Comments for FamHist Blog http://famhist.wordpress.com Family History Research Hints and Tips Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:40:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Twig That Knocked Down A Brick Wall by Phyllis Sellers http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/the-twig-that-knocked-down-a-brick-wall-2/#comment-291 Phyllis Sellers Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:40:29 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/?p=476#comment-291 In reference to your research on William Anderson and Nancy Ann Forshee....do you know anything about their son (and Hiram's brother) William Anderson? We have a brick wall named William Anderson, born around 1800/1801 who married a Mary Magdalene, and moved with their children to Randolph County, WV around 1836 (the first tax record showing that he paid taxes there was in late 1835/early 1836). Children: Alfred, Allen, George Lewis, Alexander, Rebecca, Susanna, Emily, Anjeline Jane. So, I was curious to know if you had found a wife for William or where he had died. Thanks! In reference to your research on William Anderson and Nancy Ann Forshee….do you know anything about their son (and Hiram’s brother) William Anderson? We have a brick wall named William Anderson, born around 1800/1801 who married a Mary Magdalene, and moved with their children to Randolph County, WV around 1836 (the first tax record showing that he paid taxes there was in late 1835/early 1836). Children: Alfred, Allen, George Lewis, Alexander, Rebecca, Susanna, Emily, Anjeline Jane. So, I was curious to know if you had found a wife for William or where he had died. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Embedded History by Marguerite Culp http://famhist.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/embedded-history/#comment-290 Marguerite Culp Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:54:55 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/embedded-history/#comment-290 Well put. The stories of family members and ancestors are part of understanding why we are the way we are.I'm working on a book of my father's stories that he told me years ago. Each day I learn more about myself. Well put. The stories of family members and ancestors are part of understanding why we are the way we are.I’m working on a book of my father’s stories that he told me years ago. Each day I learn more about myself.

]]> Comment on The Santa of Gold Hill – A Find-a-grave HERO by Elizabeth O'Neal http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/the-santa-of-gold-hill-a-find-a-grave-hero/#comment-288 Elizabeth O'Neal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:21:19 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/the-santa-of-gold-hill-a-find-a-grave-hero/#comment-288 Hi Lee - I've nominated you for the "Kreativ Blogger Award." Love your blog, Lee, especially your Find A Grave posts! Hi Lee – I’ve nominated you for the “Kreativ Blogger Award.”

Love your blog, Lee, especially your Find A Grave posts!

]]> Comment on Dowsing For Graves And Other Wives Tales by Robert Shrewsbury http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/dowsing-for-graves-and-other-wives-tales/#comment-287 Robert Shrewsbury Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:15:31 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/dowsing-for-graves-and-other-wives-tales/#comment-287 Liked your talk on dowsing. I used to think it was all crazy, but now I can dowse, but however I use a very scientific way of doing it. I have only taught it to 4 other people and of course it worked for all of them. Sincerely, Robert Liked your talk on dowsing. I used to think it was all crazy, but now I can dowse, but however I use a very scientific way of doing it. I have only taught it to 4 other people and of course it worked for all of them.
Sincerely, Robert

]]> Comment on Dowsing For Graves And Other Wives Tales by Genevieve http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/dowsing-for-graves-and-other-wives-tales/#comment-284 Genevieve Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:11:14 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/dowsing-for-graves-and-other-wives-tales/#comment-284 My brother can dowse, as could my father, but I am not able to feel the pull. Whatever it takes, I didn't inherit it. My brother can dowse, as could my father, but I am not able to feel the pull. Whatever it takes, I didn’t inherit it.

]]> Comment on Find-a-grave Comes of Age by Kathryn Doyle http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/find-a-grave-comes-of-age/#comment-279 Kathryn Doyle Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:30:03 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/find-a-grave-comes-of-age/#comment-279 I'm another big fan and long-time member</a> of Find A Grave. Thanks for spreading the word on this great site. I’m another big fan and long-time member of Find A Grave. Thanks for spreading the word on this great site.

