Monday’s Diggings
Today’s discovery is another gem from Mildred Briles Barby—a dedicated letter writer and passionate Briles family historian. Mildred’s letters not only reflect her warm personality… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday Night again – Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
ABC Biography: Ethel Frances Briles
Ethel Frances Briles (1893–1982) Early Life and Family Ethel Frances Briles was born on June 2, 1893, in Coffey County, Kansas, to Edward Grant Briles… Read More »ABC Biography: Ethel Frances Briles
Friday Find
Today’s find is another obituary clipping for a Mentzer cousin. This obituary was likely saved by my grandmother, Pauline Mentzer Briles and passed down to… Read More »Friday Find
Same Land
Have you ever used land transactions to connect family members in your genealogy research? Have you come across two deeds describing the same parcel of… Read More »Same Land
Misleading Hint
Tracing an Ancestry Hint: Did James Crawford Really Appear in the 1937 NGS Quarterly? Have you ever tried to trace an Ancestry.com database hint back… Read More »Misleading Hint
Ancestry’s Tree Tools
Do you have multiple people in your family tree with the same name—perhaps even living in the same location? If so, you’ve likely struggled to… Read More »Ancestry’s Tree Tools
Monday’s Diggings
According to my RootsMagic software, Mildred is my 4th cousin once removed. However, the FamilySearch tree suggests we are 3rd cousins twice removed. So which… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday Night again – Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
ABC Song: Lois Elida Crawford Maden
Using Randy Seaver’s ABC Biography process, I asked ChatGPT to write song lyrics about my great aunt, Lois Crawford Maden. Below are the lyris for… Read More »ABC Song: Lois Elida Crawford Maden
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