tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16959352135569358682024-03-14T06:28:32.792-07:00Angie's Roots Are ShowingThis blog is designed to document my journey into my appalachian roots, continuing back into Ireland and beyond. My main focus is on my maiden name, Cummons, and my mother's maiden name, Malone. Other names in my tree include Tomblin, Workman, Sprouse, McCutcheon, Dalton, Evans, Carroll, and more.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-73023270961953272772015-03-16T11:17:00.000-07:002015-03-16T11:17:00.769-07:00Packing Up and Moving OutPlease don't be offended, blogger.com. It isn't you, it's me.<br />
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I have not maintained my genealogy site in several years. Having your first baby right before turning 39 has away of distracting you from your hobbies of the past. At last, however, the Little Miss is a bit more independent, and Mamma is itching to do some more digging.<br />
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Since last using this site, I created a Mommy blog over on wordpress, and it just makes more sense to me to manage all my blogs at one place. So please, if you want to keep up with my ancestry goings-on, please follow me over to my new page:<br />
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(I will most likely disable this old address eventually, but we'll let it set here a bit, in case any of those gazillion queries I've posted on ancestry sites lead someone here!)</div>
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-24144767680730922192011-10-01T09:39:00.000-07:002011-10-01T09:39:51.507-07:00Papaw Ebb, Retouched<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
This project is a photo of my great grandfather, Ebb Tomblin. Papaw Ebb was born in the Logan, West Virginia area, and moved to Thurman, Ohio as an adult. His farmhouse became the center of our family's life; the best of my childhood memories took place at that house. Papaw Ebb passed away in 1979, when I was only five years old, so I only have a few scattered memories of him. However, the home he established for his family left a legacy for us all. The home is empty and abandoned now, but his legacy lives on, because for the past twenty years or more, the road that house stood has been known as "Ebb Tomblin Road". So here is a young photo of Ebb, lovingly restored to be passed on for many more generations.</div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-84433449192227855932011-09-18T19:10:00.000-07:002011-09-18T19:10:47.857-07:00More Weekend Photo RestorationTackled a bit more of a challenge this afternoon, while watching NFL. This picture did not have names on it, but I am pretty sure it's my grandma, Nellie, and her sister, Darlene. I chose it because of the tears and mold stains. It was a small picture, just a little over 1in, but I scanned it in at 300dpi, and then resized it to a 4.5x6in picture (I was afraid to go larger, as this picture was already pretty grainy.) Fortunately, the photo had a plain background, so to save time, I cropped it out entirely, and replaced it with a canvas photoshop background. There are few details I am not totally happy with, but this was a two hour project... with a little more time, I think I could be really happy with the results. But alas, it's bedtime, and I want to post it! So here it is:<br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-85645804184003040052011-09-17T12:28:00.000-07:002011-09-17T12:28:24.072-07:00Photo Retouching and ColorizationAs I said in my last post, I've been getting re-interested in restoring some old family photos. I've started pretty simple, and am working my way up to a very badly damaged photo of who I believe is my grandmother's cousin. Today, I played around with a lovely photo of my grandmother, Nellie Joyce Tomblin Cummons. I will show you three versions of the picture, 1) my original scan, 2)cropped to 8x10 with black and white levels adjustment and blemishes removed, and 3) a colorized version of the photo.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm always torn between color and black and white photos. I love black and white, it softens features and gives everything a romantic feel. Sometimes, however, I forget that although pictures were black and white, life very much happened in color! When I started working on this picture, I only noticed Gran's lovely white dress and strappy shoes. It was only when I started to colorize the photo that I realized her dress was not indicitive of the time of year the background suggests. I noticed the bare trees, the empty fields, and the leaves around her feet. So, I created a color pallete of fall colors from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveller2020/3006380746/sizes/l/in/photostream/">this picture on flickr</a> to try and recreate an accurate background. What do you think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7khWRqq3zK536C6vjIEzHcDsVHtoyw13ZqLS2E35ZHO4eA9SuRd51W0IxHrye1Y2MgcoQO8vThr7DLa2EEO-PxH4-Cwzet25lgmhSb8_KSgEHJ36OpyPMFFxheeposceXdOb1NTnKEGhH/s1600/nellieswatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="65" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7khWRqq3zK536C6vjIEzHcDsVHtoyw13ZqLS2E35ZHO4eA9SuRd51W0IxHrye1Y2MgcoQO8vThr7DLa2EEO-PxH4-Cwzet25lgmhSb8_KSgEHJ36OpyPMFFxheeposceXdOb1NTnKEGhH/s320/nellieswatch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-60225808695869014002011-09-03T07:59:00.000-07:002011-09-03T08:00:56.509-07:00Reach For The Stars!!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I've been recovering from some health issues the past week, and spent lots of time looking through old pictures and such. I found this one of my dad (the one with the hair dryer - thingy on) and my uncle, Steve (the one holding my dad at gunpoint), and it just makes me giggle everytime I see it. It reminds me of something off A Christmas Story <strong><span style="color: #660000;">("You'll shoot your eye out!!")</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_xgp8ucstnjLyqZD0cSIC5GissTSOoZTbyorHyR-ycfcge7fCUTz_EB9v1RUViUjCXd4M0Yq3MnVYRNQ56IQObM1Ea8Tmmikx7phQW_RXufN0Ws4GamAhxwZ16xzlT46WGH4Ey1qAIb-/s1600/mar66a.png" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_xgp8ucstnjLyqZD0cSIC5GissTSOoZTbyorHyR-ycfcge7fCUTz_EB9v1RUViUjCXd4M0Yq3MnVYRNQ56IQObM1Ea8Tmmikx7phQW_RXufN0Ws4GamAhxwZ16xzlT46WGH4Ey1qAIb-/s320/mar66a.png" width="309" xaa="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhHdP2XRyW4DuS80OZsy7HYnHG_NzgBc_jwKWqMHYobT-IlS7hqO5eUGxH2OcrKMcJuk1qjoCz4L_k-tMxXUB3BJRR0bU91A1_nQF7E0AdG7ehr40tXuyOOhl0UMN6Brirp3KRetALgZy/s1600/mar66.png" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhHdP2XRyW4DuS80OZsy7HYnHG_NzgBc_jwKWqMHYobT-IlS7hqO5eUGxH2OcrKMcJuk1qjoCz4L_k-tMxXUB3BJRR0bU91A1_nQF7E0AdG7ehr40tXuyOOhl0UMN6Brirp3KRetALgZy/s320/mar66.png" width="309" xaa="true" /></a></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Anyway, I played around with some simple color adjustments in photoshop. A while back I had gotten pretty good at photo restoration, but like so many other things, I get sidetracked and things get put on the back burner. I hope to work my way back into some tougher projects... I have several photos that need serious work, and maybe someday I'll be able to offer my services to other genealogists.</div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-26783418644812408562011-06-21T16:42:00.000-07:002011-06-21T16:42:00.214-07:00Grandma's TreasuresMy last blog post was on April 9th. In it, I stated that grandma was doing very well, and we all hoped she'd be home from the nursing home soon. As it turned out, the only time she left the nursing home was to go to the hospital, and there she passed away on April 18th. She had suffered for the past two years, and we were glad for her sake, that when the end came, it came quickly. We held a beautiful memorial service for her, a celebration of life, with many of her children and grandchildren singing her favorite songs. Then we drove 4 1/2 hours to "take her home" to her the place she was born and raised; the place she wanted to be laid to rest. <br />
