Last weekend was a very busy one for me and I missed out on Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, “Signs You Have GOCD,” inspired by...

Bill West of the West in New England blog issued a challenge to all genealogy bloggers with Civil War-era ancestors: “Did you have ances...

The past couple of days have been great ones for genea-coincidences and genea-connections.  First, Barbara Poole of Life from the Roots not...

Ever since we returned from Greenville, it has been difficult to settle down and concentrate on one thing in genealogy. Now it’s time to ge...

Here is another Sheriff Henry Lewis adventure. He only makes a minor appearance as one of the parties involved in figuring out the details ...

A recent Ancestry Weekly Discovery newsletter highlighted these seven schedules: “While finding any record on our ancestors is a thrill for ...

Preston Moore is not my only “reverse orphan” great-great uncle who died in the Civil War. There are at least two others: Samuel D. Lewis ...

Here is Randy Seaver’s ( Genea-Musings ) latest genea-challenge: 1) Pretend that you are one of the subjects on the Who Do You Think You Are...

Below are the scanned images and transcript of a letter, dated May 26, 1892, from A. C. Thurman, a representative of the Black community of...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has posed the following challenge: 1) Think of any number of genealogy events or moments that make you have a...

The following articles report on a couple of incidents in the streets of Dallas in 1892 and 1893 in which my great-great-uncle William Henry...

In an effort to stick to my resolution to do more transcriptions this year, I will try to feature a transcription a week for “Transcription ...

I just wanted to find my great-grandfather’s oldest brother, Preston E. Moore. It seemed that this should not be too difficult. I was flush...

Very little to report this week – over the long weekend we visited our older daughter in Philadelphia, and it took a lot of time to catch up...

Christopher C. Hindman b. 20 May 1877, South Carolina d. 18 Nov 1947, Greenville, Greenville Co., South Carolina & Lucy Lewis b. 7...

John Sloan Lewis b. 12 May 1856, Anderson Co., South Carolina d. 7 Jul 1940, Dallas County, TX & Carrie Lanora Orr b. 21 Nov 1858,...

William Henry Lewis --b. 11 Mar 1851, Franklin Co., Georgia --d. 21 Feb 1946, Baylor Hospital, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas & Julia Mister ...

James West Lewis b. Nov 1835, South Carolina d. 20 Mar 1904 & Sophia Adeline Milwee b. 5 Mar 1839, Anderson District, South Caroli...

Elisha Berry Lewis b. 1813, South Carolina d. 23 Feb 1889, Anderson Co., South Carolina & Martha M. Poole b. 1815, South Carolina ...

There’s definitely a strong love of music on both sides of my family, but it is my mother’s side, the Moores, who go beyond appreciation to ...