably describe myself as "intensely independent".</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A complicated woman. Something I am told regularly.. I expect this is that intense thing… heh.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A stubborn woman - which I was reminded of again just today. Yes, I am stubborn. Someone has to look out for me.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A woman who sometimes struggles but always fights to the top. My life has been a series of things to overcome. I never stop fighting.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A woman who has dropped her roots again after a transient 12 years. I lost my house 12 years ago in divorce and never thought I wanted to be a homeowner again. After my illness I found my life very unsatisfying and bought a house.. It's like my life clock started again and I am living. I feel like I was taken out of a box and the dust blown off.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A woman who is finally understanding what "inner" peace can be like. I think it has everything to do with number 15.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A new home owner. The start of number 15 and 16. I am so in love with my house, my home and the life I am building for myself there.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A gardener again. I missed it.. Peace. Harmony.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A history enthusiast. I love history and love learning though lately I am realizing that I know more about the Tudor period of England than anything and unsure how that happened, haha. I am Scots!</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A daughter. I was the best daughter I could be and being the daughter of an alcoholic did not make it easy. I wish from the center of my soul I could change or had changed the course of my relationship with my mother before she died. </span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A devoted granddaughter. My grandmother was my rock, my savior. She died when I was in my 20's and I have still not recovered.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">An Aunt. I am proud to say that my nephew started college this year!</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A grandmother. I have two beautiful grandchildren and wish them the world and every happiness.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A soap maker. After 15 or so years I started making soap again. It's so fun.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A canner - food! With the garden, house and nesting came my old hobby of canning once more.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A woman who never stops wanting to learn. I always find things of interest to spark my curiosity, I love to learn.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">A worker bee. I am at the bottom rung career wise, there for I do a lot of the work! I am content, my life is outside of my employment, it pays the bills.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">I am an introvert. I am okay with this. I am a solitary type personality and can keep myself occupied day in and day out. I don't do well in crowd type situations. Big parties stress me out and make me anxious and I am very quiet which surprises people that truly know me. In my comfort zone I know how to have a good time, lol.</span></li>
<li><span xmlns="">I am a Virgo. 'Nuf said. It means I am anal, detailed and difficult to get along with. :)</span></li>
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<span xmlns="">I am the child of a deceased alcoholic and daily re-sort, re-group, cut myself some slack and let the anger fade into healing. It has been 2 years this past week. I miss her terribly, moreso than the last two years.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Inside of
me has always been a being that wanted to be part of a large family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I got was a small family with it's ups
and downs like all families but still after 53 years I have not changed that
gypsy type vs rooted type person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Currently I am viewing this as my lack of commitment skills not being so
sharp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was born in Akron Ohio, lived
there until 5 and was uprooted to live in the Rochester NY area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I lived in three different towns by the time
I was in 3rd grade, the third town I lived in until I was in 9th grade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, I would not call those towns
"home" nor even Akron for that matter because what sense of roots can
you feel at 5?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 9th grade my mother remarried
to a wonderful man who taught my sister and I that "Dad" was not a
bad word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was angry from being
uprooted from my friends and made them pay dearly with my awful awful
behavior..something I still regret to this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My "Dad" will never know how I suffer still at how awful I was
to him when all he did was offer me unconditional love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And in one short year of living there the
Police Department knew me well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thankfully I wasn't a career criminal but did have a year of the worst
of decision making skills possible, lol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still,
through all that HE taught us what it was to have a "home town" and
he taught us the value of community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wish my Mom had been more a part of his community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am the "daughter" of a volunteer
Firefighter and watched a man dedicate a good 30 to 40 years to the fire
department of what I consider my "home town".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember in my early 20's I wanted to be a
firefighter too and he told me no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
said I would do it anyway and he said no, I could join the Ladies Auxiliary
which I took (at the time) as the highest insult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well come on, back then I was 20 and the
Ladies were all my mothers age and older!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And that wasn't what I wanted to do, I wanted to save the world!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was adamant.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Forward
time, I owned a house in my home town and divorced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I wanted to start "new" and moved to a neighboring town and
learned what it was just to live "somewhere" not live home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, I didn't see this at the time but when
I think back I remember feeling odd in my move but threw myself into work and
social life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I met a man and married
him, we decided we would buy property in my home town and in the meantime we
would move to a town in the next county to save money to build our house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, best laid plans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My daughter started school there, we saw a house
we liked and bought it but still didn't give up on the house build idea and
then my marriage with him didn't work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then my daughter had just a few years of school left before she
graduated so I stuck it out so she could graduate with the friends she had
grown up with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the best of
sacrifices by the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She came out of
her school years with life long friends and a sense of home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, I never did make this town that I
lived in for 16-17 years "home".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was involved in many things but still always considered Webster my
home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So then my move took me to yet another
town surrounding Rochester which was 15 minutes closer to work for me and where
my daughter was going to college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
lived there for 3 years for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
this is another town that I could have gotten involved with but I didn't
because in the back of my mind for 30 years now is to end up back in my
"home town" to put down my roots and involve myself in all the things
I wanted to do there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we seeing the
transient trend to my life yet?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's
exhausting isn't it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now, my daughter
is finished with school and she is moving in with her fiance and what did I
do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moved to yet another town, a town I
do like very much, and the bonus!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A 7
minute commute to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And still, going
on 2 years here and I am still not involved in my community because I STILL
consider my home town my community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
if volunteerism is that important to me, wouldn't any town do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now don't get me wrong, I am active in many
ways in helping other people but it is not me really dedicating my living
breathing life in helping people the way I want to.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">So.. This
past year has been a doozy and maybe it took this past doozy of a year to bring
