Wow! It has been over a year since my last post here. Time really flies! In my head it doesn't seem like it has been that long! I decided to take a little break. Things were getting confusing and stressful and I had A LOT of things in my life that were getting in the way of my research time. I hope to be back into my tree soon! Very soon! I miss it! I have had a few people contact me recently with little tidbits of goodness and that has really got the fire burning again! For now though, it must wait a wee bit longer. My grandfather had to have a triple bypass almost two months ago and every free moment and then some has been spent with him. I hope to be back in the swing of things again full time hopefully in a month or so! Until then!
Hope you are having a wonderful day!
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Friday, November 21, 2008
Morrison Collage
This is something my dad has been playing around with. I think it turned out great! He is developing a web site for Morrison families in the USA. More details coming soon!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Underground Railroad
While researching my grandmother's Hayes line, I came across some interesting information. It seemed too awesome to be true, so I did some further research on the web and it turns out it was correct. My GGGGGGGrandfather, Mordecai Hayes, Sr.'s home was a stop on the underground railroad!
Smedley, R.C., MD.. History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania. Lancaster: 1883.
The book is organized in the order that a slave would reach Pennsylvania and beginning chapters deal with Lancaster County's Underground Railroad stations. Smedley asserts that William Wright of Columbia(?) was among the first to organize the Underground Railroad. Other agents discussed include: Daniel Gibbons (Bird-In-Hand/Enterprise), Thomas Peart, Thomas Whitson (Bart), Lindley Coates (Sadsbury), Dr. Eshelman, James Moore, Caleb C. Hood (Bart), Joseph Smith, Oliver Furness, Joseph Brinton (Salisbury), Joseph Moore (Sadsbury), Samuel Mifflin (Columbia), Joseph Gibbons (Bird-In-Hand), J.K. Eshelman (Strasburg), Jacob Bushong (Bart), Allen Smith (Bart), George Webster (Bart), Thomas Jackson (Northern Lancaster Co. 'In the Forest'), John Russell, Micah Whitson, Henry Carter, Ellwood Brown, Jeremiah Moore (Christiana), Joseph Hood (Bart), Truman Cooper (Sadsbury), James Williams, Joseph Fulton, Mordecai Hayes, Emmor Kimber, and as an alternate route station, Joshua Brinton of Salisbury Township.
LCHS Call Number 973.7115 S637
Green Lawn Farm,673 Harvey's Bridge Road,Embreeville.
Purchased by Mordecai Hayes, Jr. (1780-1847), this property has been in the Hayes family ever since. The little house was built circa 1774 and the big house was built in 1841 by Jacob and Carolien Hayes. Generations of the family have enjoyed summers spent at this pastoral retreat along the west branch of the Brandywine River, as evidenced by anecdotes in the Green Lawn Lyre, printed up periodically by the family since 1910. The home lies within two miles of the British advance on Washington's troops in the Battle of Brandywine (1777) and is a documented stop of the Civil War era "Underground Railroad".
Smedley, R.C., MD.. History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania. Lancaster: 1883.
The book is organized in the order that a slave would reach Pennsylvania and beginning chapters deal with Lancaster County's Underground Railroad stations. Smedley asserts that William Wright of Columbia(?) was among the first to organize the Underground Railroad. Other agents discussed include: Daniel Gibbons (Bird-In-Hand/Enterprise), Thomas Peart, Thomas Whitson (Bart), Lindley Coates (Sadsbury), Dr. Eshelman, James Moore, Caleb C. Hood (Bart), Joseph Smith, Oliver Furness, Joseph Brinton (Salisbury), Joseph Moore (Sadsbury), Samuel Mifflin (Columbia), Joseph Gibbons (Bird-In-Hand), J.K. Eshelman (Strasburg), Jacob Bushong (Bart), Allen Smith (Bart), George Webster (Bart), Thomas Jackson (Northern Lancaster Co. 'In the Forest'), John Russell, Micah Whitson, Henry Carter, Ellwood Brown, Jeremiah Moore (Christiana), Joseph Hood (Bart), Truman Cooper (Sadsbury), James Williams, Joseph Fulton, Mordecai Hayes, Emmor Kimber, and as an alternate route station, Joshua Brinton of Salisbury Township.
LCHS Call Number 973.7115 S637
Green Lawn Farm,673 Harvey's Bridge Road,Embreeville.
