Wednesday, November 30, 2011

I Did It! (Mostly)

The month of November I have been participating in NaBloPoMo.  The goal was to post to my blog every day  for the month.

And I did.

Mostly......  The Thanksgiving holiday  got me off track a bit.  Maybe it was all the stuffing I ate (?).  Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I learned quite a bit from this exercise in blogging.

  • Planning is crucial.  I've never used an editorial calendar, but I can certainly see the advantages in one.
  • A "tickler file" is a great resource.  Mine is just a pad of paper sitting on my desk where I can write down an idea for a post. There is no need to be fancy or even high tech. I just need to be able to write my ideas down when I think of them to keep from forgetting them later.  
  • You "meet" lots of fun people with similar interests in the blogging world when you are tending to your blog consistently.
  • My enjoyment of telling my ancestors' stories was reinforced.  Telling their stories was why I started this blog  and why I continue to blog.  I can't not tell their stories.
December begins tomorrow.  I'm looking forward to participating in Geneabloggers Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories.  As I talk with my older relatives this Christmas season, I'm planning on talking about how they celebrated Christmas while growing up.  I'll let you know what I learn.

(PS - Don't look for a post every day.)

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Happy Birthday, Granddaddy!

Arthur Crafton Talbott
27 Nov 1916 - 27 Feb 1993


Arthur "Crafton" Talbott
Age 3 years


Crafton Talbott as a Young Man 


Crafton Talbott and his "million dollar smile".

Friday, November 25, 2011

Dobson High School Basketball Team
1932-1933

This is a photograph from my grandmother's photo album.  She (Cecile White) played on the girls' team in high school.  Unfortunately she did not include a picture of the girls' team in her album.

Surnames of the boys' team players include Collins, Long, Melton and White, Folger, Sims, Monday, Cockerham, and Phillips.

While none of these young men are directly related to me, I suspect a couple may be cousins on collateral lines.  I wanted to share this photograph in case there are other Surry County, NC researchers who might researching these surnames.  I just might have other photographs of your ancestor.  One never knows where a photograph of an ancestor might turn up.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Needing Help Deciphering A Name


This is an entry in the 1826 Surry County, North Carolina List of Taxables.  I am having a difficult time deciphering this entry and wondered if my genealogy blogging friends could help.  I have a few ideas, but don't want to mislead anyone.


What are your thoughts?

Monday, November 21, 2011

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