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These honored dead

Saturday, May 29, 2010

“…that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of [...]

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Monday Madness no more! (or, “…another one bites the dust…”) Part 4

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Was James Ira Copeland the 6th (or 7th) and last husband of my great grandmother Dovie C McBurnett Hall Stanley Epperson (Epperson) Priddy Bailey Copeland? Let’s examine the evidence: My great grandmother was born Dovie C McBurnett, but over time her given name changed from Dovie C to Ruby Dovie 1900 Census- Dovie C McBurnett, [...]

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Monday Madness no more! (or, “…another one bites the dust…”) Part 3

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Would I be able to find the Texas death certificate for Celeste Davis Cline at the FamilySearch Record Search site? And did they have any pertinent new collections? Oh, yeah! Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 Dovie McBurnett and her many Texas marriages immediately came to mind! Again, Copeland is the only one of Dovie’s husbands that I [...]

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Monday Madness no more! (or, “…another one bites the dust…”) Part 2

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

So who was “Copeland”, the 6th (or 7th) husband of my great grandmother, Dovie C McBurnett? To review, all I know about Copeland is that he was the last husband of Dovie, as evidenced by her death certificate, obituary and headstone: I don’t know when or where they were married or if she outlived him [...]

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Monday Madness no more! (or, “…another one bites the dust…”)

Monday, May 10, 2010

Several years ago when I first got interested in genealogy, my Dad’s 2 grandmothers spurred my imagination. I had always heard tales of his “Cherokee Gramma” and his “Jewish Gramma”. “Cherokee Gramma” was responsible for our Native American heritage, and my Dad, then my brothers and I are Jewish because of “Jewish Gramma”. Over the [...]

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