jlotn.bsky.social
Long-time amateur genealogist; volunteer Archivist in my area of Middle TN, USA (https://www.stewartcountyarchives.org/)
I enjoy my local #genealogy discussion group and my area genealogy society (https://mtgs.org/)
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I appreciate your optimism. Thanks for all y'all do.
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Dagnabit, I live right there in-between Scenario 1 and Scenario 2. I think that means I'll either be too far south for snow or too far north.
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47A and 47B (left to right)
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That feature is transforming my research, especially in seldom-indexed court minutes.
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That's a minifesto.
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I look forward to seeing your trip report! TN cemetery law protects your right to visit, so don't be deterred by a sign.
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minifesto
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If you are visiting a cemetery here in TN in summer, add to your dread all the chiggers that will find you. Oh, and the ticks. Oh, and the snakes. My great-grandmother wouldn't even go into a cemetery after the first spring thunder, because it "wakes up the snakes."
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lol, not my family. I'm abstracting these birth certs for my county TNGenWeb site.
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If you get a good 'hit' on a record where the name of interest is highlighted, see if that name is elsewhere on the page but not highlighted, and see how Full-Text Search read that name. Then use THAT spelling (whatever it is) in a new search. Handwriting recognition isn't perfect, yet awesome.
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I'd appreciate an add. TN researcher of 45+ years here.
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DNA says we are German, but I've not proven that. And I have DNA matches out of NE Ohio who say their immigrant is Irish.
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My grandfather died the day before I turned 4. I have few memories of him. But his mother, my great-grandmother, lived until I was 23. I got to know him through her, and set out, as a teenager, to get to know the rest of my ancestors.