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Sleuthing Through Time
We do quite a bit of genealogical research here, and it is always fun when you can use your wits to force the past to give up its secrets. This…
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A Message of Resilience
You know those people in your life who seem to never stop moving? They accomplish so much and it's hard to understand how they find the time to do everything.…
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Supporting the Revolution
When Congress passed the Pension Act of 1832, for veterans of the Revolutionary War, they could not have known what a boon it would become to future genealogists. The narratives…
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Finding Your Path
We have an ancestor named Jesse Lee Hickman (father of Pleasant Hickman) who was a Baptist minister. But he didn't start out that way. Based on an account of his…
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Choosing Sides
Allow me to introduce you to our ancestor Pleasant Hickman, who was born around 1813 into a large family led by his Baptist minister father Jesse Lee Hickman. We know…