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I have been researching Giles Holt for 13 years now. He enslaved my ancestor, Malinda Holt. I concluded about a year ago that I may never find out where and how Giles acquired her. That saddens me. There’s simply a limit to the written records. At some point, accepting this and being happy about what […]
This is my great-grandmother, Effie Blanche Fendricks, who was born in Hardin County, TN, ca. 1891. She was one of 13 children (8 who survived). Effie married Walter Springer and birthed 9 children, 7 of whom survived to adulthood. When I interviewed my grandmother Mattie, she shared many fond memories of her mother. Effie’s husband […]
Cluster research again leads to a research breakthrough. Shown at left is my grandmother, the ever-wonderful Mattie Mae Springer. She was born in Hardin County, TN in 1921. Both of her parents’ roots have been brick walls. Her parents, Walter Springer and Effie Fendricks, were both also born in Tennessee. It is the search for […]
We Tree’s Weekly Genealogy Prompt #27 asks us to visit the graves of local celebrities and talk about their lives. I’ll profile a celebrity not in my local area, but in the local area I am researching. My maternal ancestors are from a rural, Southwestern county in Tennessee called Hardin County that most folks haven’t […]
If your ancestor went to college, write to the school to see if they still have any records left. Start with the Archives department. You can also contact Admissions to find out what department has historic student records. This is a record many genealogists do not think of. Pauline at Bennett My grandmother, Pauline, attended […]
I absolutely, positively LOVE court records! OK, I guess I should caveat that: I don’t particularly like court records about myself, but historical court records in search of those ever-elusive ancestors are way, way cool. They are second on my “genealogical excitement” scale only to Civil War pension records. I have an entire brief I […]
