Mom and I have been archiving my Granna’s things and she found this: This is mom and dad’s wedding punch, as prepared by my Grandmama, Barbara Dunn. It sounds pretty tasty, doesn’t it? I think I’ll make it for my next party. 🙂
Sometimes when I’m really, really into researching a certain family or line I’ll realize that I am holding a grudge against a family member. Not sure what I mean? Here are two examples: My 3rd Great-Grandfather Lightner West was killed in the Civil War. He left behind a widow, Sarah Elizabeth Moore West, and an
Last week was an amazing week genealogically! I received DNA results for my father and maternal grandfather (Edward West). The Wests are Vikings! (Okay, that’s a simplification, but we are haplotype I-M253 with origins in Scandinavia, and I’ve been reading about Vikings lately so I’m claiming it.) I also got in touch with a member of our “long
I know, right? War is hell. And from the transcripts of the interview you are about to read, you’ll see that that my grandpa, WW2 vet Edward West’s, experiences were extremely hellish. But he was also very fortunate in that, having a relatively late date of birth, he wasn’t drafted at the end of the
This signature, from the Confederate Pension Application of John Berry Duncan, hurts my heart. It’s so tentative and misspelled. You can tell it was written by someone who doesn’t have to write much. John Berry Duncan was born Feb 16, 1822 in Greenville, SC or Gwinnett County, GA and died April 21, 1915. In 1836,
Once again I have let my feed reader get dangerously behind as I had a busy week of “real life.” I joined the YMCA and began taking exercise classes (my whole body protests) and had the new-homeowner pleasure of my very first appliance dying on me. And it was my refrigerator. In other words, this week I’ve been hurting
I’m not yet sure if he was one of ours, but considering the name Gravitt (and it’s many variations) is fairly uncommon in the U.S. and this child lived very close to our family (and actually originated in Forsyth County, Georgia – the same area as my Gravitt family), I’m certain this 11-year-old child was
I’m planning a genealogy trip to upper South Carolina this summer and when I go, I have to admit that I will Couchsurf if I possibly can. When you first tell people about Couchsurfing they generally have one of two reactions: 1.) They’re intrigued 2.) They think it’s insane and dangerous (I’m looking at you,
Apparently I haven’t ventured out into the town square of Canton, GA on Memorial Day before, because I was very proud and surprised to see a field of crosses commemorating the area’s war dead. (Excuse the terrible iPhone pics. I couldn’t see for the bright sun and I’m a terrible photographer as it is.) Flanking
So this little known footage from c. 1969 actually stars some very special child stars – my mother, Luanne West, her brothers, Jeff, Jason and Joby West and their cousins, Danny and Ray West. There’s even a very special guest appearance by my every-day-very-much-missed Granna, Ellabel Duncan West. If there were DVD extras on this,