Old Dominion Genealogy (Us/Them)

Dig for ancient stone circle near Bodmin gets funding grant The four-week excavation of Castilly Henge will take place in September and October.

Project to dig up Neolithic site at Castilly Henge just off the A30 near Bodmin to go ahead after £40,000 received from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 👇
BBC News - Hidden Neolithic stone circle set to be unearthed
www.bbc.com/news/article...

#OnThisDay in 1649, King Charles I was executed during the English Civil War. You can find out if your ancestor fought in the 17th century conflict with these websites:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

Do you have an ancestor who suffered from shell shock after fighting in the First World War? We delve into the phenomenon that transformed medical understanding of mental illness:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

Family tree 🌳

FTR... I'm not a prolific poster on here... I'm busy digging up clues and verifying sources. So if you don't see many posts, it's because I'm working.

If & when I come across something worthy of sharing, I will post 📫 it. #genealogy #familyhistory

Publication ca 1947 by William D Ligon Jr

Been catching up after a day away from SM... and continuing to build the Ligon Descendant Tree. Not all were included in the 1947 publication of the #LigonConnections. Finding a lot of lost branches to add to this text. #genealogy #familyhistory #roots #oldvirginiafamilies

Thank you again for putting us in touch with like-minded fellows. You are an asset to this community, young man. You're a #GeneologyRockStar 🌟

I vet everyone I follow and those who follow me back. It's a chore, but it is the world wide web we live in. It's why I created this account specifically to separate my interests. I don't get followed by politicos or most bots. Just bookworms & studious-types.

No. I think you are doing the work. Building the community & bringing people together. That is worth celebrating 🍾 & although you may feel it's a bit much, it is well deserved. Not many would take the time to connect the dots as you have. So, #Bravo to you, you history crusader!! 🏆🦸‍♂️🏆

3/ I should add *in my own lineage* he's the first one I have discovered.

Very interesting. It was my first encounter with such a soldier in my own lineage. I've seen plenty KIA, MIA, POW, deserters, etc... but that was new. Thanks for that tidbit, much appreciated 👏

I've not run across one in my own family tree before. I've had a few POW's (Gettysburg) but no "both sides" soldiers. My Virginians were "Charlotte Greys" under Lee's N.VA. army, surrendering at #Appomattox

2/ This line stems from my 6th GGF Henry Ligon > John Housen Ligon (RWP) > Nancy Jane Ligon-Lane > 4th child Silas P Lane > 1st son George Washington Lane - who fathered 3 children with his first wife, Mary Temperance Jordan; and another 8 children with his second wife. #genealogy #familyhistory

Grave stone: Lane, George Washington 1845-1930 & second wife Adora Grace Morse [1865-1942]

George Washington Lane was the first (and to my knowledge, the only) soldier to enlist in both the CSA & US Army during the Civil War (1861-1865). He enlisted with Co E 8th KY Infantry CSA at Hopkinsville, KY. @kentuckygenealogy.bsky.social #genealogy #LigonFamilyProject

Another reason to ditch the #METAverse 👎

Eeewwwww..... definitely 🚫 creepy

Thanks for all you do building this community @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie you are a gem 💎

I've come across a few like that. When I do, I try to find a death certificate to add to the FGV memorial & send a suggestion edit. It's up the memorial Mgr to accept or reject those. I just keep rolling, not gonna argue with folks, too damn auld for that bs. Take it or leave it. #originalrecords

I am a volunteer on #FindAGrave, 14 yrs now. Taking photos (volunteer) and adding missing info during research - so-so source (as some may conflict with original records) always double check things.

Looking forward to his show!! 👋 we watch every episode, such moving stories. #genealogy

Lol... those are just the horrific ones. There are many more pleasant tidbits, some tragic (infant loss) until vaccines, and others great struggles, migrations, and lineages. Finding the unexpected 😲 and the courage & strength to get on in such adversity.

I just took a keek in the library and didn't see it. Have it on order now. Watched a documentary on French Brides to Canada 🇨🇦 looking for evidence of such in published works. My spouses French ancestors and a few of mine may be among them, they go back to that period.

Plymouth Colony book

2/ He was shocked to learn that we were 13th cousins & that I was related to 18 US President's. He is my uncle by my mother's 2nd marriage, BTW. I also got a copy of this for my New England Plymouth Colony families. Many of whom are in published town records.

Wives of the Signers & Lives of the Signers (Declaration of Independence)

1/ I'm not sure I have. I do have a cpl of books my Uncle Wayne brought me when he came up from Memphis to collect his Walton research last summer... primarily because a relation of his (a senator) was in it. 🧵

I'm not too sure what a good platform might be. I know a few or have heard of a few (Blogger by Google, WordPress, etc). I'd welcome any advice at this point.

Look forward to reading this! I've yet to try my hand at blogging - but I feel 2025 is gonna be the year I start. Thanks for sharing, Paul!!

#Genealogy has never been "boring" imho. I found a relative who was murdered (VA), one who murdered his wife with an ice-pick (TX), and so many tantalizing tidbits throughout a 400+ yr history of founders, framers & immigrants.

It's quite battered from use. And we took it out to reproduce the photos once. It's in storage now, but we have found who each of these folks were through careful research & tracing the family tree. Some of these tin-types date back to origins of photography w/tax stamps

3/ Iris N Day [1832-1896] husband of Carolyn Draper-Day. Descendant of Robert Hartford Day [1604-1648] Immigrant ancestor from Ipswich, Suffolk, England to Hartford, CT.

2/ & her daughter Celia Ann Swayze-Ehlenburg (1894-1969).

Daughter of Benj. Draper Jr & Deidamia Dart. Wife of Iris Day (Descendant of Robert Day of Hartford, CT). Granddaughter of Olive Pettingell & Benj. Draper Sr.

1/ Carolyn Draper-Day- Babcock b. 10 Oct 1839 New York m. 1857 Wayne Co., Michigan m2. 1905 Detroit d. 28 Jul 1912 Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Photo from our Civil War Era family photo album originals digitally reproduced. Passed down to us from Carolyn to her daughter Reumah Day-Swayze (1865-1898)