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Postcard form San Antonio, Texas
“A Driveway in Brackenridge Park. San Antonio, Tex.” This postcard is another from my great-grandmother’s collection. It is postmarked 8 May 1911 in San Antonio, TX and addressed to her while she was...
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Photo Identified
I had a wonderful visit with my paternal grandmother this weekend. She told me more family stories and helped identify the above photo. The woman in front is Harriet Elliott Richardson (1871-1932) of...
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Could This Be Will?
Could This Be William Elliott? The Courtship of Esther series showed that my great grandmother was popular with the young men. The large number of postcards and letters exchanged proved that fact....
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Elias Arrived By E-Mail
Elias Elliott and His Second Wife Susan Wilkerson A great granddaughter + a GGG granddaughter + an Ancestry.com query = An Introduction to Elias Elliott Meet Elias Elliott, my GGG grandfather....
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More Elliotts Arrive By E-mail
The Genealogy Happy Dance continues! L to R (front) Cynthia Elliott, Campbell Barnett, Samuel Barnett(back) Edward Scott Barnett, Marion Barnett More Elliotts have arrived in my inbox! Or in this...
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Accident or Something More Sinister?
Answering a recent query on Ancestry.com has led to some remarkable discoveries in my Elliott family line. My new found information also brought clarity to some of the letters and postcards written...
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Jonah Graduates Junior High
I found this graduation announcement tucked in among various letters and postcards of my great grandmother Esther Richardson Talbott. Having recently connected with an...
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Searching For Ancestors in Boydton, VA
I do love researching my ancestors in county courthouses. This week I got to spend time in the Mecklenburg County, VA courthouse in Boydton, VA. Mecklenburg County Courthouse A beautiful drive up...
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Boys Will Be Boys
This is a photograph postcard received by Esther Richardson. Since this postcard is addressed to Esther in News Ferry, VA I know it dates to post January 1913. What do you think of it? Some...
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King Elliott
Excerpt from Elliott Family Bible ***I am re-posting this post with updates from further research.**** King Elliott of Mecklenburg County, VA was my GGGG grandfather. [ My grandfather Crafton...
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