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</div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-52068959220512577762011-04-09T19:54:00.000-07:002011-04-09T19:54:31.017-07:00A Little Help from "Big Nuts" (Evans of Jackson County, Ohio)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMB17CndDW-2yjwPb_MZYrKfrG78lWdGZfRjVYGqIFQV0wCCbVD4t8AkLHZK68WMUgh1zkPOBJTTZiNC_Oy-foczlpmfbHGeKfLm7NKA4fwLOndOgopWowE-e3OOCowQrZna_dA5hsmTtt/s1600/evans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMB17CndDW-2yjwPb_MZYrKfrG78lWdGZfRjVYGqIFQV0wCCbVD4t8AkLHZK68WMUgh1zkPOBJTTZiNC_Oy-foczlpmfbHGeKfLm7NKA4fwLOndOgopWowE-e3OOCowQrZna_dA5hsmTtt/s320/evans.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Friday evening, I spent a couple of hours with my maternal grandmother at the nursing home she has been in the past two weeks (we are all hoping that she will be able to return home soon.) We've chatted in the past about her family, but grandma really doesn't have a lot of memories outside of her immediate family. We have especially been lacking when it comes to her father, Harvey Evans, and his family. Harvey died when grandma was a teenager, and she did not know who his parents were. I've tried looking up his name, and what few details I had, but the Evans name is big in southern Ohio, and I was always reluctant to say for sure that the Harveys I turned up were indeed her father's family. <br />
On Friday, I asked her again if she happened to remember any of her dad's siblings, or perhaps any cousins that she had, and we managed to get a little gem! She told me about her dad's brother Elmer (Big Elmer) and his son (Little Elmer). Grandma used to run Malone's Bar in Oak Hill, Ohio and she told about the time when Little Elmer came into the bar and said, "I don't know if you know this or not... but we're cousins!" She also recalled another time when Little Elmer was entering the bar at the same time she was throwing out dirty cleaning water, and she dumped it on him. <br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Then, with a twinkle in her eye, my 80 year old grandmother told me one other little tidbit about her cousin, "He had a nickname, you know... they called him Big Nuts."</span></strong><br />
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Armed with that little bit of information about Little "Big Nuts" Elmer, and more importantly, Big Elmer, I got online and added a sibling to my Harvey Evans search parameters. And whaddya know... I think I found him!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Name Relation Birthdate Age </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Evans, George head May 1840 60</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Mary A wife Apr 1848 52</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <strong>Elmer son Feb 1887 13</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Pearl son Feb 1887 13</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <strong> Harvey son Jul 1890 9</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Warren son Feb 1895 5 </div> <br />
I think I've found my great grandfather, and his parents as well! My next little discovery will confirm my suspicions... Harvey's death certificate. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvQOsh41EK4f8bbNQCSf_MWtBKgHotx4Gi5zxAM-ts3xPeQhptgmWueBS-UAIwnGB9eKkqcHfJV7a8ULsOybJmnIXZCBz4AKquhb78ybQItMRTiy5zb1EPAZFGDsErvLiuhaLJbTM3GaX/s1600/Harvey+Evans+death+cert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvQOsh41EK4f8bbNQCSf_MWtBKgHotx4Gi5zxAM-ts3xPeQhptgmWueBS-UAIwnGB9eKkqcHfJV7a8ULsOybJmnIXZCBz4AKquhb78ybQItMRTiy5zb1EPAZFGDsErvLiuhaLJbTM3GaX/s320/Harvey+Evans+death+cert.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't know how I've missed this document in previous searches, but sometimes there's no explaining how things come together like they do. However, it confirms that George and Mary Ann were indeed Harvey's parents, so at last I have a line to follow... and it's all thanks to "Big Nuts".</div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-16123302140028420582011-04-04T18:33:00.000-07:002011-04-04T18:33:38.170-07:00I'm a Winner!I'll share more information as I am able, but I just had to share the news that I just won a one year pro account at geni.com!! I have entered so many contests, and never have I won a single thing, so I am absolutely ecstatic right now!<br />
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In other news, I haven't blogged properly in a while, but it's that I haven't been busy! I am currently compiling all the information I have gathered on the ancestor of my obsession, James Hamilton Cummons. I am organizing, confirming sources, and building a timeline. My hope is to get a clear picture of the gaps I have in his story, and hopefully get some direction on filling in those gaps. <br />
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I am super excited right now, because next week, I am going to visit my Papaw for his 77th birthday, and I am taking an extra day off work to go digging around Cabell County, West Virginia, the place where James settled and raised his family. I have never been to a courthouse or genealogical society to do hands on research before, and that was one of my genea-goals for 2011. If anyone has an advice, direction, or encouragement... I would love to hear from you!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-21236941510713122662011-01-11T17:11:00.000-08:002011-01-11T17:11:24.539-08:00Sitting in a Snowstorm, Thinking of SummerIt's been a beautiful day today, watching the snow fall from the window of my office, and now, cozied up at home in my pjs... but I can't help but think ahead to the warm days of summer. One of my genealogy goals for 2011 is to go "on location" somewhere. The closest option was Cabell County, West Virginia... about a 6 hour drive (but only an hour or so from my grandfather's house in southern Ohio.) I've also considered North Carolina, in hopes of uncovering the parents of James Hamilton Cummons. However, over the past few days, a little idea has been forming, and it seems that my husband is in favor of it (after all... I can't haul him off to Timbuktoo, then leave him stranded while I do research the whole time, can I? Hmmm... can I? heehee). <br />
