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Amanuensis Monday: The Turner Family Bible

Monday, April 12, 2010

Unfortunately, only four pages, remnants actually, remain of the Isaac Turner Family Bible. It must have been a wonderful old volume! The earliest entry is the 1855 marriage of Isaac Turner and Sarah Sharpe Vance, occurring in Cannon or DeKalb County, Tennessee. (click on image to enlarge) This certifies that Isaac Turner and S. S. [...]

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Women’s History Month, Day 2: A favorite photo

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The lady on the right is believed to be Sarah Sharpe (Vance) Turner, my second great-grandmother. This tin-plate image is from about 1860, I think, and is my oldest image. The brooch she is wearing is still in the family. ©2006-2010 Ruth Stephens, Bluebonnet Country Genealogy. All rights reserved. 1 I like this!

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Daily Journal 1 Nov 2009: Image editing

Monday, November 2, 2009

A bit more GenealogyBank searching for Dovie and her host of husbands, didn’t find anything new. I did download several obits for some more-recent relatives from GenealogyBank’s America’s Obituaries section. Nothing new here either, just “devil-in-the-details”-type stuff. I have downloaded a lot of images relating to Dovie/husbands in the past few days that needed to [...]

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Smile For The Camera, 16th Edition: The Broach

Monday, August 10, 2009

“The word prompt for the 16th Edition of Smile For The Camera is “Bling, ancestor Bling.” I am always drawn to the beautiful jewelry worn by our ancestors in old photographs. The locket that was your Great Grandmother’s treasure, the pocket watch proudly displayed by a male ancestor, the beautiful crosses of old, and the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The woman on the right is believed to be Sarah Sharpe Vance, my 2nd great-grandmother, this image from about 1860. ©2006-2010 Ruth Stephens, Bluebonnet Country Genealogy. All rights reserved. 0 I like this!

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