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The McBurnetts and the Civil War

Posted in Civil War, census, documentation, tagged on April 28, 2009 | Comments Off

If I were to do a one-name study, the McBurnett surname would probably be my first choice to examine. Nicholas McBurnett lived and raised his family in Georgia during the most turbulent period in United States history, the Civil War Era. Of his 11 children, 3 sons and 2 sons-in-law fought in the conflict. Sons [...]

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An Easter egg hunt in the rain!

Posted in Civil War, events, research sites on April 12, 2009 | Comments Off

Randy doesn’t get to have all of the fun on Saturday nights! His latest version of Saturday Night Genealogy Fun is an Easter egg hunt, of course. The rules:
1. Pick a place that you have ancestry, but don’t know much about.
2. Go to Google (or your favorite search engine) and put in the place [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted in Civil War, events, tagged on March 18, 2009 | Comments Off

“J McBurnett, deceased… of Company B,  Capt Cobb’s Legion, Ga Vol… Alleged died in hospital 30th July 1863…”
Civil War Soldiers- Confederate- GA
Footnote.com

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“Mr McBurnett lost 2 sons…”

Posted in Civil War, tagged on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

My McBurnett research has lead me to Footnote.com, looking for Civil War military records for Dovie McBurnett’s uncles.
Her grandfather Nicholas McBurnett had 11 children, including 8 sons. Certainly an unlucky number in 1860 Georgia!
Thomas McBurnett was 19 years old in 1860 and brother Joshua was only 16. Both joined Company B, Cobb’s Legion from Carroll [...]

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The government does… move… slowly…..

Posted in Civil War, documentation, tagged on March 14, 2009 | Comments Off

The father-in-law of my first-cousin-three-times-removed was loyal to the United States during the Civil War. Dr Francis B Appling lived in or near New Lexington,Tuscaloosa County, Alabama most of his life. Though of eligible age (age 8-80, so it must have seemed as the war took its toll) for service with the Confederate Army, he [...]

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GenealogyBank to the rescue (again!)

Posted in Civil War, research sites, tagged on March 10, 2009 | Comments Off

I don’t have a standing subscription to GenealogyBank.com, but I do stop by every few months, since I have found so many newpaper clippings there, mostly involving my Stanley and Kennedy ancestors.
This evening I wondered about the ‘Net, looking for anything new on Francis B Appling of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, from my Stanley line. Nothing from [...]

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A little town in Pennsylvania…

Posted in Civil War, cemeteries on November 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

On a cold, blustery day in November, President Abraham Lincoln was asked to make a few comments at the dedication ceremony for a new cemetery. And possibly the most eloquent document in our country’s history was born…
Gettysburg, Penn., Nov 19, 1863:
Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new [...]

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