Purchased by Mordecai Hayes, Jr. (1780-1847), this property has been in the Hayes family ever since. The little house was built circa 1774 and the big house was built in 1841 by Jacob and Carolien Hayes. Generations of the family have enjoyed summers spent at this pastoral retreat along the west branch of the Brandywine River, as evidenced by anecdotes in the Green Lawn Lyre, printed up periodically by the family since 1910. The home lies within two miles of the British advance on Washington's troops in the Battle of Brandywine (1777) and is a documented stop of the Civil War era "Underground Railroad".
Monday, November 10, 2008
Ancestry.com
After working on it a little each day, I have been able to get my people with hints down from 146 to 121. It has taken me longer than I expected to go through them. So far I have found a few new items, but it has mostly just been showing me other people's trees with the same or less info as mine. Frustrating at times. The only bad thing about adding from other people's tree is that Ancestry sometimes creates duplicates of people. When I have finished with the hints I am gonna have to go back through my list of people and remove any duplicates and/or sort out some relationships. I'm not looking forward to it, it can get VERY confusing! It doesn't take much to make a mess in the tree!!
Overall, I really like using Ancestry.com. Becoming a paid member has definitely had its perks! I have been able to find census records at lightning speed, marriage records, birth and death records...things that would have taken me months or more to find are just there waiting for me! Two branches of my tree have grown by leaps and bounds these last few months, now if only I could find some breakthroughs on my Dolly Jordan line or my Morrisons!!!
Well, time to get back to my tree!!! More updates coming soon!
: )
*Marla*
Overall, I really like using Ancestry.com. Becoming a paid member has definitely had its perks! I have been able to find census records at lightning speed, marriage records, birth and death records...things that would have taken me months or more to find are just there waiting for me! Two branches of my tree have grown by leaps and bounds these last few months, now if only I could find some breakthroughs on my Dolly Jordan line or my Morrisons!!!
Well, time to get back to my tree!!! More updates coming soon!
: )
*Marla*
Thursday, October 30, 2008
my genealogy brick wall
Dollie Mae Jordan was my great grandmother. I am lucky enough to have memories of her from my childhood and lots of photographs to cherish that document her adult life, but nothing about her childhood or family.
One of the only things Dollie could remember about her childhood is that she was born on 07 September 1911. Her parents were killed in a train accident sometime between 1911 and 1920. She unsuccessfully tried to find more about her parents, and her brothers and sisters, before she died 5 nov 1998.
Dollie was the youngest of 13 children, probably only a couple of years old at the time of the wreck. Her brothers and sisters were seperated after the wreck, and probably adopted. We don't know anything else about the brothers and sisters.
Dollie lived with William Marcus Morrison of Calhoun County, Alabama after her parent's death and people began to complain that a man should not have a young girl in his home. Fearing that she would be taken away from him, they married in 1927 when Dollie was 16 years old.
We have searched on census records, but since Dollie was born in 1911, she wouldn't be on one as a child with her parents. She is on the 1920 census, living with William Morrison. We have searched for families with a lot of children on the 1910 census that are missing from the 1920 census, but not knowing which county to look in has made that almost impossible.
I figure it is a longshot, but she's got to have brothers and sisters out there somewhere who remember their parents, not to mention nieces and nephews who have heard the story.
One of the only things Dollie could remember about her childhood is that she was born on 07 September 1911. Her parents were killed in a train accident sometime between 1911 and 1920. She unsuccessfully tried to find more about her parents, and her brothers and sisters, before she died 5 nov 1998.
Dollie was the youngest of 13 children, probably only a couple of years old at the time of the wreck. Her brothers and sisters were seperated after the wreck, and probably adopted. We don't know anything else about the brothers and sisters.
Dollie lived with William Marcus Morrison of Calhoun County, Alabama after her parent's death and people began to complain that a man should not have a young girl in his home. Fearing that she would be taken away from him, they married in 1927 when Dollie was 16 years old.
We have searched on census records, but since Dollie was born in 1911, she wouldn't be on one as a child with her parents. She is on the 1920 census, living with William Morrison. We have searched for families with a lot of children on the 1910 census that are missing from the 1920 census, but not knowing which county to look in has made that almost impossible.
I figure it is a longshot, but she's got to have brothers and sisters out there somewhere who remember their parents, not to mention nieces and nephews who have heard the story.
hello little green leaf!
146 people in my family tree currently have hints on ancestry.com. WOW! Time to start clicking!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
let's start things off with a laugh!
Hey there!
Just wanted to share a clip that has been cracking me up lately! It is from The Pink Panther. I didn't really like the movie, but this is the funniest thing I have seen in a LOOOOOONG time!
Enjoy!
: )
Just wanted to share a clip that has been cracking me up lately! It is from The Pink Panther. I didn't really like the movie, but this is the funniest thing I have seen in a LOOOOOONG time!
Enjoy!
: )
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