Tag Archives: surnames
Surname Saturday – Daniel Ancestors
Happy Easter, Everyone! Some of my fondest Easter memories come from celebrating with my grandma, Lillie Mae. Here’s the story behind her maiden name. The other day while poking around online, I found my uncle’s social security death index record … Continue reading
Filed under African-American history, geneology, Uncategorized
Surname Saturday – The Burton Family
After finding my great, great-grandmother Temple Burton’s tombstone this week, it seems right to focus on the surname Burton for Surname Saturday. According to a myriad of ancestry and genealogy sites on the internet, Burton is of English origin and … Continue reading
Finding the Colonel’s Sword
My cousin is a great searcher. She’ll exhaust every page of a google search, unlike me. If I don’t find what I’m looking for after the second page, I assume the item in question is just not meant to be … Continue reading
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