that mirror up for me to take a good and hard look into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I met a man who is the embodiment of what I
have always wanted for myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is his
community and he happens to be from my home town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And while I have been "home sick"
for a very long time even if local, gosh, he made me even more homesick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And for years, every time I drove through
town for whatever errand I had to wonder why I was not back there yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So recently I have been ready to return
"home".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously, my commute
would be like 20 minutes instead of 7 minutes so just what is the problem?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well one is that I like being on the closer
side to my kids but that is just geography, we are all still local.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not like they are states away.</span></div>
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said at work.. "Oh I never felt like this area was home, I easily could
pick up and move anywhere to start a new life…"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Christmas
Eve morning, 2012, the incident of open fire on Firefighters showing up to put
out a fire turned out to make me the largest of liars in that above
statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Firemen that were wounded
and died are from my "home town".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would have taken this incident anywhere in the world personally having
grown up in a firefighters house but this was my home town and this stuck the very core of what I consider home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This man I spoke of above is a
first responder as well, they are all hero's every day of their life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the days that followed I showed up to help
at that fire department and had the delightful experience of the women of my
home town making me feel so welcome and remembered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of the senior Ladies looked me up and
down and said I looked familiar and as soon as I spoke one heard my mother's
voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In June of this year I was very
ill and almost didn't make it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked
myself what would I be doing with my gift of life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a very long time I have been ignoring the
call and the hints and the things that happened that were pointing me home.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And so…
it's time to go home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's time to
fulfill the legacy I want for myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think Genealogists and Family Historians can understand this maybe better than
most.. We strive for our history and roots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Rest In
Peace and thank you for your<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>selfless
service to our community Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka.</span></div>
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<span xmlns="">It has been a long time since I have blogged. I have good reasons why but feel I did not use my time home to its fullest potential. I suppose I am too hard on myself because it is hard to be productive in anything when you are not feeling well.</span><br />
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<span xmlns="">I have been sick this year. And when I say this year, I really mean this year.. like since March! I had been having some stomach problems for a year and a half and well, that turned out to be a faulty gall bladder which was the easy part. I just added some serious complications to the mix to make my year "fun". So after months of jaundice, infected stones in my bile duct and the topping on the proverbial sick cake, I added a trip to the hospital emergency, blood infection and! septic shock. I am happy to report, add my doctor's big grin here, that I have come through the septic shock with no permanent disabilities and alive. Woot! I was very lucky and this leaves me with this thought this week (my final follow up appt was this past Monday)… just what will I do with what I have been given. I am looking at some of the areas of my life that need improvement.</span><br />
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<span xmlns="">I was home from work three to four months and I can not report any outstanding genealogical progress. Once in a while I would immerse myself but it just isn't easy when you feel like crap and it takes all of your energy to walk from one room to the next (regaining my strength has been long and boring....). Thank goodness for my children who I depended on heavily. My son.. I can't say enough about how much he helped me as he took on the bulk of the responsibility. I did a bit on my Fender line, finding more documents on ScotlandsPeople and I did solve the mystery of an incorrect father in my family tree on that side. On the Stockton line I sat down a few times determined to get this Stockton business done to a point I can add a supplemental application to my DAR membership.</span><br />
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<span xmlns="">And this brings me to the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution). Wow, is it a lot of work! It should be, I know, my first application was easy as two family members were already members of the DAR so my job was to prove myself to my great grandmother. That was a piece of cake. Now I am breaking off the proven line to another surname and it is not so easy now! My target applicant is Reverend Robert Stockton of Barren County, Kentucky. There is a lot of source material for him but it is his son Robert Junior that has been the chore. He didn't live long so a paper trail for him has not been easy. However by the detail of the Reverends will and his gift of land to Robert Junior I am on a roll. His daughter, Elizabeth (Betsey) Wilson Stockton is mentioned in a few of these documents and with her husband (my Hugh Lawson Baldwin) so all of the family connections are finally made. I think I am at a point to pull it all together and sit down with my Chapter's Registrar and see what I am missing. I think I am if not holding enough documentation, I am close! Another woot here!</span><br />
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-54634955855638848082011-12-30T09:03:00.001-08:002011-12-30T09:06:47.109-08:00Guilty Pleasures and the "Oh! Shiny!"<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns="">I saw this first on Facebook with Sue Peterson posting her blog (<a href="http://longlostrelatives-smp.blogspot.com/2011/12/open-discussion-weekend-whats-your.html">Long Lost Relatives</a>) and then I went to the blog Susan's entry had originated from by Leah Kleylein <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(</span><a href="http://leah333.blogspot.com/2011/12/lets-start-again.html" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Random Notes</a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;">)</span> that she had read. So I thought I would do that too and then Sheri Fenley (<a href="http://sherifenley.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-other-life.html">The Educated Genealogist</a>) posted her blog too! So here is mine, my other life or, the random "Oh shiny's!" in my life. <br />
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<span xmlns="">When I am not working on my family history, I...: <br />
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<span xmlns="">I work full time - not doing my genealogy (I confess my mind is on my family history work during this period of the day. I am a podcast junky, listening to genealogy, knitting, spinning, health, well all sorts of podcasts!). <br />
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<span xmlns="">I have just taken on a part-time job (I went to the retirement meeting at work, had heart failure) <br />
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<span xmlns="">I play Angry Birds sometimes. <br />
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<span xmlns="">I play Frontierville. (Yeah, I know.) <br />
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<span xmlns="">I play Castleville. (I know, I know!) <br />
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<span xmlns="">TV. Many years ago, when my daughter was a pre-schooler, my day was filled with the TV always on so one day we turned it off (I seriously dumped the ABC line up of soaps! 18 years ago!), she got 2 hours a day of TV, we got a couple hours at night and over time I just stopped altogether. Then I started to work at this job 6 years ago and listening to my co-workers talk about shows and joining the Survivor pool for three seasons without knowing what the show was about I slowly started watching TV again!! </span><br />
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<span xmlns="">Biggest Loser<br />
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<span xmlns="">Parenthood<br />
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<span xmlns="">Ghost Hunter's International<br />
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<span xmlns="">Being Human<br />
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<span xmlns="">Antique's Road Show<br />
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<span xmlns="">Harry's Law - but I seem to miss it all of the time. <br />
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<span xmlns="">Aside from regular TV, movies, I love movies, period films most but I am hooked on the Transformers movies, do not ask me why, it is out of my usual genre appreciation. <br />
