March 2010 Archives - iPentimento | Genealogy and History

The Poindexter Connection

March 28, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

George Poindexter/Poingdestre home built circa 1685

In 1994, as I was just getting started with my own family genealogy, one of my cousins in Missouri told me that she was in the DAR through an ancestor named James Harrison, and that I would be able to join that prestigious society through my relation to the same man. As it turned out, [...]

Filed Under: Genealogy, History Tagged With: Criss Cross, Crist's Cross, Genealogy, Isle of Jersey, Poindexter, Poingdestre, St. Peter's Parish Virginia

Calling All Swedish Researchers!

March 28, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

My mother’s paternal and maternal grandparents all emigrated from Sweden to the United States in the late 1800′s. The Molines went to Minnesota, and the Nordgrens (or Larsons if they were listed under their original name) were in Iowa for a short time. With the help of a Great Uncle who was a member of [...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Tagged With: genealogical research, Genealogy, Moline family, Nordgren family, Rotter, St. Paul Minnesota, Sweden, swedish grave records, Swedish gravestone records

WordPress For Dummies Is Coming!

March 28, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

Filed Under: Featured Posts Tagged With: Lisa Sabin-Wilson, WordPress, WordPress For Dummies

Sentimental Sunday March 28, 2010

March 28, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

Sentimental Sunday March 28, 2010: Grandma’s Favorite Cup Many of my memories are like little vignettes of events that happened once and never again. One of them is my recollection of a conversation with my Grandma Yates ( Josie McVey Scribner Yates) about one of her favorite coffee cups. I remember she had it [...]

Filed Under: Genealogy, Sentimental Sunday Tagged With: 2010, Genealogy, McVey, Sentimental Sunday, Sentimental Sunday March 28, Yates

Are You In Someone’s Photo?

March 24, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

Have you seen this new site Are You In My Photo? I found it in an article in Ancestry magazine’s January/February 2009 issue, and I am really, really happy someone created this site. How many of you have photos in your collections that have other people in them that you can’t identify? As the site [...]