The tenth anniversary of this journal silently passed in October 2020. I've decided to write a little bit about how this journal has evolved and what motivates me to keep at it.
Mary Bohannon Errata
Today, I noticed that I made an error in the article on Mary Francis Bohannon's death certificate. In the paragraph debating the accuracy of her birth date, I cited the 1900 census as evidence, but I cited the wrong one. The census I cited actually referred to Patrick Bohannon's second wife Mary Wilbanks. I have…
Estate Errata
I recently resolved some locations in The Estate of Jesse M. Scott.
Broken Unions Errata
I made a few tweaks to the Broken Unions articles today. Nothing major, but thought you might like to know.
A Fresh Look
You might notice stately Graham Ancestry is looking different these days.
Tidying Up
Thanks to a brief e-mail conversation with Larry Watts, I was able to find Eliza Ann Graham in the 1940 census, which led me to do a major overhaul of my 2010 article about her. The following changes were published today: Eliza Ann Graham Added section headers by decade Added county clerk’s name to marriage…
Tidying Up
Today I published an update to my 2010 article on John Henry Graham and Mary Matilda Bohannon. Updated the link to the National Archives regarding the 1890 census. Added images from the 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 census. Added in the name of the day for all known dates. Added relationship between Mary Matilda Bohannon…
Pink Coffin
I was re-reading my previous article on Jesse Graham & Sarah Scott when I had the following conversation with my daughter. “What’s that?” she asked, looking at a photograph of a grave marker. “That’s the grave of my great great grandmother, and your great great great grandmother,” I said. “What’s the coffin look like?” “I…
Arkansas Death Certificates May Now Be Ordered Online
The Arkansas Department of Health rolled out a new service on Monday that allows users to search and order state death certificates on the Web.
When Looking Back, Don’t Forget To Back Up
For some time I’ve been using a web site called BackupMyTree to, well, back-up my tree. If you ever read the first message on this journal, you’ll remember that I created Graham Ancestry after I’d lost all my previous research in a hard drive failure. That will never happen to me again, because BackupMyTree now…