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<span xmlns="">Costuming!! If I could get my lazy butt in gear, Costuming would be my second passion after genealogy. I follow blogs of amateur costumers, and the contests like <a href="http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/showcase.htm">Realm of Venus</a> Showcase. I love costume diary's, there are so many bloggers out there. I am in the SCA, fringe member, and am changing my persona from 1500's Turkish to 1500's Italian, I think. I just want to be Safiya of A Thousand Dresses. I currently have working class Italian ren garb in the works but am mentally preparing to do a complete ensemble… someday. <br />
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<span xmlns="">(Shhhhh. Secret thing: Roleplay. I roleplay on AOL, building a story with other people typing back at you is a lot of fun.) <br />
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<span xmlns="">Spinning. I love to spin. I have three spinning wheels, enough fiber for twenty years worth of spinning time and guess what… THREE DUSTY spinning wheels! <br />
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<span xmlns="">Knitting. I am not great at it but I do enjoy it so I knit. I always have a project in my work bag, lunch was always my knitting hour but then I got onto something else. This past week I have been knitting at lunch again and reminded how much I really do enjoy it. It's just too bad it takes me 6 months to do one pair of socks. I have enough yarn for a few years of knitting projects based on my speed at getting things not finished. <br />
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<span xmlns="">There is so much more.. I have too many likes and I think that really hurts me in being truly "expert" at anything. My concentration is always so thinned out over too many areas. Jane of all trades, Master of none.<br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-87924295673479649542011-12-26T09:04:00.001-08:002011-12-26T10:18:19.197-08:00Where I fit in, in a nut shell… and what is coming in 2012<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns="">This post has been rolling around in my mind for a while now and then the recent upswing of discussion of the shift in the Genealogy world with the advent of the internet and social media makes this post rolling around in my brain timely. I now wish I had gotten right on it at first, I might have been the trailblazer! A few things happened within the last few months which made me think about my place in this wide world of the social media collective. <br />
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<span xmlns="">I am a hobbyist when it comes to Genealogy. I will never be a super Genealogist or super blogger. I will never be famous or a leader in our vast environment of all levels of family historians. I will have my good months of research and I will have my months of not so much progress. I will never be a professional. My blog will never carry up to the minute news or teach people how to be good Genealogists, I am adequate at it, but it will reach out to those that just might be stuck on a family name we share and it will be a beacon to reach out to those that share my ancestry. Those are the things I will never be. Now the things that I am. I share the same passion as the rest of the genealogical community. I am passionate and love every minute that I am involved in some form of my quest to know my roots. My mind is 24/7 on this quest. Ask my family, friends and co-workers, haha. The collective energy of the genealogy community keeps me inspired and tackling problems in my family tree. I love to learn, I love to share and I learn so much from those people who are the super stars in our growing world. I don't have to be a mover and shaker and I appreciate when the big names are nice to me and realize I am there and part of our collective community and I try very hard not to take it personal when they are not. I am a webinar junky, podcast junky and I am broadening my horizon's and have registered for NGS 2012. I am very nervous about that, I have a shyness that can be crippling and going someplace without a close friend to cling on is really pushing me out of my comfort zone. Just saying. I am very excited about it though and I will be the one there trying to make one with the wall. There is me in a paragraph. <br />
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<span xmlns="">Aside from the online presence, I feel memberships in Societies are very important and a presence in them more so. In the last year I have made good on my resolution to get myself out more and involved. I have always wanted to do this but again shyness in big crowds makes not going places alone very easy. Well, I can say that I have pushed myself out and into these meetings, DAR and the Rochester Genealogical Society, and have enjoyed myself very much and really do like the physical community that is waiting for those who come out and join. I am also a member of the NC Genealogical Society since much of my ancestry is there and it is my way to help support that community. Tennessee is pending, I have sent in my form and that is another state with much of my ancestry. <br />
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<span xmlns="">I have one personal genealogical project that has to do with me. Once I am done being mad about it, I will work on it. <br />
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<span xmlns="">DAR - I was pinned and swore my oath to the DAR in December after two years of being a member and not being involved. I found it to be a wonderful personal moment in my life. Wasted time, I so enjoy the meetings. I have a handful of possible Patriots to add, Reverend Robert Stockton, Edward Weatherly, Samuel Walker, Thomas Blakey and a couple more, oh and John Duncan, the big mystery man in my family tree. So 2012 will be a year I set a goal of 2 supplemental applications made. <br />
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<span xmlns="">Cattern Walker Cowden brick wall. I have always felt she was the mother of my James C Cowden and 99 percent of the trees on Ancestry have Nancy Crewse as his mother. My Ancestry tree did too because it is a tree that I import a lot of junk info into as clues so I don't forget about them. My personal RM5 tree on my pc has my actual information sourced and cited. If I can somehow prove Cattern was alive when James C Cowden was born and is his mother, that will open up Samuel Walker as a supplementary application. <br />
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<span xmlns="">Bannister Hensley - the mystery man. <br />
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<span xmlns="">Transcribing - I have a pile of deeds that need to be transcribed for three different families.. </span><br />
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<span xmlns="">Scanning - I have a lot of scanning to do. Photo's to scan and share of my Grandmothers side of the family. There are a lot of unidentified photo's and hopefully, someday, if I find cousins from Dundee, Scotland from my Fender clan, maybe they will be able to help me figure out the faces!</span><br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-50751392613654043552011-12-25T10:21:00.001-08:002011-12-25T10:31:58.772-08:00The Stockton Climb into the DAR<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns="">Currently I am working on a few possible Revolutionary War ancestors but I am a VERY distractible which makes me laugh because every report card of mine in grade school said I had a hard time staying on task. I am a wanderer and so over time, especially the last ten years, I do cut myself some slack and follow my focus. I am more productive that way in a round about sort of way. It does frustrate me because a dozen different times I have told myself one family at a time, thorough, get everything, move on but….. Then the drift comes along again. It annoys me because I am a doer, I like to get things finished, I am a list maker and once I write it down on a list, I am obsessed until I can cross it off. As you can imagine with what I have said just in this paragraph, this can cause a lot of conflict and frustration in myself. As I age, this just seems to worsen. Ah well. <br />
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<span xmlns="">So I am back on this Stockton thing! Again. And I have made some very good progress. My Elizabeth Stockton who married Hugh Lawson Baldwin is the daughter of Robert Stockton Jr, son of Reverend Robert Stockton of Barren County, Kentucky, who was a Chaplain in the Revolutionary War. Now to prove that Elizabeth is the granddaughter of the Reverend. Robert Jr. died in 1815 at the age of 43 and so far I am not finding a lot of documentation on him so connecting Elizabeth to the Reverend is a series of hops over Robert Jr. Reverend Robert Stockton's will mentions Robert Jr as being deceased but does not mention his grandchildren. There is a lawsuit over a slave girl named Eliza after the death of Catherine Blakey Stockton (Reverend Robert Stockton's wife) which mentions Elizabeth as a granddaughter. I have ordered that from the Kentucky State Archives and I am waiting for that. I did however order the marriage bond for the first marriage of Elizabeth to William C Wilson and there are three names to link Elizabeth to the Reverend Robert Stockton. I do wonder why he was not involved in this transaction. <br />