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I'm thinking of Maryland. In particular, Point Lookout, Maryland... site of the confederate prison camp where the before-mentioned James Hamilton Cummons was held POW before pledging his allegience to the Union army. You can read about Point Lookout at <a href="http://www.mycivilwar.com/pow/md-point_lookout.htm">mycivilwar.com</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0lrFCr8IM4kZOT8_NzvyryGg6GbWediwctf0NC24QTZQl1AKuM7kgz_WjMB-EiuogaBOlceyq2-qff8t5BhHUOOkozGuPdo1DOZ8MObzpUSFPFGClVprQa6mmO_GhtaKni1fFOCoLVM6/s1600/md-point_lookout_md_1863_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0lrFCr8IM4kZOT8_NzvyryGg6GbWediwctf0NC24QTZQl1AKuM7kgz_WjMB-EiuogaBOlceyq2-qff8t5BhHUOOkozGuPdo1DOZ8MObzpUSFPFGClVprQa6mmO_GhtaKni1fFOCoLVM6/s320/md-point_lookout_md_1863_a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>What gave me the idea was a web page I ran across this weekend for the <a href="http://www.plpow.com/">Descendants of Point Lookout POW Organization.</a> In May, they are hosting a "pilgrimage" to the site, which could be interesting, or admitedly cheesy... so I'm not 100% sold on going THAT weekend. I think I need more information. However, the location is gorgeous, and from the sounds of it, there is plenty of interesting things to see and experience<a href="http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/ptlookouthistory.asp"> there</a>. <br />
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Of course, on the way to Point Lookout, we would pass through the nation's capitol, which I've only been privileged to see once before (and that, for only a short afternoon during my college years, with friends who were more concerned with finding the Hard Rock Cafe, than taking in American history. Thankfully, the Hard Rock was just down the street from Ford Theater, so at least I got <em>something</em> out of the experience.)<br />
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But for now, it's all just a snowy evening dream. By the time warm weather comes, and it's actually time to plan a vacation, I may have uncovered a new piece of family history, and decided on a new place to haul my dear husband!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-19502688733137379162011-01-04T07:06:00.000-08:002011-01-04T07:06:38.330-08:00Genea-Goals for 2011It's time I get some direction with this blog, and decide where I want to go, and what I want to accomplish this year! <br />
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1. I would like to organize my blog by family names, if possible. I tend to jump around with my research, and I think it gets confusing when going back and reading through my blog. I see that you can add stand alone pages, but I'm not sure if that's what I need or not. Does anyone have any suggestions? <br />
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2. I need to branch out. I rely so heavily on ancestry.com that when, like now, I have an expired subscription, I flounder, and my research comes to a stand still. I've been to other sites, had some good finds with a free trial on footnote.com, but I keep coming back to ancestry.<br />
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3. I want to blog at least once a week about my ancestry. Even if I haven't uncovered any new information, there are stories to be told, people who need to be remembered. They deserve my attention.<br />
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4. I want to research "on location" for my Cummons ancestors, firstly in Huntington, WVA, and then on to Guilford County, North Carolina. I've never done any hands on research before, and won't even know where to begin searching court house records and such like, but I can't help but wonder what treasures are out there that haven't made it to the internet yet!<br />
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5. Hopefully, if I can achieve goals 1-4, it will lead me to goal number 5... find concrete information on the parents of James Hamilton Cummons, and with any luck, be able to pinpoint where in Ireland my Cummons ancestors came from, and when they made it to the states!<br />
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Well, that's a lot to accomplish, but seeing it all spelled out gives me hope that I'm moving in the right direction! It's time to get my genealogy boots back on!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-26279642326033507512010-12-23T06:45:00.000-08:002010-12-23T07:33:47.875-08:00My GranThis holiday season, my thoughts keep turning to my grandmother, my dad's mom, Nellie Joyce Tomblin Cummons. Physically, she's 5 hours away from me, but with alzheimers quickly eating away at her mind, she's really much further away. On December 26th, she and my grandfather will have been married, I believe 57 years. Papaw has not always been the gentlest of men, not always the husband that women dream of marrying, but now, as the sun sets on their life together, I see him struggle to care for her and recognize the love that he's kept tucked away for so long. Any day now, it's going to get to the point where he can't take it anymore, and Gran will have to be placed in a nursing home, and without the familiar things that surround her everyday, I'm sure that she will not last long. I wish that I were closer, so that I could soak in those last fleeting moments of clarity that she seems to have in the middle of the day.<br /><br /><br /><br />I would tell her about what a thrill it was as a young girl to go with her to the laundromat, and watch all the close spin around. I'd tell her that it was all I could do, not to beg her to let me take a spin in one of the giant dryers... it looked so fun! Instead, I would settle for climbing into one of the carts you put your laundry in, and propel myself back and forth, pretending I was in a boat, with a shirt hanging from the tall metal hook for a sail.<br /><br /><br /><br />I would tell her about how "cool" it was to have a Gran who worked for Geno's and would bring home huge bags of imperfect pizza rolls that my cousins and I knew were in the freezer any time we got the munchies.<br /><br /><br /><br />I would tell her thank you for allowing my cousin, Kelly, and I to pilfer through her makeup and jewelry, so that we could get dressed up and perform concerts on the back deck of her tiny trailer.<br /><br /><br /><br />I would tell her that of all her possessions (which really weren't many, Gran was never blessed with fine things), the things that I remember most, and would love to have someday, was her collection of Avon perfumes... the ones that come in bottles made to look like beautiful women in long, bustled dresses, and elaborate hair-dos. I would stare at those for what seemed like hours at night, dreaming up stories about the women.<br /><br /><br /><br />I would tell her that one of the best memories of my childhood was of her, packing up Kelly and I (I was probably 14 or 15, Kelly was around 10), and taking us to Myrtle Beach for a week! I remember the thrill of driving through the tunnels that ran through the Appalachian mountains, stopping at HoJos for biscuits and gravy, and the little green, beachfront motel we stayed in. Everyday, Gran would bake in the sun, (and sleep!) while Kelly and I ran up and down the beach, knowing that we had the best grandmother in the world!<br /><br /><br /><br />There are so many other things I would tell her, but more than anything else, I just pray that I have one more opportunity to tell her how much I love her. Merry Christmas, Gran!