October 7, 2022 This week I’ve been looking into my third great grandfather’s siblings. I’m hoping to learn more about my ancestor’s life by studying his family. My third great grandfather, Stephen Hadlock, had a bunch of siblings, ten to be exact. As I’ve been looking at his brothers and sisters, I’ve realized how …
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Lucerne
September 29, 2022 Yesterday I was mowing the part of our yard that we call the “way back”. It’s an untamed, unmanicured area adjacent to our wind belt trees. As I mowed, I noticed that a nice stand of alfalfa had showed up in the area. Alfalfa is a forage and hay crop that is …
Death and Taxes
September 23, 2022 Benjamin Franklin famously wrote “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Genealogists seem to have listened to the death part. Most of us spend a great deal of time looking for death certificates, funeral home, cemetery records and probate records. Fewer of us spend time looking for tax records. …