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<span xmlns="">The document is written by Nancy Blakey Stockton, who is the widow of Robert Stockton Jr. , giving permission for William C Wilson to place bond for Elizabeth's hand in marriage with her signature. There are two signatures as witness, one is Catherine B. Stockton and Joseph B Stockton. Joseph is clearly defined in Reverend Robert Stockton's will as his son so Elizabeth's mother, grandmother and uncle all have their hand in approving this marriage. With that will I think that is sound evidence that this is my ancestry line and will be making my supplementary application for Reverend Robert Stockton in the DAR.</span><br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-47663640757070183252011-09-12T16:19:00.001-07:002011-09-21T15:23:58.709-07:00Reality of a Dream ~ The Loss of a Mother<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns="">I had a dream. I had dreams of falling off bridges over and over again. The one thing that terrifies me the most, bridges, came to me in a night long of nightmares and no matter how many times I woke up I would go back to sleep starting up where I left off. Falling and falling… falling. It was an endless cycle that night and when I woke up it was Sunday morning and I had a horrible headache. I think it was the night she died, this is what I believe. Was that my fear of losing her? Was it that there had not been the time to tell her all of the things I needed to tell her? Things should not have been left between us as they were. Both of us are to blame in this. Were the nightmares her fear of leaving? Was she not ready? In my heart of hearts, I am not sure she is at peace. I have seen a peaceful death in my daughter's father, Kevin. I have asked Kevin to help her if she needs it. When we viewed her at the funeral home all I could see was my Grandmother and I was so surprised. I had never really thought my mother looked like her mother but there it was much of Elizabeth Fender Duncan there in her daughter. <br />
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<span xmlns="">I have lost my mother too early. She was found August 30, 2011 and it seems as though she went swiftly. I am grateful and thankful that she went as she did and not suffering for weeks, months or years. She was very lucky to be given a quick out. I hope I am as lucky when my time comes. I couldn't have stood to watch her suffer and I never felt she was fully content in this world. In some ways I know she is happier. She has been so unhappy since my step father died. A local psychic took one look at me and my mother about 20 odd years ago… or maybe 30. She said I had an old soul and I was my mother's soul's teacher and here to bring her through this life. I am not sure how I feel about these things but I am not sure I did too swift of a job here either. </span><br />
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<span xmlns="">It was never easy being my mother's daughter. She and I are so much alike in many ways but there is a lifetime of head butting. She was a difficult woman but I loved her with every ounce of my being. I marched to my own drum from a very young age and she liked everything around her to be as she liked it. So I fought the control as most children did and do. </span><br />
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<span xmlns="">I have lost a parent, my mother, and it is turning out to be a hard thing to reconcile. We all made mistakes, we all could have done something different. What I do know is it gives me a view of where my energies need to go. My family unit is strong but it will be made stronger and there are things I have to do and say to my children so that they know where they fit into my life. <br />
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<span xmlns="">The news came on my birthday… this birthday thing is an interesting thing.. Carrie Baldwin (My great-great grandmother) lying in her dying bed asking the date until March 24 hit, and then she died, in peace. Her husband's birthday and death date were March 24.. That was my mother's birth date too. She did not die on my birthday but that will be what he death certificate reads. <br />
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<span xmlns="">And a note to the Genealogists, I thought I was being such a dweeb when the funeral director was going over the information for the death certificate and obituary notice. I kept interjecting with information saying I wanted it clear for those looking at this information in 100 years. He was nice, tolerant but then toward the end he added something else to the obit and got this little grin on his face and said, "for the future researchers". I had to laugh and it turns out he is married to the Town Historian so he knows! It was odd at that moment all I could think of was the various webinars I have sat in on hearing, "the facts of the death certificate is only as good as the informants knowledge". I am happy to report that a future genealogist will get accurate information from these two sources. <br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-64101600628441756382011-09-11T11:20:00.001-07:002011-09-11T11:22:43.697-07:00Ten Years Later ~ September 11, 2001<span xmlns=""></span><br />
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<span xmlns="">9/11 (September 11, 2001) will forever be a historic marker on the pride and resilience of Americans. I wonder if the Terrorists responsible counted on America standing strong and collectively circling the wagons to take care of its own. There was a rash of military enlistments after this unspeakable act of cowardess, people became Hero's in an instant and everyone that day was an American, not just the neighbor you really didn't like. Did the Terrorists know at the time that what they did was strengthen a country and each and every family that lives under America's glorious flag? There is something that happens to humans when we are put on the defensive, we are protective and we will take care of business. Anger, pettiness and cruelty is put aside as tragedy is a quick reminder of all of the things we love or admire comes front and center for us to clearly see and how fragile they are. For a while we could forget animosity and hold hands while we collectively struggled through the pain of trying to understand this act of violence. <br />
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<span xmlns="">For me it was a normal work day. I worked at a small family owned business and one of the engineers came in to our office with the oddest look on his face and said he couldn't believe it but a jet had crashed into one of the buildings in NYC. We looked at him with disbelief and went to the television in the meeting room to turn on CNN and couldn't believe what we were seeing. In the meantime it was time for me to go to the post office so I did that and as I came out and sat in my car the radio said the second plane had crashed into the other Tower. What??! My apartment was across the street so I went there to turn on the news thinking I had misheard what was being said and there, just in time, I saw the footage of the second airliner making its final journey. Then came the news it was possibly a terrorist attack. Stunned, being a female, that maternal instinct of wanting nothing but my children with me and right now kicked in, I made myself drive back to the office where we sat watching a tv as reports came in about the plane in Pennsylvania and the brave passengers making sure more didn't die. There are moments in a life that you just do not forget. Ever. This is a moment for me. I will never forget the very real visual of the news footage. I will never forget the feeling of my heart sinking and my gut twisting. I will never forget that urge to collect my children and protect them. I will never forget the anguish I felt for the victims as the death toll alarmingly rose. I will never forget the looks on the faces of those I worked with as we watched helplessly with tears staining our cheeks in stunned silence. I will never forget how I wished I had been there to help; even if it was handing out a cup of water. I will never forget the stories of people coming together in NYC to help each other no matter what culture or class they were. I will never forget the admiration I hold for the few people I know who made their way to the tragic site risking their own life to help; it's what they do. I will never forget all the people who died that I did not know and the few I did know but not face to face but an online community I interact in. Still, they were special and their absence is still felt 10 years later. I will never forget the kindness of my boss and the look in his eyes when he told his two female employees to go home to our children. You never saw two women move so fast. I will never forget the fear in my 11 year old daughters eyes and her being afraid to go back to school. What if a plane drove into her school, she asked. For days she was afraid to leave me, she said she didn't want me to go away. Could I assure her nothing would happen to us here in a place you wouldn't think of as a target? It stayed with her quite a while, her school art work depicted planes and buildings. </span><br />
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<span xmlns="">Today I am thankful for those that saw us through one of our darkest hours with courage and selflessness. Policeman, fireman, military and every citizen who reached out a hand, I thank you. I thank you all for reminding us all what it is to be an American and in general, a decent human being. Thank you for giving up your own lives to those who were in need and terrified beyond anything comprehendible. A string of pretty words can not possibly measure the actual feelings or do the moment justice. To our teachers, thank you for helping our children through this. This post does not say enough. <br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-66625190000843391352011-06-01T15:18:00.001-07:002011-06-01T15:21:52.634-07:00And a big… AHAAAA!<span xmlns=""></span><br />