<br /><br /><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v549/212/77/683618138/n683618138_1066213_9580.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v549/212/77/683618138/n683618138_1066213_9580.jpg" /></a>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-9216268090181307102010-08-20T20:06:00.000-07:002010-12-14T07:56:56.227-08:00Celebrating Irish Heritage (Random pics from the Dublin Irish Festival)<a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs210.snc4/38821_425014918138_683618138_4749859_4672709_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 477px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 279px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs210.snc4/38821_425014918138_683618138_4749859_4672709_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Well, it's been months since my blog has been visited, but today's a slow day, and after taking a break for a while, the genealogy bug is biting again! I actually started this post back in September, but had trouble getting pictures to load, so I thought I'd better get this post up before moving on to meatier things! I hope you enjoy!<br />On August 7 and 8, I made my first trip to Dublin, Ohio's Irish Festival. The festival actually began on the 6th, and my best-y (along with her sister) went down the first night. I had another commitment on Saturday morning, so I joined my friend (her sister had already headed back home) that afternoon. I had heard about the festival for a couple of years, but had no idea how large it was... or how much fun it would be! In the 30 some hours I was there, there was no end to the good music, dance, story telling - I even attended an Irish "wake" (I say that in quotes because you couldn't feel too badly for the passing of the stuffed character they had laid out inside the tent!) Here are some random pictures, and hopefully a video or two if I can get them to upload, of the weekend I spent celebrating my heritage:<br /><br /><br />I got to meet up with the younger generation of Malone cousins!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 444px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 366px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs250.snc4/39816_425014783138_683618138_4749850_1488724_n.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />Enter the Haggis!<br /><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs277.snc4/40186_425014848138_683618138_4749855_3615430_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 440px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 435px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs277.snc4/40186_425014848138_683618138_4749855_3615430_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Men in kilts! (There were many... and some looked better than others! *grin*)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4z3Kw6eZ3pvjeE4oqnmaozUV9LuQzPoCv4dEtuWRLQXCyyN_Lr_rUF5CjX_bcmEW1xgDHz1n_zKFy9pp94oO4t8r1YN8XBbtQD1FdV7ZQhTYDiJX4pS1FvvdefJJTu_VbkjvaQXBlbN_/s1600/kilt.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550562130456841058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4z3Kw6eZ3pvjeE4oqnmaozUV9LuQzPoCv4dEtuWRLQXCyyN_Lr_rUF5CjX_bcmEW1xgDHz1n_zKFy9pp94oO4t8r1YN8XBbtQD1FdV7ZQhTYDiJX4pS1FvvdefJJTu_VbkjvaQXBlbN_/s400/kilt.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><br />Dancers!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkoJNFDp3eUr5oPvqt3pu0qAyqPwFw0IPQcbzjxxsxD0C7SBB1uIA_rJVaRLMNYoCTOZBU9fCQEpbpIL4Q4az6ykOjS6_PA2-10nrXZg8Yqd1G2q22h8b3MIg-NaoFxOtyYfeRIPAyf-3/s1600/dancers.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 397px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550562468568466850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkoJNFDp3eUr5oPvqt3pu0qAyqPwFw0IPQcbzjxxsxD0C7SBB1uIA_rJVaRLMNYoCTOZBU9fCQEpbpIL4Q4az6ykOjS6_PA2-10nrXZg8Yqd1G2q22h8b3MIg-NaoFxOtyYfeRIPAyf-3/s400/dancers.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Girsha - these gals were great!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWfA8mLZETga824JHMKXHJ5OyWRb8Owi2m-Q22LKmWkelBKRqM7tISX6Svh3yJk9JQFkpAKvqBVJtVUi86PGz5VQ_WdlJRxc7q2p0qwV0KwzwcOPTUlCzhFsGjeSDdAlJZfWEEou2AZbn/s1600/girsha1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550562649585806242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWfA8mLZETga824JHMKXHJ5OyWRb8Owi2m-Q22LKmWkelBKRqM7tISX6Svh3yJk9JQFkpAKvqBVJtVUi86PGz5VQ_WdlJRxc7q2p0qwV0KwzwcOPTUlCzhFsGjeSDdAlJZfWEEou2AZbn/s400/girsha1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Clancy Legacy, for those who enjoy more traditional Irish tunes.<br /><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs277.snc4/40183_425014983138_683618138_4749862_1596779_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 414px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 374px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs277.snc4/40183_425014983138_683618138_4749862_1596779_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />I didn't get to see Gaelic Storm, since they performed on Friday evening, but I was happy to discover Scythian... talk about a high octane performance! These guys were a ton of fun!<br /><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs135.ash2/40106_425014938138_683618138_4749860_7823504_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 410px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 394px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs135.ash2/40106_425014938138_683618138_4749860_7823504_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf2MzXm-YLX5I3_yV67UnhOF2EFhFfX2abN1AplhVM4fuTT5rS7XNK-HzzpUk4M9-aHd0D9GtU9yxT8V2K83e9AxNrqdE3LUwf-lIsSmINzHdSrR5wqR-lj7P3Ji0ZkhWcWOszFsNxI2x/s1600/scythian1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550564036237674386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf2MzXm-YLX5I3_yV67UnhOF2EFhFfX2abN1AplhVM4fuTT5rS7XNK-HzzpUk4M9-aHd0D9GtU9yxT8V2K83e9AxNrqdE3LUwf-lIsSmINzHdSrR5wqR-lj7P3Ji0ZkhWcWOszFsNxI2x/s400/scythian1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />And the crown jewel of the weekend... meeting St. Patrick himself! Ha Ha!<br /><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs382.snc4/44567_430686298138_683618138_4895451_7503332_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 374px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 597px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs382.snc4/44567_430686298138_683618138_4895451_7503332_n.jpg" /></a>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-62803746202774816942010-07-18T11:52:00.000-07:002010-07-18T12:08:01.197-07:00Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - I Write Like...I had been seeing comments on other blogs I follow about "Genea-Musings" but I just recently subscribed for myself. I guess each Saturday night, there is a fun challenge posted, and as usual I'm a day late and a dollar short, but I thought I'd participate.<br />The gist of last night's challenge was as follows:<br /><em>1. Find something you have written that you are really proud of. Copy it.</em><br /><em>2. Go to the website <a href="http://iwl.me/">http://iwl.me/</a> and paste your text into the box.</em><br /><em>3. Tell us what famous author you write like.