]]> Comment on Find-a-grave Comes of Age by Elizabeth O'Neal http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/find-a-grave-comes-of-age/#comment-278 Elizabeth O'Neal Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:20:07 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/find-a-grave-comes-of-age/#comment-278 Excellent post, Lee! I've been a member of Find A Grave for over 5 years, and my husband has been a member for almost as long. Photographing cemeteries is a family affair for us, as my daughter took her first "graving" trip when she was only 2 months old, and still in a baby carrier! The local cemetery caretakers have watched her grow and are always very helpful and sweet to us. There are lots of other, valuable sites which offer photos and info about headstones, but I almost wish there weren't. I'd love to have everything centralized at Find A Grave so I wouldn't have to search in so many places! You can find me at Find A Grave as EMarie! ~Elizabeth Excellent post, Lee! I’ve been a member of Find A Grave for over 5 years, and my husband has been a member for almost as long. Photographing cemeteries is a family affair for us, as my daughter took her first “graving” trip when she was only 2 months old, and still in a baby carrier! The local cemetery caretakers have watched her grow and are always very helpful and sweet to us.

There are lots of other, valuable sites which offer photos and info about headstones, but I almost wish there weren’t. I’d love to have everything centralized at Find A Grave so I wouldn’t have to search in so many places!

You can find me at Find A Grave as EMarie!

~Elizabeth

]]> Comment on Find-a-grave Comes of Age by Miriam Robbins Midkiff http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/find-a-grave-comes-of-age/#comment-277 Miriam Robbins Midkiff Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:56:32 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/find-a-grave-comes-of-age/#comment-277 Excellent post about one of my favorite sites! When I first started out at Find A Grave, I think they had 9 million memorials posted; today they have 37 million! Excellent post about one of my favorite sites! When I first started out at Find A Grave, I think they had 9 million memorials posted; today they have 37 million!

]]> Comment on Murder In Salem by katlyn http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/murder-in-salem/#comment-276 katlyn Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:30:20 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/murder-in-salem/#comment-276 you should look up the descendants of sarah good you should look up the descendants of sarah good

]]> Comment on Grave Dowsing ~ More Stories by tracy Logsdon http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/grave-dowsing-more-stories/#comment-275 tracy Logsdon Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:24:55 +0000 http://famhist.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/grave-dowsing-more-stories/#comment-275 Hello: I am Tracy Logsdon of Cowden, Illinois, near Shelbyville, il. I have been actively dowsing for graves now for about 8 years, I have perfected the craft to the point that the only thing I don't know about a grave I have found would be the name of that person that is buried. I have noticed that not a one of the dowsers that I have read about, can say why their rods pick up a grave. I have absplute proof that each person has a magnetic field from head to foot, that reaches out from a living person for about 8 feet. They carry that field with them when they die. For verification of my ability, see the Shelbyville, Illinois article of 2008 in the Shelbyville Daily Union. Evidently, my talent must be a bit better than most grave dowsers, because most of them have been satisfied in just finding a lost grave! They do not seem to work at finding why their talent works! Be interested in a reply from one of your researchers! Tracy Logsdon, Cowden, Il. Hello: I am Tracy Logsdon of Cowden, Illinois, near Shelbyville, il. I have been actively dowsing for graves now for about 8 years, I have perfected the craft to the point that the only thing I don’t know about a grave I have found would be the name of that person that is buried. I have noticed that not a one of the dowsers that I have read about, can say why their rods pick up a grave. I have absplute proof that each person has a magnetic field from head to foot, that reaches out from a living person for about 8 feet. They carry that field with them when they die.
For verification of my ability, see the Shelbyville, Illinois article of 2008 in the Shelbyville Daily Union. Evidently, my talent must be a bit better than most grave dowsers, because most of them have been satisfied in just finding a lost grave! They do not seem to work at finding why their talent works! Be interested in a reply from one of your researchers! Tracy Logsdon, Cowden, Il.

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