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<span xmlns="">I have a lot of blog space dedicated to William F. Duncan and his father, George W. Duncan. William filled out that glorious Tennessee Civil War Questionnaire that gave a lot of information and clues to follow. But there is one big.. Huge! Gaping! bit of information he did not put on that questionnaire…. Ready? His Confederate service. I thought it strange his father joined the Confederate Army in 1862 and William joined the Union Army in May of 1864 at the age of 21. So then I thought maybe he did something else those two years but my mind was constantly brought back to that two years difference in their service. So the other night I was checking out what Footnote had by way of War of 1812 records as I might have War of 1812 Veterans. I didn't have any luck, that collection is in its infancy yet so something drew me back to the Civil War record section. It might have been me feeling cocky, I had just found a census record I had been looking for what seems forever. Spelling was off on the surname and a County I would not have looked for them in! Who knew. George W. Duncan and his family were very transient. Something made me take a stab at Confederate records and look for William and I have to say that even if I knew I was looking for him I was still very surprised to find him. The two years that puzzled me makes sense. There are 8 pages to this compiled record of Company Muster Rolls. There won't be a pension record since he defected I have his Union service documentation so will now have to figure out if there is another service file with more information. I am not very good finding records like these, NARA boggles my mind completely. I will be going through the State of NC Archives online catalog and hoping I can find something there. I struck gold there by accident once before over this family! <br />
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<span xmlns="">I am a dreamer… I want to know the why's. Dates of battles can be interesting, kind of, I love history but its about the people. What were they thinking, what did this split do to he and his father and how did it affect the rest of their family. Did William keep in touch with his mother after the war was over? His father died a month after he enlisted in the Union Army, they were both in Tennessee, did he know? So many questions that I will probably never have the answers to. To find even the smallest bit of information to give a better understanding to this would be so exciting. <br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-26522639329924012312011-04-18T16:43:00.001-07:002011-04-18T17:38:06.249-07:00A Tale of Two Duncan's and Toss In A Baldwin Too.<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns="">I find myself sitting at my desk with three of my ancestor's folders in front of me and trying to put the pieces together. I have to admit that for the first half of my life I was hooked on European history and could care less about American history. I liked it; it was okay but European, the Tudor period, and the intrigue! And sadly, I do know more about Medieval England than I do the Colonies and the States. Or that "was" the case. At the time I didn't know my connections to the War and too, I remember being able to quote that I had ancestors in the Civil War but I still had no investment in it even if I was proud of this fact. Now the investment is there. And maybe at the time, the Civil War, to me, was too recent of history. Until I started to sink into the thrilling world of family genealogist that is. Now, I have the investment and over the past five years I have had a gaining curiosity about the history of the States. This is solely because of my ancestry. I would never have known a thing about Manakin, Virginia, had I not found I am a descendent of William Witt. He is on the <a href="http://huguenot-manakin.org/founders.htm">Huguenot Society</a> webpage as unproven as a first settler there. I have always been interested in the Revolutionary War but politics, I have to say, bore me to death and that is always a big part of a War. I never tested well in my History classes. Dates, names and places, eh, okay, they are important but I always wanted to know about the people, not just the famous but Joe Smith that no one knew. My thirst for knowledge these days is unquenched. And it is broadening. Two years ago finding the Unit my ancestor in was enough, now I want to learn about that Unit. And, a tiny confession here, I missed the first part of <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers/2011/04/16/family-history-and-the-american-civil-war">Geneabloggers Blog Talk Radio</a> this past Friday evening so I was listening to the podcast of it today at work and I think I might have gone a little fan girl crazy listening to <a href="http://www.afrigeneas.com/spotlight/spotlight009.html"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Angela Walton-Raji</span></a>. She has such enthusiasm in her voice and her knowledge bank is amazing, when she talks about her specialty topics she promotes that enthusiasm and I will say that sitting at my desk was very hard to do, I wanted to get right home and dive into some research. Thank you, Angela, and I look forward to hearing more of your talks. <br />
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<span xmlns="">So, these folders. I have a father and son: George Washington Duncan (father) and William Franklin Duncan (son). And then there is Hugh Wilson Baldwin. George and William were born in North Carolina. The family moved to Tennessee (Washington County in 1860) and it looks like William stayed in Tennessee when the family went back to North Carolina. William was 18 on the 1860 Census in Washington County, Tennessee, and Hugh Wilson Baldwin lived in Tennessee (Bradley County), I am unsure yet where he was born. </span><br />
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<span xmlns="">So let's start with George and William. In the <a href="http://familyknitnspindles.blogspot.com/2010/12/mother-load-tennessee-historical.html">Civil War Questionnaire</a> that I have for William, he stated George had fought in the Mexican War. I haven't started to research that yet but he said nothing about the Civil War which surprises me. Then comes the confusion about George. I overlooked his service several times because the age of George Duncan was 29 and he couldn't be that young. But then milling through the records at Footnote, I came across his service record and sure enough it was my George Washington Duncan as that file was holding the documentation of his wife applying for his pension. George died in the war of illness in Knoxville, Tennessee. I have yet to find out where he is buried. So either a clerical error was made in his age or that was what he told them. He would have been approximately 39 when he mustered in. The next thing.. George fought for the Confederate Army 29th North Carolina Regiment and William fought for the Union Army 4th Regiment Tennessee Calvary. I am left thinking about these two men and what kind of relationship they might have had. They were both in Washington County Tennessee when the 1860 US Census was taken. What made George go back to North Carolina and muster in? He ended up fighting and dying in Tennessee. And what made William decided to be a Federal serviceman? His Civil War Questionnaire gave no clues to either his relationship with his father or the choices he made. The only thing I see is that he did not mention George being in the Civil War. <br />
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<span xmlns="">Then I have Hugh Wilson Baldwin.. My man of two armies. Maybe. I am not yet convinced. First there is the Confederate service record in Co. A, 62nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Rowan's Regiment). He was 19 and enrolled in Sweet Water Tennessee, Bradley County. In this he became a prisoner of war at the Battle of Vicksburg and signed a document stating he would not take up arms against the United States of America again. This is dated July 8th, 1863. I have his pension file and it states he enrolled at age 23 the 3rd day of February, 1864 at Charleston, in Co. I 10th regiment of Tennessee Calvary Volunteers. The ages have me a bit hung up and there is no mention of his Confederate service in this file but this file is full of information given by his wife Deborah Louise Cowden Duncan and his friends in affidavits about his failing health once home after the war was over. He died when he was 40. Only one thing will prove any of this for me and that would be finding his signature. I have his signature on the Vicksburg Prisoner of War document. He was already deceased by the time this Pension application was started so I don't have his signature there. I found some documentation on Footnote but no signature there either. So that will be a project finding some other legal document he would have signed. <br />