</em><br /><br />Well, I'd say my best written work would be some children's stories I've written, but I didn't have access to those at the moment. Instead, I chose one of my better blog posts to copy and paste. You can reference that post <a href="http://angiesrootsareshowing.blogspot.com/2010/04/im-beginning-to-feel-little-trepidation.html">here.</a><br /><br />And as for the analysis:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ddd 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ddd 2px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; WIDTH: 380px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT: 20px/1.2 Arial, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: #f7f7f7; COLOR: #555; OVERFLOW: auto; BORDER-TOP: #ddd 2px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ddd 2px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"><img style="FLOAT: right" src="http://s.iwl.me/w.png" width="120" /> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #eee 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-RIGHT: 20px; PADDING-TOP: 20px; text-shadow: #fff 0 1px">I write like<br /><a style="COLOR: #698b22; FONT-SIZE: 30px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://iwl.me/w/d760c1b4">James Joyce</a></div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; COLOR: #888; FONT-SIZE: 11px"><em>I Write Like</em> by Mémoires, <a style="COLOR: #888" href="http://www.codingrobots.com/memoires/">Mac journal software</a>. <a style="BACKGROUND: #ffffe0; COLOR: #333" href="http://iwl.me/"><b>Analyze your writing!</b></a></p></div><br /><br />Oh yeah... I write like a proper Irishman! HeeHee In case you don't know much about James Joyce, here's a <a href="http://www.jamesjoyce.ie/detail.asp?ID=19">mini biogrpahy</a>.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-76409740360653109062010-07-04T12:15:00.001-07:002010-07-04T12:49:22.653-07:00Reflections on the 4thWhat a terrible blogger I am! It's not that I've slacked off on my research, on the contrary, I've made some very notable discoveries of late, but having the time to sit down with a clear head, and blog about these finds... well, that's where I'm having problems!<br /><br />However, today being the 4th, and everyone's minds being on all things American, I've been thinking about the number of ancestors I've had who quite literally fought for the freedoms that we so take advantage of, and often abuse. I've thought about my Mayflower grandfather, William Brewster, who helped forge a new nation; my frontiersman grandfather, Richard Malone, who came to Ohio when it was still considered wilderness. Then there's James Hamilton Cummons, the confederate soldier, who ended up fighting for the union army.<br /><br />I recently came across this photo from the Library of Congress website. It's description was as follows: <em>Washington, Disctrict of Columbia, Hancock's Veterans Corps on F Street, NW Washington, DC. 1st US Volunteer Infantry.</em><br /><br /><em></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpVxWrSnR3_uIyU3_TCmlT6_4sY8J4Fu5om2btICQxjOdXlO8qc4TbW1_h77z__9EdIzKyHfNBLinK8Tlt0LLCENtnPhPrYDTaWuBbAyDKWlZVe_zRvauHQ-cdTrWzo8Bq8Im1TJOoYNR/s1600/galvyankees.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490134744877988754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpVxWrSnR3_uIyU3_TCmlT6_4sY8J4Fu5om2btICQxjOdXlO8qc4TbW1_h77z__9EdIzKyHfNBLinK8Tlt0LLCENtnPhPrYDTaWuBbAyDKWlZVe_zRvauHQ-cdTrWzo8Bq8Im1TJOoYNR/s400/galvyankees.jpg" /></a> You can see a larger version of the image <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cwpb.04239/?co=cwp">here at the Library of Congress</a>.<br /><br />You can imagine my thrill when I looked at this picture at thought, "It is very possible that my great, great, GREAT grandfather is staring back at me from somewhere in this picture." This picture was taken in March of 1865, and according to muster rolls, James wasn't mustered out until July of '65. If you remember from an earlier post, the 1st US Volunteer Infantry was also known as the Galvanized Yankees. These were men who had enlisted in the confederate army, been captured, and sometime after being taken to a union prison camp, swore allegience to the north, and were placed far away from the war, usually in western forts.<br /><br />James was just 17 when he enlisted, possibly the son of an Irish immigrant, but when the call came, he answered. I could go on listing grandfathers who fought in the Great War, and World War II, uncles who fought in Korea and Vietnam. Just in my own family tree, there are dozens of men and women who fought, struggled, and died to make a home in America. I hope and pray I never abuse those freedoms they held so dear.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-67076320267504417492010-06-12T14:38:00.000-07:002010-06-13T12:03:14.512-07:00Surname Saturday (on Sunday) - McCutcheonNot only has my mind been on the McCutcheon surname this Saturday, it's something I've been looking into all week long, and I'm amazed at how this once neglected branch of my tree has just blossomed! Thanks to my new friend and distant cousin, Sarah of <a href="http://www.mccutchentrace.org/">mccutchentrace.org</a> I have more information than I could have dreamed possible.<br /><br />To begin with, let me show you how I fall in line with the McCutcheon name:<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QQYKHydcaiNkpYuSYdj81_BVwE1oUf033bziQKA386h9IrJQzU5sFZHWu64ePKlTwOr8DRWh7OHRTlbb_eMGPcx5pa1Joy1wdX0tG7e7t5M7qe1BaBIk0kMGJHOtsosphR6P2M9ve5GL/s1600/mccutcheon.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482328607559291602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QQYKHydcaiNkpYuSYdj81_BVwE1oUf033bziQKA386h9IrJQzU5sFZHWu64ePKlTwOr8DRWh7OHRTlbb_eMGPcx5pa1Joy1wdX0tG7e7t5M7qe1BaBIk0kMGJHOtsosphR6P2M9ve5GL/s400/mccutcheon.jpg" /></a><br /><br />My grandpa has always encouraged me to learn more about his mother's family, the Sprouses and McCutcheons, but I always put them on the back burner. However, a couple of weeks ago, I came across a picture, and a document that sparked my interest, and started my journey.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxSTD8JF81rW7vhKBVxRbhVKwphppnQQvjnhMdg2Po6_LUgZcOPKvNltbI8v3rw3XDSHh2qAr97McXN19PrJr2e5kltdTI1m8Pcr-DD29V6U32txyudHcyC1C17FYU3hPwdbOhso81JR7/s1600/79-bessie-N-Mom.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 303px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482329503648938258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxSTD8JF81rW7vhKBVxRbhVKwphppnQQvjnhMdg2Po6_LUgZcOPKvNltbI8v3rw3XDSHh2qAr97McXN19PrJr2e5kltdTI1m8Pcr-DD29V6U32txyudHcyC1C17FYU3hPwdbOhso81JR7/s400/79-bessie-N-Mom.jpg" /></a><br />This picture is of my great grandmother, Bessie Virginia Sprouse, sitting with HER mother, Sarah Catherine (Sallie) McCutcheon Sprouse. </p><br /><p>Great Great Grandmother Sallie died in 1964, so this picture could quite possibly be one of the last she had taken.</p><br /><p>But who was she? What was her legacy? I had heard stories about circumstances in her life, that made me believe she was a strong woman, one who deserved to be remembered and honored, and as the self-appointed family genealogist, it was my duty to start digging in.