What I Learned From a Delayed Birth Certificate

A return address for the Surry County register of deeds on a plain white envelope made my genealogy heart go pitter patter.  In that envelope was the delayed birth certificate for my maternal grandmother Cecile Clara White.

I am most fortunate to have grown up knowing my grandmother.  I spent many summers with her [...]

Where Did I File That?

I was going to entitle this post  ”Gathering the Documents”, but this title seems to work so much better(!).

I have started gathering the documents needed to prove my lineage and join the  DAR.  I need to prove the birth, marriage and death (if applicable) dates for each generation back to James Harward. That shouldn’t [...]

Joining the DAR – It’s Time

Back in November I visited a local meeting  of the Yates Mill Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution.  I had met a couple of the chapter’s members at the local family history event back in August. I enjoyed the meeting very much and was struck by the wide range of ages of [...]

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