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<span xmlns="">And then a funny coincidence. See the Captain's signature on Hugh's Prisoner of War document below? I about fell off my chair at first thinking my William Duncan signed the same document that Hugh W. did. Wouldn't that be something!? This William Duncan was of an Illinois unit and my William Duncan signs a very bold "William F. Duncan" on every document I have found with his signature. It is always a full signature. That would have been a great family story because of the future. William Franklin Duncan's son, David Washington Duncan, married Hugh Wilson Baldwin's daughter, Carrie Anne Baldwin.</span><br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-35110266514545521342011-04-14T16:21:00.001-07:002011-04-14T16:25:58.486-07:0052 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History - Week 9: Sounds<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Do you know that sound? Listen. You hear fingers dipping into a bowl of cellophane wrapped candies to take one. Like peppermints or mixed hard candies. Listen again, do you hear it now? That distinctive sound of the wrappings rubbing against each other and crinkling? Whenever I hear that sound, say if a candy dish is out at work, the first thing that comes into my mind is wondering if that is Grandma Willie in the candy dish. Then I smile. She was the sweetest woman. She was my Grandmother's step Mother and my Grandmother took care of her until she died. She was the second wife of Edward Alexander Cummings Fender and she worked with my Great-Grandfather at Tasty Bread Company in Akron Ohio. After my Great-Grandmother passed away, he married Willie. She is Willie Clay Moore Fender of Tennessee. I am not sure what brought her to Ohio. She was almost completely blind by her old age I remember. She had to hold her phone book up to her nose to read it and it took her a while to decipher. She always smiled, she always wore an apron and even though she couldn't see, my Great-Grandfathers picture never left her bedside table.</span> <br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-61894403118761752172011-04-14T16:08:00.001-07:002011-04-14T16:19:54.598-07:0052 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History - Week 3: Cars<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I didn't get my license until I was 19. I was a very young wife. Married at 16, living in Germany as an Army wife by 17 so I never did get my license before I went overseas. One of the Army wives that I made friends with taught me how to drive a stick shift Volkswagen station wagon while I was there. I am so glad we did not get caught! I remember one day I let the car get a little out of control, then got nervous and we went driving through this small German town and many buildings are right on the street in Europe. It went into a curve and we both screamed, I was going a tiny bit too fast compared to the driving space I had. I managed to slow down and do clutch/gear shifting without hitting a building or pedestrian!! Needless to say I pulled over when we came out of village and asked Ruth to drive again. She gratefully took the drivers seat. I can laugh about it now and we probably laughed about it then.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">When I got stateside again. I took my drivers test and my first car was a used Plymouth Volare. It was in perfect condition and it had all the bells and whistles. Pin stripping, maroon velour seats, electric everything. This was in 1979. The car was hawt. The day I got my drivers license in the mail I finally got to drive my car! That solo drive I still remember to this day, over 30 years later. I felt like a big shot, I felt so cool and I felt so free! I was so excited but had nowhere to go, so I went to the store to buy milk I didn't need, haha. Anything to be Queen of the road for 15 minutes!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">And a silly story about cars. One that has come up in family laugh fests for a great many years. My parents were members of the Porsche Club of America when I was a child. There were races year round, places to go, big gatherings. I remember we went to Boston for one Club event when I was about 10 years old. This race was before that and was local, at Watkins Glen here in Western NY. My mother handed over the camera to me with a full roll of film and told me to take picture of cars. So off my sister and I went. Did we take pictures of the cars on the track? No. The shiny Porsche's being shown off? Nope. So time passes, my mother picks up this set of pictures and we get home and I am all excited for her to see my work. She starts looking through the pictures and the look on her face was classic and I mean classic! Yes, in my excitement of being a budding "non" photographer I took pictures of the cars in the parking lot. Station wagons, and the old family cars of the day. Not one spiffy race car type. She looked at me and at least was kind. She told me I did a great job but maybe next time I could get a few pictures of the race cars. I expect she still has that set of pictures somewhere. I will have to go through them sometime.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Period History movies are me.<span> </span>Good or bad, I love them.<span> </span>Braveheart, my favorite.<span> </span>Rob Roy, another favorite.<span> </span>Both of those movies I went to the theater to see over and over again just so I could see Scotland on the big screen.<span> </span>To this day I still watch them often.<span> </span>Rob Roy is my go to "put in DVR, lay in bed and fall asleep 10 minutes later" movie.<span> </span>Dangerous Beauty, Elizabeth, Elizabeth the Golden Age and The Other Boleyn Girl; even Somersby and it wasn't a great movie!<span> </span>Patriot is another one!<span> </span>I can go on and on. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Anything that takes me back... love 'em.<span> </span>The shocker of all.<span> </span>Transformers.<span> </span>I know!<span> </span>Insane, right?<span> </span>I didn't even want to see it but I went with my friend because he wanted to go see it and I remember I had a migraine and when the fighter plane went sideways between buildings of the City I thought for sure I would be sick right there.<span> </span>But when we walked out of that movie, I had a new favorite movie and I have no idea why!!<span> </span>I used to vaccuum up Transformer pieces when my son was a child.<span> </span>I had no bond with Transformers other than the damage of my foot when I stepped on pieces.<span> </span>It is not the greatest movie ever but it is on my top 5 list.<span> </span>Sad, isn't it?<span> </span>Haha.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">I am of the Barbie Generation. My daughter had the better Barbie stuff when campers and houses came along. For us it was shiny vinyl black "closet" cases. I have mentioned this memory before but my Grandmother, Elizabeth Fender Duncan, totally rocked as a Grandmother and would indulge us, and insist, that we put on a Barbie fashion show for her. At Christmas Santa would bring us Barbie clothes. She made a few things for us and knit a few things for us and religiously on our trips to Ohio there would be a fashion show put on for the family to show off all the new clothing our Barbie's and Skippers had. My sister and I would be so excited and my Grandmother would have us describe the clothing and enunciate. She was a stickler for proper speech and would encourage us to be descriptive in our presentation of each outfit. She made it fun and it helped me in my College writing down the line. I look at a sentence and wonder if I have described enough. She would applaud and expect us to take our bows for our performance. I love that woman with all of my heart. I miss her so much, she was my safety zone.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The only other toy I can remember being "it" for me was hula hoops. I could do anything in one of those things during my young teen years. Walk to the mail box, run, just anything!</span></div>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-10792068275287686122011-04-13T15:41:00.001-07:002011-04-13T15:41:29.850-07:0052 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History - Week 6: Radio and Television<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">I am a product of the 60's and 70's when it came to watching television. I loved the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family. The Brady Bunch was a Friday night ritual in our house.<span> </span>I loved Bobby Sherman just as much as Marcia did. Now that I am over 50 (barely) I can still be caught watching them if they happen to be on the TV when I surf by them. There, my most embarrassing secret. E V E R ! ! !</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">For radio, I am going to talk about old shows that I had never heard of until I was living in Germany and Armed Forces Radio was the only entertainment I had aside from my stereo that blew out Peter Frampton, Yes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Bowie, Genesis and Electric Light Orchestra. I was 17 and would have considered these shows from the "olden days" and they were for me. <a href="http://www.otr.net/?p=fibb">Fibber McGee and Molly</a> was one, the other was the <a href="http://www.openculture.com/2010/03/the_twilight_zone_radio.html">Twilight Zone</a>. I did not grow up with radio programming really. My parents listened to the Beatles and Herb Albert and the Tijuana brass. They were a hip 1960's couple.<span> </span>We didn't listen to radio "shows". Rock and Roll radio stations were the rage for me. Today I have internet radio and can listen to 80's and 90's Alternative and I am a happy camper. Still I look back on those radio shows with fondness. Once I got past the oldness of them I couldn't wait until the nights they came on to sit and listen and too, it gave me a taste of life with just radios and no television. Today I can appreciate that "step back". </span></div>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-76905661114472406302011-04-13T15:28:00.001-07:002011-04-13T15:30:19.368-07:0052 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History - Week 5: Food<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Page 2</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Strange but true, there is a recipe in my family with unknown origin (to me) that is called "Page 2". It was on Page 2 of some handwritten cookbook/spiral notebook and called "Page 2". Crazy, I know!! It is a very 60's recipe and I believe that is were it dates from. I remember eating it when I was 8. It is something I wouldn't think of eating today and I remember I might have made it once or twice early in my career as a wife and mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">It is a basic casserole type of recipe and goes like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Brown ground beef and chopped onions; drain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Add a can of green beans and a can of corn; stir.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Add two cans of Campbell's tomato soup; stir.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Salt and pepper.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Pour into a casserole.