Jim Long

I'm calling them the Gulf of Denali and Mount McMexico. #geography

The word I've been looking for to describe him is moronster

Full-Text Search on #FamilySearch led me to a 1791 record in Davidson County, Tennessee, confirming that my ancestor Samuel Feland had been in the "Cumberland Settlement at Nashboughrough" since about 1781 (the year after Nashville was founded).

I appreciate your optimism. Thanks for all y'all do.

Dagnabit, I live right there in-between Scenario 1 and Scenario 2. I think that means I'll either be too far south for snow or too far north.

Wow, @npr.org really missed the mark on this one. I was in IT then, and we busted our be-hinds for months to evaluate/rewrite our company's software, and upgrade thousands of PCs, so that the rollover would become a non-event. The intent of all that effort was for there to be "no hype."

1800s handwritten samples of the name Armstead Fourqurean, with the last one reading Armstead Fucking

A brief resident in my home county in the mid-1800s was Armstead Fourqurean. It was probably pronounced FER-kwin, but I like how the last court clerk here chose to spell it. #genealogy #Archives

47A and 47B (left to right)

That feature is transforming my research, especially in seldom-indexed court minutes.

My friend tested with FtDNA, copied her results to GEDMatch, and matches her cousin (who tested at Ancestry) at 67cM.
The friend then tested with Ancestry but only matches that cousin at 13cM. Why such a difference?
On paper, they are 2C1R, so the 67cM seems much more realistic than the 13cM.

brass Belmont Casket Co. record tube, from 1935, with purple velvet-lined box

I had a chance to see a 1935 'coffin capsule' at my #Archives yesterday, without a clue what it was. We first speculated it was for cremains - until we saw the family record to be kept in the tube, in the casket. The record had been filled in, but the family apparently decided not to bury it.

That wasn't a #manifesto, it was a minifesto.

That's a minifesto.

I look forward to seeing your trip report! TN cemetery law protects your right to visit, so don't be deterred by a sign.

minifesto

If you are visiting a cemetery here in TN in summer, add to your dread all the chiggers that will find you. Oh, and the ticks. Oh, and the snakes. My great-grandmother wouldn't even go into a cemetery after the first spring thunder, because it "wakes up the snakes."

Very well stated. At my archives I have been digitizing our not-online-or-even-microfilmed court cases for 10 years, and I have years to go to complete the task. We are all-volunteer, too.

lol, not my family. I'm abstracting these birth certs for my county TNGenWeb site.

Close-up in the Delayed Birth Certificate of John Thomason Reynolds, born June 20, 1888 in Stewart County, Tennessee, showing the names of his parents, and their birthdates.

Delayed Birth Certificate of John Thomason Reynolds, born June 20, 1888 in Stewart County, Tennessee

I found a Tennessee Delayed Birth Certificate that has an extra treat on it - the birthdates of the parents! #genealogy

My nose itches when I floss my teeth. Is there a #StarterPack with my people in it?

If you get a good 'hit' on a record where the name of interest is highlighted, see if that name is elsewhere on the page but not highlighted, and see how Full-Text Search read that name. Then use THAT spelling (whatever it is) in a new search. Handwriting recognition isn't perfect, yet awesome.

What's transforming my #genealogy research these days is Full-Text Search on FamilySearch. I'm finding original records I've never found in 45 years of research. Wow.

I'd appreciate an add. TN researcher of 45+ years here.

DNA says we are German, but I've not proven that. And I have DNA matches out of NE Ohio who say their immigrant is Irish.

Archivists use metal spatulas to carefully manipulate documents. We also use them when it's sweet corn season and we can't wait to get home from the #Archives.

Favorite find @ my #Archives:
"Clarksville, Tenn., July 27, 1894
I hereby promise to pay Thomas J. Slinkard, ten (10) months from date, the sum of one hundred $100.00 dollars at 6% interest, being balance due on a petrified man, with lien retained until this is settled in full and all claim is paid"

My grandfather died the day before I turned 4. I have few memories of him. But his mother, my great-grandmother, lived until I was 23. I got to know him through her, and set out, as a teenager, to get to know the rest of my ancestors.

I'm a long-time amateur genealogist with deep roots in the Southern US. I retired from a nice career in IT, but now I read microfilmed county records for fun, and visit the occasional cemetery.

"We're talkin' about a Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt who still knows why Hee-Haw is funny."

November 1899 parade, San Francisco, Tennessee National Guard

While processing a personal collection at my local #Archives, I found this November 1899 photo from California Street, San Francisco, depicting a parade honoring the 1st Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, for their service in the Philippines. #genealogy #California