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2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 25 – Broken Branch

Posted on June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 by Diane Faulk

There are multiple meanings for a “Broken Branch” family member. I am claiming it as “life cut short.”  “Broken Branch” means a child could have lived a day or up to 16 years of age. Due to the loss of records for births under 10, I don’t have many children identified. Continue Reading

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2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 24 – Popular Name

Posted on June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 by Diane Faulk

I decided to use my 2021 Week 10’s theme “Name’s the Same” for the Week 24’s “Popular Name” theme. The name selected is “Robert Barbee,” my 2nd great-grandfather, who married Martha Ella Quinn, 1877 in Madison County, Alabama. Robert Barbee (1834-1928) had a son, Samuel, by his first wife, Amanda Continue Reading

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2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 23 – Mistakes

Posted on June 11, 2022June 12, 2022 by Diane Faulk

This week’s theme is Mistakes. We all make them — and that includes us and our ancestors. Sometimes mistakes are out of our control, and sometimes, mistakes are a blessing. Here are some of the things that happen to me: [1] The students lined up alphabetically during my high school Continue Reading

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2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 22 – Conflict

Posted on June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 by Diane Faulk

My maternal grandfather always claimed that his father’s surname was Lanier. He even gave his children the middle name Lanier. Ever since I started Genealogy, I have been researching James Lanier, first husband of my great grandmother Rosa Barbee. In May 1901, his mother, Rosa, married James Lanier in Morgan Continue Reading

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