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ANCESTRY BUCKET BAG
FAMILY PHOTOS TO SHARE
I HAVE POSTED MY 18X24 WALL PRINT THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR OWN FAMILY PHOTOS IN, AND IT IS SO EASY. YOU CAN PERSONALIZE THIS YOURSELF!
ALSO, WITH THE POINTS AND PREMIER SPECIAL, YOU CAN GIVE THE GIFT OF HERITAGE MAKERS. IF YOU SIGN UP FOR A FREE ACCOUNT ON MY WEBSITE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS TEMPLATE.
Check out my website at Heritage Makers or email me at makeityourown@charter.net to give this wonderful gift!
For as little ad $25.00 they can get 25 publishing points with a month of free premier artwork. That is 90,000 pieces of art and 10,000 templates, for their projects!!
MY FATHER’S LIFE A SCRAPBOOK HISTORY
Digital scrapbooking is really the way of the future. No more cutting, pasting, sticking slicing and choosing the right paper. This is all digital, and you can MAKE IT YOUR OWN. I have been working on a scrapbook for my dad the last couple of months. He is having memory issues, and I wanted to make something he could look at and maybe recount some good times throughout his life. I did a chronological story and added photos to go along with them. Different phases from childhood to marriage, military and good friends.
I have begun working as an Independent Publishing Consultant with Heritage Makers. You can make so many wonderful projects. Here are two pics of his album and a link to look a the rest of it. I hope he likes it.
If you are interested in making a similar project, or a story book such as I made my mom, please contact me. I can show you how with Heritage Makers. It is an easy system, no software to download. You simply go to their website, upload photos, store them in albums and ” Drag and Drop” them into a project. Add some embellishments and your own words, and that is it!!
MY FAMILY TREE
I posted the template of the Family Tree on here the other day. Many people commented on the fact I posted it on Ancestry.com as well. A lot of likes. Was anyone interested in finding the HOW TO on it? On my site, it is template 93774 and 93775. It is an 8×20 canvas, but, you can easily make it a 11×14 poster to share with family.
DOCUMENTING YOUR HISTORY IN A BOOK
I have been doing family history for about fifteen years now. I have just found a way to pass on that heritage in a book form.
I became a personal publishing consultant with Heritage Makers. If you are looking for a way to create a storybook, scrapbook, this is the way to go. You create the projects digitally, and Heritage Makers publishes and sends you a copy of your very personal item. Look at what I have done so far…..
a scrapbook documenting my father’s life, click on the link below to view project in its entirity
Dad’s scrapbook
Mom’s book of her stories http://www.heritagemakers.com/projectBrowserStandAlone.cfm?projectID=2432180&productId=5&sponsorID=601955
Visit me on my website….www.heritagemakers.com/makeityourown to see what you can create.
FOLLOW ME FRIDAY….ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE
YOUR INFORMATION COULD BE WRONG
I have death certificates for several ancestors in Texas. I have several from Florida and Pennsylvania. Where do some of the tree makers on Ancestry get their family information? It seems some grab at twigs and branches just to try to make a tree!!!
It gets very frustrating when a leaf appears, and I look at the clue and there is no way this is the same person. Keep in mind, many names were similar. Family names were inherited through male and female. But, you need to look at ages, locations, siblings etc.
I try to compare at least three census records before I attach it. Then, I may also review the entire census in a community to verify other members of the same last name living there. Census records were not used in the same way they are today. Getting a name spelled correctly, well, it was phonetic. And you were lucky if the person had good handwriting at all.
When doing your research
DO
1. Compare census records, from previous years
2. Look at family members in all the census records, siblings, initials, dates of birth ages, on the record itself
3. Look at the marriage status of individuals, M/WD/ S…and many times the persons who married lived near each other, check an earlier census
4. Follow locations…people did move, but, usually was from one state to another or around a county, they kept it local, no cars in the 1800′s. They travelled slowly.
5. Look at family members in the community
6. Use death records and family info to verify
7. Use cemetery details for facts on dates and family members buried locally
8. Use surname message boards and state/county sites as well.
DO NOT
1. Attach a record because the name is the same
2. Record without verification/ cross referencing facts
3. Assume there was only one marriage
4. Get lost in the trees that are posted
5. Copy a tree
For those of us who create a family tree, it is vital information is not taken without communication. It takes years to gather all we have. While we do not mind sharing, it is more fun to connect with the person. Who know, you may find long-lost cousins as I have. If you are an Ancestry.com member, you can easily email for facts, photos or hints.
I have had several mysteries in my family with misspellings of names. Manny, Mamie and Mollie….my hunch of Mamie was correct. I found the obit.
Lumy, Lumley, Lummie and Lumnia….follow the records, Lumley was right. I have the death record.
Good luck in your search, and I wish you all the answers.
