Monday’s Diggings
Today’s find in my BRILES file is yet another deed my parents photocopied years ago during a visit to Randolph County, North Carolina. They thoughtfully… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
ABC Biography: Edward Grant Briles
One of my favorite ways to share family history is through ABC Biographies, a storytelling approach developed by Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings. Rather than presenting… Read More »ABC Biography: Edward Grant Briles
Monday Diggings
Today’s Monday’s Diggings find is an 1814 Randolph County, North Carolina deed in which Frederick Briles sells land to Ansel Pearce. At first glance, it… Read More »Monday Diggings
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday night again —time for some more Genealogy Fun! Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Friday Find
Frederick Briles Purchases Land from Andrew Hoover (1847) Buried in my BRILES folder is an 1847 deed documenting the purchase of land by Frederick Briles… Read More »Friday Find
Full Text Search Challenge
Have you tried FamilySearch’s Full-Text Search yet? I’ve found this tool invaluable—not only for locating records, but also for generating usable transcriptions of old photocopies… Read More »Full Text Search Challenge
Monday’s Diggings
Do you have photocopies of deeds and other records in your files that you collected long before county records were digitized and searchable online? If… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Monday’s Diggings
Digging through my BRILES folder has uncovered yet another Randolph County, North Carolina land transaction. This 1814 deed documents the transfer of 100 acres of… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Bringing Pauline’s Story to Life Through Audio and Song
For this week’s family history project, I turned to a pair of AI tools to help bring the story of Pauline Edith (Mentzer) Briles to… Read More »Bringing Pauline’s Story to Life Through Audio and Song
Pauline’s Airplane Ride
In the summer of 1932, an airplane circled over Emporia, Kansas, drawing the attention of nearly everyone below. Aviation was still new, exciting, and just… Read More »Pauline’s Airplane Ride