Genealogy

Our ancestors played their role. Especially those who fought in wars and strove to create a better world. We are in no position to agree or disagree with their lifestyle choices, because those times belong solely to the past. …

1779. June 20. Battle of Stono Ferry The Battle of Stono Ferry was fought near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by poorly trained militia forces under American General Benjamin Lincoln. Stories Elijah Clark…

Finding my family — -CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN- I find myself repeating certain bits of information, both to myself, and in the writing of this journal. I have turned this information over in my mind many times trying to make sense of some of it. Trying to fit the scattered fragments into some sort of cohesive…

Using family tree research to understand my epigenome — When I was a kid and would visit my grandma, I was interested in why she had stacks of used margarine containers in a cupboard in the kitchen. I learned from my dad about how my grandma had lived through the Great Depression, and how she saved things that might…

Archibald Holland — YouTube Archibald Holland drew in the 1821 Georgia Land Lottery 202 1/2 acres of land in the 14th District of Henry County (later Fulton County). This land went as far South as Fulton Street, Northside Drive was on the North and West. Archibald built a house about…

Finding my family — -CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX- My mother always had many religious items all around the house. She had numerous bibles, Mass books, prayer books, rosaries, icons, and crucifixes. They were everywhere, so I did not pay much attention to them when I was a child. When we had to clean out her house…

Since the pandemic, access to public records has greatly changed. Especially here in Georgia. My experience last summer after the Georgia State Archives re-opened was appalling. First and foremost, here in Atlanta, after a year into the pandemic, masks were seldom worn in most restaurants, drug stores, grocery stores, etc…