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Drop big spoonfuls of the mashed potatoes onto the mixture.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Sprinkle with paprika for color.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Bake until mixture is hot and bubbly. (probably 350 degrees, 30-40 minutes)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Voila.. Page 2.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">It isn't bad, I remember liking it and when my cousin's came to visit us in Rochester from Akron, Ohio, my Mother said, "What should we have for dinner?" and my sister and I were all serious in jumping up and down crying out, "Page 2! Page 2!" like we were introducing our cousins to the bestest thing on the planet. I think it was just the excitement of the cousins coming to our place in the world and we wanted them to have what we thought were the best things in our life. Thinking about it makes me laugh now. For many years it was a star in our family. Probably because it was easy to make, no thinking and the leftovers were delish. My mother could whip it together and be done with it. Maybe I should make it again to see if it holds the same appeal as it did when I was a child. Maybe, I am not a fan of high sodium or canned vegetables and tomato soup goes with grilled cheese sandwiches! (another favorite food) I do remember it makes awesome leftovers! And I think I will poll my son and daughter and see if they remember it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Today, one of my most favorite foods is basil pesto. I love it, it is easy to put together, I don't need a recipe, it just happens in my food processor and it freezes well. Sauté a bit of chicken, veggies on hand (broccoli, zucchini, anything like that), throw in some cooked pasta and stir in pesto until it looks like you want it to look when you eat it and eat! Mm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">An old memory, Swenson's Drive In, in Akron Ohio. Once we got to Akron and settled in, my Mom was like a homing pigeon to Swenson's and we would drive there and park, the food brought to us on a tray and we would eat in the car. My sister and I thought it was such a novelty and my mother felt like she had come home. She was unhappy in her marriage to my biological father ("Dad" is reserved for my wonderful step-father who has passed away) and I think going home to Akron and something like that Drive-In food joint was a normalcy she needed and she enjoyed sharing it with my sister and I. I can say this now that I can think back and see her with an adult's perspective, this place helped her in some way. The familiar. Home.<br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-53773450788816727192011-02-23T16:56:00.001-08:002011-02-23T17:00:23.489-08:00Catch Up and Odds and Ends<span xmlns="">State of my Desk Address:<br />
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My "Re-Do" project is officially behind me now. I have started a new database in Roots Magic 4 and gone file by file of every person I have a file for and built their information based on what I physically have in hand as evidence, and everything I have is sourced and cited. I do have one file with about 5 documents to transcribe but that is it. This job took me about 6 months longer than I wanted but I am easily distracted and go through periods of leaving the family history work sit. While I do have a lot of information and dates, they are based on my mother's cousins genealogy, a woman I have mentioned many times. She did an amazing amount of work over the years but it is in book form so I have to view this information as a reference. And, there are a couple of lines I am not sure I agree with. I am forever in her debt in drawing out my interest in my 20's. I remember her visit here back then, she held me rapt with all the family stories and literally gave me the genealogy bug. She sent me home that night with a chart and a big smile on my face. Thank you, Patsy!<br />
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Now with my work separated out, now is the challenge to see how I stand up as a genealogist as I now have to tackle a lot of work needing done. I have so many lines I want to work on right now, today, immediately! I am a very impatient person. I have had some very nice people contact me about people in my tree but with my re-do project I was trying very hard not to get too sidetracked. I suppose I ought to start with the lines that people have reached out to me about. Good plan! The Cowden's and Stockton's have been neglected. My ggg-grandfather Cowden fought in the Revolutionary War on the Loyalist side. I would like to find that information. The Briggs is a brick wall. The Hensley's are a brick wall. It is assumed my Bannister Hensley is the family line that goes back to Marjorie Bruce of Scotland. I don't necessarily believe this so need to do some work to prove his parentage. My Baldwin's it is said came from Connecticut and moved down through the south to Tennessee. I have a way back Huguenot I would like to prove or disprove. The Duncan's, this line is another possible Revolutionary War soldier. This is all just my mother's paternal line, I haven't even mentioned the Scottish side of my mothers maternal side. A LOT of work to be done there. See! The list goes on and on. I love chasing the story. So now with all the podcasts I have listened to, all the classes I have been taking, webinars I have been sitting on and all the awesome Genealogists I am exposed to every day by social media and blog reading its time to get into my "zone".<br />
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Three episodes in I would like to thank NBC for cutting way back on the annoying recaps. It was almost insulting to be retold the story when back from commercial like I couldn't remember anything through the half dozen or more commercials I patiently sat through! I feel like this year they realize people are intelligent. I really liked Vanessa Williams episode. Her interest in what was going on was obvious, she wanted to learn, and it seemed she wanted to figure things out. One big thing I came away with that was a lead. My Great Grandfather, David Washington Duncan, served on the Tennessee Legislature as well and when Vanessa was shown the certificate of election, I realized that David W. might have one in the archives too so I made that a to do item in RM4. <br />
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Now, I know this will shock people but I did not know who Tim McGraw was. I am not a country music fan and I do not follow entertainment news of any kind unless the blurbs are thrust into my CNN rss feed that hits my Google Reader. Of the three episodes I liked his the least. He didn't seem invested like Vanessa and Rosie. I could see he was interested but the feeling I got was it was cool to him but not something he might do on his own, unlike the other two subjects. What I did not like about the episode came at the end. It was the Presley connection. Now that he got excited about. Again, I am not an Elvis fan, I grew up in a house were The Beatles and Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass was "it". Haha. I am passionate about my heritage and extremely proud of it. I am as proud of my Dundee, Scotland ancestors who slogged out their days in the Jute mills of the mid 1800's as I am of my lone Revolutionary War soldier and everyone in between. He was given his family history which was, to me, very interesting and exciting so when they pulled the Elvis card (for ratings?) it kind of made me say, "ugh!". It wasn't really unnecessary. When he went back to his Uncle to tell of what they found out, he sounded like that was the best part. This is just observation, I hope I don't sound too harsh. I realize they had a story to tell, I just felt the Presley on the boat connection was not needed.<br />
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Rosie O'Donnell's episode was by far the best in both seasons. She saw the work that goes into the search, she appreciated it and let everyone know throughout the episode that she appreciated the work and expertise that goes into research like this. They used a range of sources and I think going to these sources showed that this is not a quick or easy hobby or profession. Her story was interesting, she was willing to jump in and question and figure out. I feel WDYTYY is engaging the subjects more this season to be a part of the process. It was a very human story, very touching and it put her own life into a new perspective. Seeing the kind of life her family lived in the poor house in Ireland was very compelling. I have to admit that I do not know a lot about the potato famine of the time and now am intrigued to learn more about it.<br />
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This week I plan on jumping in on the <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers">Radio Chat</a> that Thomas MacEntee is hosting. I subscribed to the show via iTunes and listened to the three prior shows today and wished I had been there. It was so cool listening to the voices that I see on FB and blogs that I follow! I promise not to become a rabid type fan girl! *smile*<br />
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Speaking of... a big thank you to Paula Hinkle and Thomas MacEntee for the Jamboree button on my blog. I can't go, I can't afford to do much traveling but I would love to get to some of these major Genealogy events! Gosh, everyone has so much fun!! I will be there in spirit!<br />
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Enough catching up.. Until next time!<br />
