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Finding Nancy Jane Wickham Archer

This is my first post in almost 10 months. I haven’t been writing at all or really working on my own genealogy this past year; my last post was about my father’s death and I’d been struggling for some time

Jill M. February 10, 2023February 11, 2023 Archer family, Civil War, family history, genealogy, history, military, Noble County, old records, research, Stewart, war, Wickham No Comments Read more

My Kentucky Conundrum

I am used to dealing with the “two men, same name, same area” issues with my NSDAR applicants but I hadn’t come across it within my own family until the other day.  It’s not a particularly “fun” problem to run

Jill M. February 5, 2021January 4, 2023 Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate Army, DAR, family history, genealogy, history, Kentucky, Lykins, military, Morgan County, mysteries, old records, pictures, research, war Read more

My Loafer Follow-Up

I was happily informed the other day by my dear friend Sue that one of my blog articles was used as a citation in a recent Crossroads article.  The article was Reconstructing a Life from Biographical Fragments: Oliver Dresser, Who

Jill M. March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Archer family, census, family history, genealogy, history, medical, mysteries, old records, research, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

A Pension Full of Surprises

She couldn’t have fathomed that one hundred fifteen years later, her second great-granddaughter would be on the verge of tears and in utter awe of the connection to something as simple as her signature.

Jill M. September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 Archer family, family history, history, medical, old records, Stewart, Stewart family, Wickham Read more

The Eccard Family Tragedy Explained

One of the more outrageous family stories I share with my genealogy students is the double suicide of my 3rd great-grandparents, the Eccards, in 1915. I had used their tragic deaths as a way to illustrate how to be prepared

Jill M. January 4, 2019January 3, 2019 Drake, Drake family, Eccard, family history, genealogy, mysteries, newspaper clippings, Pickaway County, Uncategorized Read more
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