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Blacksheep Sunday: Crist Hays Carrico

Posted in events, tagged on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The story of my second great-grandfather Crist Hayes Carrico is a very sad one indeed. Once a prominant civil engineer employed by the railroads, Crist Carrico died a grisly death on a dark and lonely country road.
His once-respected life had devolved into that of the “town drunk”, a lost soul.
At the time of his death, [...]

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Names, Places & Most Wanted Faces (meme)

Posted in events, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2009 | Comments Off

On Thomas’s Destination: Austin Family:
Craig Manson over at Geneablogie has started a new meme which I think is important since it gets the surnames in my genealogy research info out into the blogosphere.  As Craig put it:
“List the surnames you are researching and the general localities. Then tell the names of your “Most Wanted Ancestors,” [...]

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More Kentucky connections

Posted in cousins, research sites, tagged on February 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

My boss is coming back to work this next week part-time, so there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel! So, very soon I will be able to really get back into genealogy!A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a lady in Ohio who is reseaching the surname Carrico. [...]

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If you could have dinner with four of your ancestors…

Posted in events, tagged , , , , on January 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I have been so busy at work that I missed the last Carnival of Genealogy, so I figured I’d better get something going right now for the next Carnival! The topic will be: If you could have dinner with four of your ancestors who would they be and why? What a great question! [...]

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Finally…

Posted in volunteering, tagged , on October 4, 2007 | Comments Off

…I have started transcribing the transcription of the Limestone County marriage records. For the first week that I had the cd containing the records, I didn’t do anything with it. Allergy season is really bad this year!!! But, I finally started the job on Tuesday, and I am currently on page 5. I hope to [...]

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Almost done with the Bennetts

Posted in technology, tagged , on August 12, 2007 | Comments Off

I have finished up with Charles and his 3 wives. And he was only in his 40’s when he died! I didn’t really learn anything new about him, just got all the info and sources into my FTM.
Next I went up a generation to Joshua F Bennett, Charles’ grandfather. Not much info on him. Before [...]

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Oooops!

Posted in documentation, tagged on July 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I just mailed the request for Crist Carrico’s death certificate! I sorta forgot, I guess. Too much excitement! Anyway, that’s in the mail and on the way, so in about 4 weeks (if I filled out the money order correctly!) or less, maybe I’ll know a bit more about him. That’s if the state of [...]

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