</p><br /><p>The other source of information that intrigued me was a one page memoir my grandfather gave me, written by a Henry Lee McCutcheon. I knew that this man must have been related to Sallie in some way, for this memoir to come into our possession, and hopefully some of the contents in it could give me a lead into Sallie's family. (These memoirs are saved to my ancestry.com page, and you can read them <a href="http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11482444/photo/cb78b351-3e57-4fc7-bc3c-e0d46c38e8fa?pg=32816">here</a>.)</p><br /><p>To make a long blog post short, it didn't take me long to come across the mccutchentrace.org, and now not only can I begin getting to know Sallie, but also many generations before her. And since this is a surname post (although on Sunday, rather than the geneabloggers suggested Saturday!), I will end by giving you an overview of the McCutcheons of Augusta County, Virginia, Sallie's birthplace. This information was given to me by Ms. Sarah Splaun of mccutcheontrace.org:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QJg0GLU0gemy1FltIBBbqu_5XwCGSvsVHz3eeDZxh4UCFu1aFot66WrsPDP0fCDDCEsKue8z4d9NB8XosieyJlftP8k_1huDf_WHSiZI6SDsPzb9yWSvj3nwskfhaeHiCB3rIril3SOp/s1600/firstmccutcheons.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482335510888837234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QJg0GLU0gemy1FltIBBbqu_5XwCGSvsVHz3eeDZxh4UCFu1aFot66WrsPDP0fCDDCEsKue8z4d9NB8XosieyJlftP8k_1huDf_WHSiZI6SDsPzb9yWSvj3nwskfhaeHiCB3rIril3SOp/s400/firstmccutcheons.jpg" /></a><br /></p>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-39169425973898158042010-05-29T15:26:00.000-07:002010-05-29T15:51:53.678-07:00Surname Saturday - Malone<em></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7D1FS7hl95nz4Bu8mzy6_Zn5CiSRcrJ1EeZZ2zZSkGxT8MRaZsEFbmmGtXWR26_WhBjzTzexpL5Uhja5C9MWnDmNOguZqUaJfmI_h3t9UuMqhWWZd37MEtFHCwBleeA1vejyIVOJmMZX/s1600/malone.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 342px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476822574478961090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7D1FS7hl95nz4Bu8mzy6_Zn5CiSRcrJ1EeZZ2zZSkGxT8MRaZsEFbmmGtXWR26_WhBjzTzexpL5Uhja5C9MWnDmNOguZqUaJfmI_h3t9UuMqhWWZd37MEtFHCwBleeA1vejyIVOJmMZX/s400/malone.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Ah yes, yet another one of my Irish surnames that just magically appeared in America; this one in Ohio. From what I've gathered, my ancestor, Richard Malone (1790-1841) was somewhat of a frontiersman, which possibly explains why the records trail ends with him. But that's a story for another day.<br /><br />About the surname Malone itself... there are many places on the web where the origins of the Malone name is explained.<br /><br /><em>Ó Maoileoin, literally grandson (or descendant) of the follower of John (possibly Saint John), is the original Irish form of this name and though originally anglicised as O Malone, we have here a name which is never found with its Gaelic prefix, the form Malone being the exclusive modern form of the name. The sept is a branch of the royal O Connors of Connacht who derive their name from Conchobhar (died 971), King of Connacht. The original Maoileoin from whom the clan takes its name was said to be a nephew of Roderic O Connor, the last Celtic monarch of Ireland. The main family of Malone was for centuries associated with the Abbey of Clonmacnoise, to which they furnished many abbots and bishops, for Clonmacnoise was for a time an independent See before being united with Ardagh. In the early Middle Ages, Clonmacnoise was the great centre of Christian scholarship by the River Shannon, south of Athlone.</em><br /><br />You can read more about the Malone surname <a href="http://www.araltas.com/features/malone/">here </a>.<br /><br />On last year's glorious trip to Ireland, I found some Malones in Wicklow...<br /><br /><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs189.snc1/6336_111110558138_683618138_2193092_4046903_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 504px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 360px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs189.snc1/6336_111110558138_683618138_2193092_4046903_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br />...and also in Clifden...<br /><br /><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs122.snc1/5256_112461028138_683618138_2212118_7524919_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 504px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 360px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs122.snc1/5256_112461028138_683618138_2212118_7524919_n.jpg" /></a>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-8047543069107050272010-05-21T11:06:00.000-07:002010-05-21T11:11:49.600-07:00Follow Friday - 13 tips...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6IBetkc4-g1ExaXka1xAPnnUCaU2i03kt-EE9WbzIdLOB6qgaA7Y3EolnefYZHYHOwyHn61SoP61QcYYSshW-adWNdOuqh_XWVxZl4rXntkDYKIoPcZVu3tD3HiPET9ZkZmd7jJrW9Mt/s1600/follow-friday.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473786408248370882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6IBetkc4-g1ExaXka1xAPnnUCaU2i03kt-EE9WbzIdLOB6qgaA7Y3EolnefYZHYHOwyHn61SoP61QcYYSshW-adWNdOuqh_XWVxZl4rXntkDYKIoPcZVu3tD3HiPET9ZkZmd7jJrW9Mt/s400/follow-friday.jpg" /></a> When I first started blogging a couple of months back, I started following another blogger, mainly because they were digging into Irish genealogy. Today, she shared a great post that I'd like to give props to for Follow Friday. You can read the post, "13 Tips +1 for conducting research in Ireland", on her blog, <a href="http://thesearchforanneandmichael.blogspot.com/2010/05/13-tips-1-for-conducting-research-in.html">"On a Flesh and Bone Foundation: An Irish History"</a><br /><div>Thanks for a great post, Irish Eyes. </div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-78914104448979012342010-05-20T11:03:00.000-07:002010-05-21T10:11:14.568-07:00My Workman Line - An Overview<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNlQtOF6clyeO-Do7BbxI5t8d-A5RihZh-UFu6w-YBTsbvxQlPYxn03BjAp8Rbz59qnft6J2Fs6u6ukW6N16lpWVvdVC79tMN6yO3A3z5XDowpCxqExgs9xMG0At8CjrkhWuENRbTojNz/s1600/workman.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473414899296218866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNlQtOF6clyeO-Do7BbxI5t8d-A5RihZh-UFu6w-YBTsbvxQlPYxn03BjAp8Rbz59qnft6J2Fs6u6ukW6N16lpWVvdVC79tMN6yO3A3z5XDowpCxqExgs9xMG0At8CjrkhWuENRbTojNz/s400/workman.jpg" /></a> My paternal grandmother is Nellie Joyce Tomblin Cummons. Her parents were Ebb Tomblin and Mary Workman. Mamaw Mary was the sweetest, most generous, hardworking woman I've ever known. She was a farm wife, working hard on the family's dairy farm in southern Ohio. I know everyone has had one of those grandmother's who can read minds, and Mamaw Mary was no exeception: "Put a sweater on. You're freezing!" "Eat another helping of <em>(insert food item cooked in lard),</em> you're still hungry!"<br />Much of my vocabulary was learned from Mamaw Mary. When a cool autumn breeze gave a sudden chill, Mamaw would say, "Boozy!" You never wore your farm clothes into town, because you didn't want to look "Jakey". And if you needed to be somewhere, but were running a bit behind, you'd be there "D'reckly".