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Thursday, November 29, 2012

They Farmed... what else?

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I have had difficulty telling the story of my Jackson County, Indiana ancestors. They didn't fight off indians, the Civil War wasn...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Civil War Pension CD

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I received the Civil War Pension file on CD from the National Archives a little more than a week ago. In the past it took months to get t...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

Exasperated White People?

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No, it's not what you think. This has nothing to do with the 2012 Elections. When I came upon this, "All the white people are ex...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Mapping Owens Family

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I mapped out the state and county locations of the Owens family. The descendants of James Owens of Booths Creek in Virginia remained in the...
Saturday, November 3, 2012

More markers to separate them

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I have certainly found, and been given, a great deal of information which will help me separate all of the Johns, Georges etc.. This indent...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween!

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Always curious about how my ancestors celebrated holidays I searched the Brownstown newspapers for Halloween news. Here is how they marked H...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Can't we separate all of the Johns, Georges, Davids?

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Is it possible to match all of the Johns, Georges, Davids and a couple of James's to their correct parents? That is the game right now. ...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

When lines connect! Breaking down a brickwall!

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Get out the champagne the Owens Brickwall is coming down!!! It took two people working independantly then finally connecting our lines th...
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Saturday, October 6, 2012

Pennsylvania Manuscripts on the Web

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Pennsylvania Archives and Colonial Records at Fold3 I am finding a wealth of info online regarding Pennsylvania. I have been using the P...
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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Share A Memory

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Seeing a picture can jog your memory. This picture taken by the Temple swimming pool in Puente, California during the 1920's really b...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

My Sources so far on Owens

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I've been busy getting up to speed on the Owens line this week. I've found some of the original material sited by other researchers....
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