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</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638438768826998135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885433803501218825.post-45429100930217336532011-02-06T16:29:00.001-08:002011-02-06T16:36:17.335-08:00Burning Questions ~ I haz 'em<span xmlns="">Below is a transcript that I found last year quite by accident and this site and all of the hard work of the site owner had opened up a brick wall for me. I have since dug in to find out more about my Edwards family. It goes slow, that big re-do project everyone is very tired of reading about and so on (this is part of the re-do project btw!!).. Grin. I do have a copy of the original document but shamelessly did not transcribe because it was already done. I ordered "Alleghany County Heritage" from The Alleghany County Historical-Genealogical Society this weekend so hoping I find a lot of information. Edwards was a prolific surname in Ashe and Alleghany Counties, North Carolina, and still is today. I would like to add these counties to my travel list. A travel list that I don't get to do much of. I am committed to burn up my vacation to Pennsic this year but plan on 2012 to be a somewhere else vacation. I wanted it to be Scotland, I won't be able to afford it by then so I will be doing some Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia travel plans. See how quick I slide off topic?<br />
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Two more books I would like to find, they have Edwards Family mentions:<br />
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<span lang="0" style="color: #004080; font-size: x-small;">History of the Davis fam. des. of John Davis, d. East Hampton, LI. By Albert H. Davis. New York, 1888.<br />
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The family of Granville H. Cox, 1822-1888, of early Ashe County, North Carolina, and Atchison County, Missouri</span> <br />
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This document had a lot of information and one of the informants, Jane Duncan, is my great-great-great-grandmother. Within is her father, his father, their families. It was easy to source. I could attach it to a lot of places in my database!<br />
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However, in putting the information in RM4 and doing my sourcing, the questions started to arise. The document is created in 1892 with a witnessed post script in 1954. The deed was registered in 1925. That is a long span of time. Why such a long time.<br />
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And.. The big question.<br />
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What required my ggg-grandmother and her two sisters to give this information and why is it all posted in a deed book? I think I will have to figure out why this proceeding happened. William Edwards died in 1869, so why was this done in 1892? I don't know much about deeds and land and all that but I find it odd that this document exists. I am grateful for it, it is a great genealogical find! But I want to know the why of it all, I always do! It is probably a very simple reason.<br />
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Here is the transcript with the website credit to the real transcriber:<br />
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Alleghany County, NC, Deed Book 33, pp.524-525<br />
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COPY <br />
Edwards William Descendants <br />
State of North Carolina, Alleghany County<br />
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<b><i>Interlineations by Transcriber</i></b><br />
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This day Sarah CHOATE and Nancy FENDER and Jane E. DUNCAN comes before me and each in one form of law makes oath. Mrs. CHOATE that she was born January 13th, 1809, Mrs. FENDER 16th of April 1815, Mrs. DUNCAN, September 4th, 1817, in North Carolina.<br />
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<span xmlns="">That their fathers name was William EDWARDS and was born in Orange County, North Carolina, October 15th, 1776, and that his wife's maiden name was Nancy CARTER, and that the names of his brothers and sisters were Starling EDWARDS, David EDWARDS, Elizabeth EDWARDS, who married Henry BREWER, Polly EDWARDS who married Syl or Cil BREWER, Susan EDWARDS who married Charles TOLIVER, Sally EDWARDS who married Jacob CROUSE.<br />
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That their Grandfather's name on their father's side was William EDWARDS <b>[actually their grandfather was David EDWARDS]</b> and that he lived in Orange County, North Carolina <b>[true]</b>, and that he died about 1779, according to their information, and that their said grandfather came from England and settled in Virginia, prior to his coming and settling in North Carolina, and that their said grandfather had two brothers, if no more, to wit: Thomas EDWARDS and Robert EDWARDS <b>[not true]</b>, and he their said grandfather had a sister by the name of Frankie EDWARDS, but neither one knows who she married. That their grandfather's brother Robert EDWARDS, after coming to America and staying awhile, returned to England <b>[not true]</b>, according to the information that they received from their father, and the reports and traditions of the family, when they were little girls, and that their said grandfather married Elizabeth or Betsy MORRIS <b>[probably true]</b>, and that he either married her in Virginia or at least she came from Virginia.<br />
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That the brothers and sisters names of affiants were Thomas EDWARDS, Nathaniel EDWARDS, David EDWARDS, Johnathan EDWARDS, Joshua EDWARDS, and the three affiants. That after the death of their said grandfather his widow then married Richard WILLIAMS and Sarah CHOAT makes oath than when she was a child or little girl she often heard the lessee of the property of Robert EDWARDS, the brother of her grandfather, speak of and that he leased it, or in some way left it, and returned to England, and soon after he thus returned to England that he died: and that the said property of said Robert EDWARDS, was in the state of New York on in the vicinity therof.<br />
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That their uncle Starling EDWARDS children were Peggy who married RIGGINS, Rhoda who married Amos HOWELL, Betsy married Henry WOODIE, Sally married Wm. WOODIE, Rachel married a LAWRENCE, Lucy married a RHOUTS or FOUTS, and that his boys names were John EDWARDS, William EDWARDS and Clisby EDWARDS.<br />
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Their uncle David's childrens names were William EDWARDS, Henry or Hal EDWARDS, Morris EDWARDS, S.O. EDWARDS, and Phoebe who married A.B. COX, Sally who married Hutch BURTON, Mahala who married Henry RICHARDSON, Betsy who married Jesse CONLEY, Thursy who married Noah WARD.<br />
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They do not know who the children of Elizabeth, Polly or Susan were, but the children of their aunt Sallie CROUSE, Candace who married John WOODRUFF, David CROUSE, Jacob CROUSE, John CROUSE, Charles CROUSE, William CROUSE, Sally who married Martin GAMBILL, Betsy, James ANDERS, Margaret married Lorenza ANDERS, Frankie married Richard CHEEK.<br />
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[Signed] Sarah CHOAT, Nancy FENDER, Jane E. DUNCAN <br />
Attest: W.C. FIELDS, J.F. WARDEN<br />
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Sworn to before me and subscribed before me at Sparta in Alleghany County, North Carolina, this March 24th, 1892. Given under my hand and official seal of office, at office in Sparta in said County and State, this March 24th, A.D. 1892. W.E. COX, Clerk.<br />
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Subscribed and sworn to before me, this May 15, 1925. A.F. REEVES, Clerk Superior Court.<br />
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Filed for registration May 15, 1925. Registered May 23, 1925. L.E. EDWARDS, Register of Deeds..<br />
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<b>[The following is written in the margin of the deed book]</b> Correction: David EDWARDS, Sr., was the son of John EDWARDS and was a soldier in Continental Army. He married Elizabeth MORRIS. David EDWARDS, Jr., was the son of David EDWARDS, Sr. He married Elizabeth ANDREWS and settled near Zion Church. This May 20, 1954. [Signed] Geo. W. EDWARDS. Witness: Ernest E. EDWARDS, Register of Deeds.<br />
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So, I found the document, and didn't find the document, that is helping with a time line:</span><br />
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-Affair with George Valentine. <br />
-Produced daughter Elizabeth c. 1847. (illegitimate) <br />
-Married William Nicoll 6/28/1851. <br />
-David Nicoll born c 1852. <br />
-I am assuming William Nicoll died between their marriage and 1855 when John Anderson was born, she is a widow on his birth registration. <br />
-John Anderson born 1855. (illegitimate).<br />
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The document I found is the marriage record for William Nicoll and Margaret Anderson in Brechin, where she was born. Date 6/28/1851. Unfortunately I have the search and the record number but when I went to look at the record it was not the correct record. I reported it to ScotlandsPeople so hopefully I will get a hold of the actual record at some point.</span><br />
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Additional searches found nothing. I searched for:<br />
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David Nicoll's birth record.<br />
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<span xmlns=""> William Nicoll's death record but I don't know enough about him to know if any of the search finds are him and the deaths are recorded in a book not really giving next of kin information.<br />
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Re the 1861 Census, I searched David Nicholl, David Anderson, John Anderson, John Nicoll, Margaret Nicoll, Margaret Anderson. I just can not find this census.<br />
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