Voices from the Past

channeling the stories of my ancestors

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Those Nosy News Reporters

April 5, 2019 macdowelltaylor1 Comment

I love them! Were it not for a nosy news reporter, I would know far less about my maternal 3rd-Great-Grandmother than I do.

Luckily for me, she knew Abraham Lincoln.

Hearing Voices

Armed with only Grandpa's name, the names of six of his siblings, and his parents' names, I went in search of our family heritage. Several hours later, I found him in the 1920 census. Grandpa was thirteen and lived with his parents and five siblings in Iowa. Since that day, family members from eight different trees have been trying to tell their stories. I hope you will enjoy hearing what they have to say...

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