Last year, I took a “break” and visited the Gooch Family Reunion for the first time in several years. This reunion is for anyone descended from ol’ man Jim Gooch (1829-1913). I suppose anyone descended from Jim’s dad Tillman would be welcome as well! For that 2021 Reunion (the 84th one!), I was nearly blind …
Every life has many stories. Wonderful happy stories and sometimes tragic stories. If we look, we see the stories. Here we have the grave marker of two brothers, proclaimed as “World’s Greatest Brothers” on the flower vase between the headstones. You might note that they also have the same death date. Often when we see …
Genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org provide a wealth of information on our ancestors. We, as the descendants, pull together memorial pages to show relationships and to remember those who came before us. These are great resources for most people. There are, however, many people from the past that are not well-documented or are …
An exceptional visit to Rose Hill Cememtery, remembered on the 50th anniversary of Duane Allman’s death.
I’m concentrating on many long-overdue tasks related to the family of my Maternal Grandmother. Deadlines have a way of focusing one’s attention! My Mother’s Mother was Zura Gooch Todd, raised in the North Georgia mountains in a place that came to be known as “Lost Hollow.” Just up the creek from that farm is Mt. …
On Mount Kenya Road, south of Nanyuki, Kenya, there are two cemeteries, one is about 100 yards north of the equator, the other about 100 yards south of the equator. They are very different cemeteries. South of the equator is the Nanuyuki Commonwealth War Cemetery. It is pristine, well-maintained and orderly. North of the equator …
We can often connect family members via newspaper articles. Here’s a recent example. A Death Notice and a “Visit” item Here is a Death Notice and a “Visit” item from Dahlonega, Georgia from 1884. It was in The Daily Signal 8 June 1884 Vol 1 No 1 page 2. This is before family-placed obituaries were …
When I was an undergrad at GSU, I wrote for the student newspaper, The Signal. While I mostly wrote news bits and a few features on some minor controversies. I was taken aback about a story told to me when I was making my routine stop by the Campus Police Station. I had already heard …
The Family Bible Preservation Project does great work in getting non-standard genealogical sources indexed and connected to the records of the people recorded. They also issue interesting and fun genealogical challenges – usually finding someone in an obscure reference, such as people mentioned in an embroidered sampler. I took on a challenge, from the attached …
I received a phone call on my cell phone recently…. with so many spam calls, I was expecting it to be annoying, however instead it was a kind voice, apologetic, letting me know she might have a wrong number… She was looking for a friend, Janet Profitt, and all she had to go on was …
