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Daily Archives: November 5th, 2009

Dovie, not another one!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

I finally found Dovie (aka Ruby) and LW Epperson’s marriage in the Tarrant County marriage index: Did you notice something? “1936 Epperson L W | Mrs Ruby Epperson” This is a remarriage! Remember the item at GenealogyBank from 1920? This was from 19 Sept 1920! If this index is correct, then Dovie has another marriage! [...]

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Daily Journal 5 Nov 2009: Assumptions

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Today I went to the downtown main Fort Worth Public Library. I arrived there shortly after it opened at noon and left at almost 3 o’clock. Why does the time matter. ‘Cuz I’m cheap, that’s why. You can park for free at a nearby parking garage, but only for 2 1/2 hours. This little research [...]

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Thinking of Fort Hood…

Thursday, November 5, 2009

I was leaving the downtown Fort Worth Public Library this afternoon and glanced up a flat-screen TV in the lobby: “Mass shooting at Fort Hood” was the message on CNN. I stopped in my tracks. You see, my aunt and uncle live near Killeen, the town adjacent to Fort Hood. Both are teachers and my [...]

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Daily Journal 4 Nov 2009: Research trip!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Just to the library tomorrow, but I still gotta do my homework, as I have a long list! The downtown Fort Worth Public Library is where all of the genealogy goodies reside. City directories, county histories, archived editions of the Star-Telegram local newspaper, marriages indexes, all sorts of neat things. So I gotta get organized [...]

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