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The memories of a twelve-year-old

Posted in events, general research, tagged on July 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »

(This post is written for the Carnival of Genealogy, 76th Edition: How I spent my summer vacation… a favorite summer memory from your youth. Tell us what summers were like when you were a wee tad pole. Did you vacation with family? Go to a youth camp? Hang out at the local park? Watch fireworks? [...]

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A wealth of new info has appeared…

Posted in research sites, tagged on July 9, 2009 | Comments Off

…from an unlikely (to me, at least) source: Ancestry.com.
Why unlikely? Because the info was found using Ancestry’s “new” search.
Their “new” search has been available for some time now, but only rarely have I ever found anything of value using the “new” search. For whatever reason, I can find many more goodies using the “old” search.
In [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted in events, tagged on July 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Land Grant to Daniel McBurnett
287 1/2 acres
Franklin County, Georgia
17 May 1784

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Another death in the family? Maybe not…

Posted in back-up, software, tagged on April 30, 2009 | Comments Off

As genealogists, we frequently reference the deaths of ancestors. This is different kind of death, however:
GeoCities seems to be on its last breaths:
Current GeoCities customers:
After careful consideration, we have decided to close GeoCities later this year. We’ll share more details this summer. For now, please sign in or visit the help center for [...]

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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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“For burral expenses for James McBurnett”

Posted in documentation, tagged on April 23, 2009 | Comments Off

James McBurnett and all his info and documents are now safely tucked away in my RootsMagic database. One of the final documents deals with James’ final expenses:

1 Clothes & Robe   $29.50
2 yd blacken (black linen?) .20
1 Pr Goves [...]

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Hold the presses! or let’s compare signatures

Posted in documentation, tagged on April 23, 2009 | Comments Off

A couple of days ago, I presented the evidence that I have collected while trying to figure out which James McBurnett of Carroll County, Georgia was my second great-granduncle.
I have 2 documents that were signed by James McBurnett, but the second, on his Indigent Confederate Pension Application, contained only his “mark”, an X. This second [...]

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