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,
This has nothing to do with my own family history, but this old drinking song was supposedly played by the Tombstone Brass Band at the funeral of Frank and Tom McLaury, and Billy Clanton after the shootout at the O.K. Corral. Listen here (Note the warning about old-timey language.) Catchy, right? I vote we make it
Of course it would have to be in the middle of the busiest weekend in my year that I discover that my 3rd Great-Grandpa on my dad’s side, John Priestly (J. P.) Gravitt (1836-1921), was a Civil war POW. This all came about when I discovered that another collateral ancestor’s Civil War Pension application was
This week has been insane. I’m one of the (least-effective) organizers of the Canton Festival of the Arts and our big event is down for tomorrow and Sunday (May 18th and 18th) from 10am-5pm. If you are anywhere near Canton, Georgia, it’s an excellent event. I’m especially looking forward to the photographers, jewelry makers, southern authors and
Grover Cleveland Rice, Jr. (1917-1922) is buried at New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Acworth, in Cherokee County, Georgia. He was the son of my 2nd great grand uncle, (also named Grover Cleveland Rice) and Ada Lovingood, also both of Cherokee County, Georgia. The thing that struck me about his grave is that his tombstone
And I mean, literally, how to go there and research the Forsyth County, Georgia Probate and Land Records. I’ve been to each office one time so I’m by no means an expert on these records but I thought I would try and help any researcher who comes behind me. So here’s my little, not guaranteed
I don’t even know if I should post this, but what the heck. Facts are facts… Do you know when you get those little nagging feelings that you’re not done researching? That there’s something out there that you really want to see? Long story short, one of my great-grand-grandfathers married twice. Being a bit of a completist,
I spent all this time transcribing these land records having to do with my 4th Great-Grandfather, George W. West, so I thought I would share them with you. The Book and Page where they can be found is at the top of each record. This is my first experience with land records so I have
It’s Friday again! And that means my only job today is to point out all of the other awesome blogs, posts and sites I’ve encountered during the week. Without further ado… Blogs & Sites Yesterday I became enamored with Many Branches, One Tree. Maybe this is because I’m very interested in Mexico and Mexican history
I’ve been slack on blogging because I’ve been doing lots of actual work – genealogical and otherwise. Yesterday, I finally made the hour drive to to poke around in Forsyth County’s land records. Though I haven’t yet found where my ancestor George W. West actually bought his land, I did find where he was selling it off