Category Archives: Personal Family History

Creating the History in Family History

Share “Every once in awhile an artifact will come across your desk when doing genealogy that makes all the hours of researching worth it.  Sometimes its in the form of a particular article left by an ancestor, it may be … Continue reading

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Organize your Genealogy from the beginning.

Share “For many genealogical researhers the task of organizing years of records from file cabinets to computer based programs is an overwhelming task.  The age of computers and digitization is upon us and the years of file folders and big … Continue reading

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William Hubbs of Laurens County South Carolina Patriot or Loyalist ?

Share “The first colony established on the Ashley river in the present state of south Carolina was in the year 1671.  These early settlers were a group of English people direct from the Old World, and another group, the members … Continue reading

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Sarah Elizabeth Ellis Carter

Share                 Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of Hezekiah Ellis and Sarah/Sallie Gunnel Hurst.  She was born on the 10 April probably in the year 1824 in Fayette Co. Kentucky.  Her father died within the year that she was born … Continue reading

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Childhood Memories

Share “I grew up in Idaho and I really did walk 5 miles in the snow uphill to get to school.  It seemed like whenever I would complain about the cold winters or the long bus rides or the walks … Continue reading

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Harrison Hobbs or Hubbs of Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas

Share Harrison Hobbs was born about 1835 in Laurens County South Carolina.  Little is known about his early childhood except for the fact that his parent John Hobbs and Isabella Madden like so many other pioneer families moved their family … Continue reading

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Martha Jane Boyles

Share Martha Jane Boyles has become to be known to many who have researched this family line as the illusive Martha Boyles. I think to begin to tell her story we first must relate the many family traditions that have … Continue reading

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The Guitars in my Life

Share After helping my parents and elderly friend downsize their houses I have had to take a serious look at my own home and wonder what will be important to my children some day when it comes time to either … Continue reading

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