May 22, 2013

Find A Grave Is Making Grave Mistakes

Confused

I’m completely baffled by the FindAGrave site. Last night a lady wouldn’t transfer my father-in-law’s memorial (he is not deceased) to me; and today I asked for a transfer of John Whitmore, my husband’s GG-Grf and Medal of Honor Recipient, and was denied that too. Is there some  (monetary?) “award” for people who have the [...]

147 Year Old Breedlove Civil War Diary

Wayne Breedlove with JWB diary

The Caretaker Pictured above is my 2nd cousin, once removed, Wayne Breedlove who generously brought the John W. Breedlove diary with him from Florida when he visited us last week. Wayne’s father, Othel Breedlove was the man who ‘rescued’ the diary from obscurity decades ago. Wayne found it in his dad’s camper, tucked away on [...]

36 New Leads From A Civil War Pension Record

CW art

Information Extracted From Pension File for George O. Barlow By Carol Yates Wilkerson Name: George O. Barlow Parents of George O. Barlow are: Stephen and Mary (Louis) Barlow Born: 01 Nov 1837, St. Lawrence Co., NY Military Service: Sgt. Co. K, 3rd Reg. MN Volunteer Infantry;  During the Civil War George contracted malaria while in [...]

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

© 2007-2013 iPentimento|Genealogy and History All Rights Reserved -- Copyright notice by Blog Copyright