©FANNIESYOURAUNT
TOMBSTONE TUESDAY…..MCCALL/DISMUKE FAMILY IN GEORGIA
NANCY J MCCALL DISMUKE
Nancy was the daughter of Joseph McCall and Mary Drenan. Her brother John R. McCall was my 2nd great-grandfather.
After my Georgia trip, I felt compelled to post some of my favorite headstones. There is something haunting, yet serene about old cemeteries, and I really enjoyed being able to trample through some on the backroads of Georgia. I came across four different cemeteries while on my travels. I knew I would more than likely, not find any relatives. However, I did find some familiar names. Just like Drenan, the Dismuke and Dismukes names are sometimes interchanged.
E W Dismukes
From what I understand, my ggg grandmother Mary Drenan ( sometimes Drennan or Drennon ) , was of the Dismukes family. She married Joseph McCall Nov 7, 1850 in Muscogee County. Their two daughters, Emma E and Nancy J. also married into the Dismukes family. Nancy married Joseph T Dismukes. They are located in the 1880 census in Webster County and the 1900 census in Irwinville, Irwin County Georgia. It is said that Joseph McCall died from wounds sustained at Chickamauga.
Attached is a page from Memoirs of Georgia Vol II
Clem E. Cheatham of Dawson he entered the medical college of Georgia, Augusta, from which he graduated, Dr. H. V. M. Miller, now of Atlanta, being then a member of the faculty. After graduating he located in that part of Lee now included in Terrell county, near the present site of Dawson. He practiced there two years and then moved to his present location then known as “Hardmoney,” now Weston. Early in the war between the states he enlisted as a private in Company K, Seventeenth Georgia regiment, but soon afterward was commissioned as assistant surgeon, in which capacity he served until the surrender. He was present at the seven days’ fight around Richmond, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and the siege of Petersburg. On his return home after the war he resumed the practice of his profession, in which he has been successful, his patronage extending for miles around, even into adjoining counties. Dr. Dismukes was married in 1868 to Miss Nancy J., born and reared in Talbot county, Ga., daughter of Joseph and Mary (Drennin) McCall. Her father was killed in the battle at Kennesaw Mountain, and her mother is a member of Dr. Dismuke’s family. To Dr. and Mrs. Dismukes nine children have been born: Alice, wife of John Sims; William J., merchant, Weston; Forrest S., Coffee county; twin sister of Forrest, died in infancy; Robert Toombs; H. M.; Charles D.; Z. C.; and M. G., these last five at home. Dr. Dismukes is a democrat, and himself and wife are members of the Methodist church, of which he is a trustee.
(Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, 1895)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson
SYMPATHY SATURDAY
MARKERS OF INTEREST AND SADNESS
I love looking through cemeteries, I think I have stated this more than once, perhaps countless times. My husband now says, “where you grave diggin today” ? I enjoy the historical aspect. Looking at the different headstones can tell you so much about the person. The detail of markers from the mid 19th century are so detailed, you have to wonder why that craftsmanship is no longer requested.
The older cemeteries have much more interest to me. I hardly ever stop if I don’t see vertical markers. They have changed so much over time, from wooden markers to flat ones. These new cemeteries seem unadorned, although they are always covered with flowers. I look for the obelisks, there I know, I will find something intriguing.
But, sometimes, you come across a marker that makes you sad, that of a child. That is what I will show today. We have all heard the saying, ” no parent should ever have to bury their child “. Below are some photos I have taken of children’s headstone, from stillborn to seventeen years of age. Some parents lost two children. The lamb usually marks the grave of a child. The lamb always stands for innocence.
Lois Christine Swann, 1 year
Roger Speegle 1 year and Donald Speegle 2 years
Blaxton Boy
Charles E Lamb 1 year
Maggie Russel 17 years
Great-granddaughter of Setimus D. Cabaniss, no name or age
William James Sykes, 4 months
Curtis Ray Pepper, 2 months
Ruth Elizabeth Black, 9 years of age
Sally Haywood Hansell, three years
Edward Mason, 8 days old
James Edmond Gamble, 2 years
Mary Helen Gamble, 6 years
Burton Clements, 2 years
Infant son, Witty
William Witty, 4 months
Infant daughter, J.S. Crutcher
Too many children lost at a very early age. These are all from cemeteries in Madison, Limestone and Lawrence counties. You can search online for your relatives, and read bios on FindaGrave.
ALBERT AND ETHEL
ALBERT ROSS EWING AND ETHEL LUTISIA JONES EWING
Ethel and Albert Ewing, my maternal great-grandparents, are buried on Congress Hill, Graham cemetery, Sandycreek community, Venango county Pennsylvania. They were the parents of the eight children I spoke of earlier.
I do not know where they met, or how they came to be in Venango county. He was born in Butler county and she in Mercer county, these counties are adjoining.
