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Charles Arthur Smith 1980 – 2013

Today, my 2nd cousin Hayley James Smith will lay her husband to rest.  Less than a year ago we nearly lost Hayley while giving birth to her sweet baby boy Jackson Layne Smith.  She’s a fighter though...

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Funeral Card Friday – K.W. Ball

My niece Leslie Golden recently went to the DAR headquarters and was able to secure quite a few documents for me.  This funeral card was one of them.  It is for my 2nd Great Grandfather, Kenaday Wade...

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Day Four of My DC Trip

This was a day I have dreamed of for a long time. OK, just for about four long years, but Hey!  That’s a long time. On this day, August 5th, the fourth day of my trip, I went to the Daughter’s of the...

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Christmas Past to Christmas Present

As I was decorating the house the other day for the Christmas holidays, for some reason I started thinking about what my ancestors would have been doing at Christmas time during the civil war. I’m sure...

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Tombstone Tuesday – Bathsheba A Ball

Last April on our way back from Dallas, cousins Nedra Harris Turney and Karen Ball Cowan and I decided on a whim to see if we could find the old Ball Cemetery a cousin had mentioned to me when we...

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Sunday’s Obit – Charles A Hooks, M.D.

I’m double related to Charles A. Hooks, III.  He’s my 1st cousin 2x removed.  His grandfather, Charles A. Hooks was the sibling of my 3rd great-grandmother, Jane Nancy Hooks Smith on my mother’s side...

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Wordless Wednesday – Venetia (Smith) Ball and Wade Marshall Ball

This is a photo of my 2nd great-grandmother, Venetia (Smith) Ball and her son, my great-grand uncle, Wade Marshall Ball.  Thank you to Bonnie Marsh and Jim Marsh for sharing this photo. Venetia Smith...

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Tombstone Tuesday – Hughes Knight Cemetery

When I started doing research on my maternal grandmother’s family, back in 2007 one of the first things I learned about was the Hughes Knight Cemetery. It almost seemed like a secret. Granted the...

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52 Ancestors – #14 John Floyd Ball

I have decided to accept the challenge of Amy Johnson Crow over at No Story Too Small blog. Amy challenges us:52 Ancestors in 52 weeks.  I think this is an excellent challenge as I tend to focus on my...

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Yesterday was one of the most AWESOME days EVER in my family history world.

Wanna know why? First, I received the DNA kit in the mail from Ancestry.com, got Mom to do her spitting in the tube, and got it back in the mail! Can’t wait to see how her results compare to mine....

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