This is a photo I scanned while at my mom’s a few weeks ago. I know which part of my family it came from, but I’m having trouble identifying which war this young man served in. If I can figure that out, hopefully I can identify him. Can anyone tell me which war this young man fought in. Thanks in advance!
After writing about my Grandmother, Evelyn (Dickson) Kaechle, this past weekend, I decided to share some of her old family photos. The photos were probably all taken in Perry County, Tennessee where my grandmother grew up. This is a photo of Sallie (Dickson) Ward, my grandmother’s grandmother. My grandmother was raised by Sallie since her own mother, Nora (Ward) Dickson, died when she was only 8 months old. Sallie lived to be 99 years old and lived her entire life in Perry County, Tennessee. This photo was labeled “Sallie & Mary.” Sallie is Sallie (Dickson) Ward who is also pictured...
My grandmother, Evelyn (Dickson) Kaechle, was born 100 years ago today. Though she died in 2004 at the age of 88, I’m paying tribute to her by sharing part of her life’s story in words and photos. Evelyn was the fifth child born to James Bedford & Nora (Ward) Dickson. Both the Ward and Dickson families had lived in Perry County, Tennessee for generations. But, for some reason, Evelyn was born about 100 miles away in Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee on October 10th, 1915. Sadly, when Evelyn was only 8 1/2 months old, her mother died. I remember Grandma telling...
Earlier this year, I wrote about my grandmother’s grandfather, Reuben H. Ward. According to my grandmother’s story, he was a Methodist circuit rider who had been murdered while going down the river. His body was then thrown overboard. I uncovered more details of the story through newspaper articles. Index from Ancestry’s Insolvent Estates, Perry County, Tennessee Ward, R. H., page 62; Notice there is one more Ward and 2 more Whitwells who are also likely my relatives. I haven’t looked at these yet. This week, while looking at Ancestry’s new “probate and wills” databases, I discovered more information about Reuben...
Do you have a pile of photographs waiting to be scanned? Do you have old photo albums which you want copies of but don’t want to risk damaging the photos by removing them? Or are you going to visit a relative or to a reunion where you might want to scan photos? A photo scanned this weekend at my mom’s of me, age 7, in our roses Using a flatbed scanner is a tedious, time-consuming process which is more difficult to use “on the go.” And, using a cell phone to capture images from a relative’s scrapbook, which I’ve done...
Cousin Bait. That’s one of the reasons I, and other genealogists, blog. In other words, we’re hoping relatives will find our blog posts, recognize their own family members, and get in touch with us. When they get in touch with us, we hope they’ll share information with us as we share with them, too. (image from Wikipedia) I started blogging about a year and a half ago, though I was fairly sporadic at first. I have now completed 140 posts. And, I recently got my first ‘nibble!’ Bob wrote me saying he’d read my post about George Correy of Chester...
My husband I do not share any direct ancestors. However, my father’s DNA test led to a surprising discovery of an 1873 marriage between the granddaughter of my 4x great grandparents and the son of my husband’s 4x great grandparents. Here’s how I made the discovery… Ancestry’s hint showing my dad’s potential DNA match with Hardin Davis Trammell DNA “MATCH” I was looking at my father’s DNA matches on Ancestry under “New Ancestor Discoveries.” Ancestry says these are “potential new ancestors or relatives who are not already in your family tree.” My dad’s DNA showed 5 of these “potential” matches. So, what...
How do you share your genealogy work? For the past couple of months, I’ve been working on a family history book for one of my lines: the Holthoefer family. Although I contributed some of the research to the main part of the book, my ‘big’ contribution is a short chapter on a collateral line: the Kaechle/Koechle family. Even a ‘short’ chapter takes a lot of work! Headstone of Thaddeus Koechle (Photo by Shirley Lindenberger Hazelwood, posted at FindaGrave.com) Though it’s been a lot of hard work, I’ve learned a lot as I went through the process. And, no, it isn’t...
This week I had a breakthrough on my Snavely ancestors. I knew my 4x great grandfather, Jacob Coppenbarger (1769-1841) married Catherine Ann Snavely. But, Catherine Ann was the only Snavely I had found. My great aunt’s files had Catherine Ann’s father as “John Snavely” and said in the notes: His Will, proved 14 Mar 1826 in Smyth Co, VA (signed with a mark X). A lot of the info on his data and children was taken from his Will. Book 3: 186-187. Though I thought my great aunt was probably correct, I’d never seen a copy of the will. And,...
While trying to piece together the Correy family puzzle, I came across a book titled Reports of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Which have Been Omitted from the Regular Reports, Volume 3 by Lewis B. Walker, Esq. A chapter titled “Boyd’s Appeal” deals with the will of a George Correy. Robert Correy, William K Correy and Mary (Correy) Boyd are the three other names mentioned and I’ve come across them already as I’ve been researching the Correy’s. George Correy’s will, dated June 13, 1781, made his wishes about a certain piece of property known as follows: “I leave...
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