May 24, 2013

Datestones, Marriage Stones and Lintels – Poindexter

Poingdestre marriage stone

Several years ago when I was researching my Poindexter family the lineage took me back to their origins on the Isle of Jersey to some very early years. With those early years came very early customs, some of which were stones for their houses. Identification Stones     On the page where I obtained this [...]

The 1940 Census Is Coming. Please Help Spread The Word!

1940census

   Something To Stimulate Your Censuses I’ve been online doing genealogy for so long, I think I remember when they released the 1920 census! (You didn’t seriously think I was going to say I remember the first census in 1790 did you? ) Now, we’ve gone past the 1930 census and the excitement is mounting [...]

Grandma’s Pocketbook

Pocketbook ball closure

Grandma’s Pocketbook Do you watch Antiques Roadshow, or search for fashion memory-makers like old purses? When I was watching Downton Abbey last night something made me think of my grandma Josie and her pocketbook.     Grandma never called it a purse. It was always her pocketbook. A name that harkened back to olden times [...]

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