The term “mushroom” factor refers to a phenomenon associated with older (and some not-so-old) houses in which repair projects “mushroom” int...

In my research up to this point, I had learned that “Aunt Jane” Norman was: --The mother of Jackson Norman (who married Dissie Norman, one o...

In the last “Mystery Normans” post I said that my next stop would be WorldConnect to sort out the Moore families for which Sarah Jane Norman...

My hope was to be able to find “Aunt Jane” Norman Cotton in the 1880 census for Garland or Montgomery County, Arkansas. I would start with ...

I love Googling when I have distinctive names or terms to use. Zera/Zura Lucerne Cotton should bring up something … I hoped. The Puzzle Pie...

The entries for Peak Cemetery on Findagrave had previously provided me with a lot of information on the Normans and the families related to ...

I crossed my fingers and hoped that I would find Jane Norman and her two sons on the 1910 census. Dissie had died in 1908, so someone recog...

I mentally filed away the information on Dissie Norman’s marriage to Jack Norman and started census work for the family of her father, Newto...

The 2010 GeneaBloggers Games started right after I encountered a “little mystery” in my Norman research (mentioned in the previous Family an...