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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 May 24
(I have decided to share randomness that I learn a long the way of discovering more of my family history. I actually have known about this particular Mr. Walke for awhile, because he isn't as far back as some. But I've always...
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April
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
19 May 24
When digging through family tree stuff on Ancestry.com earlier I traced my paternal grandfather's paternal line back to my great-great-great-great grandparents.
I always get a little excited when a picture pops up with the tips...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Jan 22
When I was about fourteen or fifteen I had a girlfriend who had a sad family history. I will name her Linda for privacy reasons. Her parents were divorced and she lived with her mom who was an alcoholic. I recall one time her...
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J.N.R Dutton
@jnrdutton (3452)
• United States
16 Mar 21
I was spending a lot of time this morning doing family history research. It started b/c I was looking for my great grandmother Annie Alma Christy (Shelton)'s obituary, and went from there.
Found out my family on the Shelton side...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
8 Jun 20
So a few days ago I told you about how John fell out of a barn loft during a total eclipse of the sun. He was on the look out for Native Americans, and it's likely he got startled / disoriented and simply kept walking.
Well,...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
23 Nov 19
So I figured I might talk about it again.
I had a few other ideas for discussions, but I'll stick with this one. I have written about this in creative format a long time ago,but I deleted that discussion awhile back.
This is...
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
26 Nov 18
Last Christmas, my husband and I sent DNA samples to Ancestry. com. Periodically during the past year, we received messages from Ancestry that they had discovered a possible relative. In every case, it was someone we already knew...
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Deborah-Diane
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Oct 18
Last Christmas, my husband and I ordered DNA kits from Ancestry.com. This week, a young woman contacted me through Ancestry and said that we were distantly related.
The young woman put me in touch with her aunt, who is about ten...
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238361)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Sep 18
Before I was born, my dad and others made a bridge across the creek at our family cabin in Montana. In the 1980s, when I was a very young man, and my father was gone, I tore out the old, rotting bridge and made a new one.
Since...
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skydancer
@skydancer (2101)
• United States
29 May 18
I have been researching my genealogy off and on since early 2003. Over time, I have made use of different resources to aid me in my research. Here are some of my favorites.
1. Ancestry.Com
Everyone probably knows this one,...
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
12 May 17
Heck Yes i'm related to Davy Crockett!!!
Sarah L. Halford whom married Allen Edmundson had Sarolina Edmundson whom married Allen Gibson had Allie Dee Gibson whom married Elijah Granville Sewell Smith, Sewell and Allie or the...
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
11 May 17
Retha Eula (Rand) Smith -
My Maternal Grandmother Ellen's mother, This is the Great Grandmother i have referred to in my "Stories from Grandma" series. Great Grandma Retha was the 2nd oldest of 11 Children, born in 1918 and...
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
9 May 17
A story my Great Aunt Agnes used to tell us was that when she was a baby her mother had been joking with her 4 year old son whom was upset about yet another sister she said well why don't we just feed her to the hogs...
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
5 May 17
While researching my family tree i discovered i am related to to a rich heiress to piddled away her fortune left to her by her adoptive father, and who's many marriages could be the all time record.
According to a fellow...
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
20 Apr 17
Today I went and visited my Great Uncle and fixed his computer for him, then I had a breakfast burrito with him and my Great Aunt Carol. I then showed her some of the family research I had done for her on her family. She seemed so...
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
5 Apr 17
Here is a bit of an update on info i have found about Bonifacio's Phillippine relatives, apparently although he was born in Luzon, he lived in La Union? Is this close to Luzon or much farther? i contacted some Ulatan's i found on...
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Chris Bergstrom
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
4 Apr 17
This is a newer show that I just started watching it airs on BYU TV it is similar to the amazing race they do alot of contests and drive around trying to reach there destinations but what is Unique is there destination is a...
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