<br />In 1990, our family lost Mamaw Mary, and we couldn't imagine life without her. I was just 16 at the time, and it's only now, twenty years later, that I've began to wonder about Mary Workman Tomblin <i>before</i> she was a sweet, grey-haired old lady. So my search has started. Hopefully over the next few posts, I'll be able to share some of the history I've learned about Mamaw, and also <i>her</i> mother, Inez Dempsey. But for now, here's a look at the Workman line, as discovered through ancestry.com:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfWDvd12E1LdgVmouIMgLNnIidgXuX1NniByC5eKPT3sGzewtkwb0ydB8AyF1XZ075IjTVO7avwtepK6-3oDHwMwWHcOqIP3S2cTmgrRlspKGNTNTv46r7UXDRWPHC5pHz9ibybkfB3gc/s1600/workmanblogline.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 373px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473771196082673250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfWDvd12E1LdgVmouIMgLNnIidgXuX1NniByC5eKPT3sGzewtkwb0ydB8AyF1XZ075IjTVO7avwtepK6-3oDHwMwWHcOqIP3S2cTmgrRlspKGNTNTv46r7UXDRWPHC5pHz9ibybkfB3gc/s400/workmanblogline.jpg" /></a>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-62088688546808637702010-05-19T09:46:00.000-07:002010-05-21T11:14:01.019-07:00Wordless Wednesday: Cottage at Bunratty Castle and Folk Village, Ireland<a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs142.snc1/5256_112460938138_683618138_2212103_61608_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 504px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs142.snc1/5256_112460938138_683618138_2212103_61608_n.jpg" /></a>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-61343006112763759772010-05-10T10:02:00.000-07:002010-05-10T16:59:45.016-07:00Monday Madness - More Computer Misery!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQCd1JjSM0aXHqmjfaq0ZhJtLr6uw-B4bdWe-ZAv4Z9rtkoBVJHn5CmoIjDFpxgnuL8Rzioyc4iewG7eqxtbALzMnYbc9vVlLn9iUYvgXAw3qPRdOkFpmqWfaeHjH8S05eGkl279eFzeO/s1600/monday+blog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469688250381667602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQCd1JjSM0aXHqmjfaq0ZhJtLr6uw-B4bdWe-ZAv4Z9rtkoBVJHn5CmoIjDFpxgnuL8Rzioyc4iewG7eqxtbALzMnYbc9vVlLn9iUYvgXAw3qPRdOkFpmqWfaeHjH8S05eGkl279eFzeO/s400/monday+blog.jpg" /></a><br />Oh, the joys of technology! Just when I was getting used to being without my regular laptop, and had consoled myself because I had the forethought to save a lot of my files to the jumpdrive...*sigh*<br /><br />I pull out the jump drive to access some genealogy files for Monday Madness... but there's no genealogy folder!!! Are you kidding me?<br /><br />I mean, it's not like I'd cut my family tree down to a stump, but still, what an inconvenience! Fortunately the muster rolls I had just discovered on my Civil War grandfather has already been posted on the blog here, so I can retrieve them (a lesser quality than what I'd had saved, but at least they're here.) And a lot of files I can pull up again on ancestry, but the biggest frustration are the stories I had recently transcribed from my grandfather and great aunt. I wrote those up fresh, just hours after we had sat reminiscing. I'm sure I can still recount the tales they told, but they will no doubt lack the magic of the moment the original documents held.<br /><br />I don't know what happened. I am 100% certain the genealogy folder was on the jump drive before the laptop crashed. Why or when would I have taken it off? Grrrr....<br /><br />So today, my first foray into Monday Madness has me pulling my hair out, not over an elusive ancestor, or an unreadable census record. And it doesn't have me sharing any secrets of mental instability in my family's past (I'm sure I'll get to that in time!) I am simply driven mad today by that little thing we can't do without...TECHNOLOGY!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-75642853818181555302010-05-09T13:00:00.000-07:002010-05-09T13:47:06.548-07:00Matrilineal Mother's DayI saw this challenge on <a href="http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/">Bill West's Blog - West in New England</a>, and thought it would be a fun little exercise on Mother's Day. I'll admit, I tend to pay more attention to the male lines in my research, my father's Cummons line, and my maternal grandfather's Malone line in particular, and sometimes those wonderful women who contributed to my DNA are left behind. Bill's blog gave this challenge:<br /><br /><em>"Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:<br />1) List your matrilineal line - your mother, her mother, etc. back to the first identifiable mother. Note: this line is how your mitochondrial DNA was passed to you!<br /><br />2) Tell us if you have had your mitochondrial DNA tested, and if so, which Haplogroup you are in.<br /><br />3) Post your responses on your own blog post, in Comments to this blog post, or in a Note or status line on Facebook."</em><br /><br />I have never had the DNA testing done, although I would love to, but here is my matrilineal line, at least as far as I've been able to uncover it on ancestry.com<br /><br />Beginning with my mother:<br />Carolyn Y. Malone (1955- present) m. Robert A Cummons<br />Margaret Y. Evans (1928? - present) m. Eugene G Malone<br />Nannie Carroll (1895-1980) m. Harvey Evans<br />Phoebe Ellen Smith (1870-1957) m. John Morgan Carroll<br />Martha Osborn (1845 - ?) m. Peter Smith<br />Phebe Lewis (1811 - ??) m. Lewis Osborn<br />Rachel Henson (1783-1987) m. John Lewis<br />Mary Polly Lewis (1796-1880) m. James Henson<br />Winetry Winnie Henson (1760-1824) m. James Theophilus Lewis<br />Elizabeth (?) (1738_?) m. Paul Henson<br /><br />This trail of ladies began in North Carolina, moved into Kentucky, and later to Ohio. What a celebration of mothers!!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-55392381665045365032010-05-09T12:01:00.001-07:002010-05-09T12:15:46.476-07:00Happy Mother's Day!<a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2093/212/77/683618138/n683618138_1295141_6740.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 346px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2093/212/77/683618138/n683618138_1295141_6740.jpg" /></a><br />Mom. Where would I be without her? For the majority of my childhood years it was just the two of us. My dad died when he was 20. Mom was still 19. I was 14 months old. I believe those circumstances gave us an even closer bond than most mothers and daughters. She was, and still is, my best friend. There were no years of teenage angst, when I couldn't stand my mother. There's never been a time when I wasn't 100% certain that she knew more about life than I did. Without her influence, there's no way I could be the woman that I am today. I love you Carolyn Yvonne Barnes!<br /><br><br /><a href="http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/williang_pics/?action=view¤t=angmom.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/williang_pics/angmom.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-77357159581680846682010-05-02T10:13:00.000-07:002010-05-04T18:34:29.195-07:00Crashed!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDaHUWCVB7YqGqDXNn7Kuf9SUhBgcaeo4qWYYfQOQiGqW0fhYag7hYq02QSeZfe_KnRb7GbVJv5DHgs4RdBWROrdiH76ZYM0s2xaJGyxp9KP6f08FoWv6zuMwDb5GXOuiWhAVRagO4T_9c/s1600/crash.