The software that I use for my genealogy site automatically generates a What’s New page that looks back 45 days. The only drawback is that it only tells you that a record has been changed. It doesn’t tell you what was changed. This is a slightly more detailed description of the edits. Photos Added photos Read More
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Family History: A 70-day Marriage in The Great War
There’s such a contrast in the handwriting on historical documents. I found the marriage license for one of my cousins, a cousin twice removed, or 1C2R. Clara Reynolds McKee, born in 1876 in Galveston, married George Edward Fay in 1894. The names on their marriage license are very elegant, as if the clerk knew to Read More
Genealogy Updates for February 2024
My genealogy site has a What’s New listing that’s pretty generic. Here’s more information on the February 2024 updates.
Breakthroughs
Scored a couple of breakthroughs, in writing and genealogy.
Genealogy Profile: Rebecca Florence Smith
Rebecca Florence Smith is my maternal grandmother, known in my family as “Nan.” She was the second of thirteen children born to Albert Campbell Smith and Mary Susan Mallow, in Randolph County, West Virginia. I didn’t know her well. She died when I was fifteen, and by the time I was old enough to really Read More