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466722291325173266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDaHUWCVB7YqGqDXNn7Kuf9SUhBgcaeo4qWYYfQOQiGqW0fhYag7hYq02QSeZfe_KnRb7GbVJv5DHgs4RdBWROrdiH76ZYM0s2xaJGyxp9KP6f08FoWv6zuMwDb5GXOuiWhAVRagO4T_9c/s400/crash.jpg" /></a><br />It finally happened. I knew it would probably be sooner than later, but still it took me by surprise. It was no more than three, maybe four years old, but had been having issues for some time now. Then, a couple of months ago, I read a report on the net that said Acer was one of the top three worst computers to buy, and that their laptops generally had a life expectancy of three years. Well, I am here to confirm that report. I was busy making a worksheet for my Sunday School class last Wednesday, when out of nowhere the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH appears. It wouldn't restart, or even allow me to put in the installation disk.<br />The next day, my husband, Rob, took the laptop to work to have their tech guy look at it, but so far he's had no luck with it. So here I am, thankful this little dinosaur of a dell still works, but wishing I had my wide screen back. And my sd card reader. And my photoshop cs (this one DOES have photoshop 7, but it's not the same!)<br />The good news is, I had recently backed up most of my digiscrap kits, brushes, etc onto a dvd, and I've been keeping all my genealogy stuff on my jump drive, so my two favorite hobbies are safe. Unfortunately, if the tech guy can't salvage anything, I may have lost an entire year's worth of preschool pictures, right when I was getting ready to put together the kid's end of the year albums. But such is life. If anyone loves me enough to buy me a Mac, or even a really nice PC, let me know... I'll give you my shipping address! But in the mean time, back to genealogy...Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-6047964146056371352010-04-26T19:51:00.000-07:002010-05-04T18:35:22.218-07:00This Tree is Getting Full!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK09JDDeNBabAnWpGScvnx25hCIkBlQLrJAI5RK9HMK0A50OFR2DApi6eTNn3TLMo28AftFNArDZSLq1rLUG3Ba-P3tP-t1UIzxvqUjIaIZ0Rb7db4BXF2AAHvnu-T4lXY19EoXDxe_zCt/s1600/full-tree.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464644566676883234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK09JDDeNBabAnWpGScvnx25hCIkBlQLrJAI5RK9HMK0A50OFR2DApi6eTNn3TLMo28AftFNArDZSLq1rLUG3Ba-P3tP-t1UIzxvqUjIaIZ0Rb7db4BXF2AAHvnu-T4lXY19EoXDxe_zCt/s400/full-tree.gif" /></a><br />I hadn't posted in a while, so I thought I should get something up here before bed tonight! A little over a week ago, I spent a few days begging for stories from my grandfather, my great aunt, and my cousin... and my efforts were so rewarded!! Not only did I get some interesting stories about my Cummons side from my grandfather, my great aunt and cousin were able to tell me things I had never known about my grandmother's side, and that information opened up a number of "leafy discoveries" on ancestry.com With any luck, I will get some of that information posted in the next few days, but one little thing that made me smile: I finally landed an ancestor in Ireland! Whoot! That would be a William Balum Dempsey, a native of Dublin in the early 1700s. I am connected to the Dempsey name through my paternal grandmother's side. Yeah, this little tree of mine is getting crowded, but that's okay, I like the company!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695935213556935868.post-38345851634492468082010-04-12T19:17:00.000-07:002010-05-04T18:36:01.692-07:00A Blue AND Grey Soldier<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1a7m53Np5KANLfnkaDkFZDJwTsFVVemnk-UcxZtzJgK9qyxLuoxBdX7liMr_-KHYrMDYjrerSqlILuCf-T0RIjMAKvIdXi94FLjDt3Toe64KrKyn0fVvFplhyphenhyphenLCH4BY1_o6OONxK3_fHO/s1600/blue+and+grey.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459440890620428290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1a7m53Np5KANLfnkaDkFZDJwTsFVVemnk-UcxZtzJgK9qyxLuoxBdX7liMr_-KHYrMDYjrerSqlILuCf-T0RIjMAKvIdXi94FLjDt3Toe64KrKyn0fVvFplhyphenhyphenLCH4BY1_o6OONxK3_fHO/s400/blue+and+grey.jpg" /></a><br />With the help of <a href="http://www.footnote.com/">footnote.com</a> I believe I may have found out how my James Hamilton Cummons went from Confederate to Yankee. I know that James was born in Guilford County, NC. I know that he ended up in Cabell County West Virginia. I know he ended up in the US Volunteer Infantry. Using those markers, I believe the muster rolls and other files I uncovered tell the whole story of James. I hope it's okay to put these up on my blog. I couldn't find anything on footnote that said I couldn't, but if you konw otherwise, let me know!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Dpr14ppRm2yM0nYQPXJOpdEy0u8F2mmDVhyphenhyphenF-uUoyUUpNYZMxWNMfUb7aEeuE4IyAIENiqs-MpU5WoWxj5ImKJkZBgqlRANJqRPOXoImasuNQhBvQ_Yznjzhl14bbunCVLwtla38PCXJ/s1600/muster+rolls+1-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459445174339001394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Dpr14ppRm2yM0nYQPXJOpdEy0u8F2mmDVhyphenhyphenF-uUoyUUpNYZMxWNMfUb7aEeuE4IyAIENiqs-MpU5WoWxj5ImKJkZBgqlRANJqRPOXoImasuNQhBvQ_Yznjzhl14bbunCVLwtla38PCXJ/s400/muster+rolls+1-3.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8Xfvb_OkdFMNrmg-TxGglSMeA6x7iTnW-_eprKNTgiil6YlEnUTu3vlP7RVDveBxdG3-5bhpPTn0AhAIqt7CynbPooXel754KCuzITfWP_TiGuUMh-OoIz20ZX5jCSJMxI4b5bgIIdl4/s1600/muster+rolls+4-6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459445654056535794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8Xfvb_OkdFMNrmg-TxGglSMeA6x7iTnW-_eprKNTgiil6YlEnUTu3vlP7RVDveBxdG3-5bhpPTn0AhAIqt7CynbPooXel754KCuzITfWP_TiGuUMh-OoIz20ZX5jCSJMxI4b5bgIIdl4/s400/muster+rolls+4-6.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYFpncbONrDTmme008bvYJI-AaQRt-wUgCt9Q0eEN8VIe9OsJwMGwgMwpt3irV9DFr1aeN0B7lsrhot-5eHaMiOY6l9FP4IoxL5tOqMVs517v1KeMvqFkpi4u-PurwEbDkmJLMzS4_yL5/s1600/muster_pension.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459446040579149026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYFpncbONrDTmme008bvYJI-AaQRt-wUgCt9Q0eEN8VIe9OsJwMGwgMwpt3irV9DFr1aeN0B7lsrhot-5eHaMiOY6l9FP4IoxL5tOqMVs517v1KeMvqFkpi4u-PurwEbDkmJLMzS4_yL5/s400/muster_pension.jpg" /></a><br />In case you can't read the images, I'll summarize:<br />James went to Virginia and enlisted with the NC 54th Infantry on July 1, 1863 (which if I'm not mistaken coincides with Gettysburg). On November 7, 1863, James was taken as prisoner of war at the battle of Rappahannock Station, and transported to a prison camp at Point Lookout, Maryland (known as possibly the harshest prison camp in the union.) Just two months later, in January of 1864, James swore allegience to the union, and was enlisted in the 1st US Volunteer Infantry. Later, I will post a little bit of the historic details of Rappahannock Station, Point Lookout, and the 1st US Volunteer infantry.<br />Uncovering all of this, is making James really come to life for me. I mean, when all of this took place, he was no more than 17 years old! I can't imagine facing the horrors of war, and prison camp at such a young age! And then, according to that old newspaper clipping, James never went home after the war. I wonder where he was the four years before he met Causby? There is still so much to uncover, I just hope the trail doesn't run cold anytime soon!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493965448872720497noreply@blogger.com1