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  52 Ancestors – Week 5: OopsFebruary 1, 2023
  This week’s entry is a double “oops” courtesy of my 4th great-grandfather, James Astle, and his mother, Ann Astle. According to the Church of England, James was baptized on 5 August 1780 in Chellaston, Derbyshire, England.1 The transcription of theContinue reading “52 Ancestors – Week 5: Oops”
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  SLIG 2023January 29, 2023
  Like most professions, genealogy requires continuing education to stay up-to-date on the latest advances and to learn new topics. The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) is one of many institutes in the country giving us a chance to improveContinue reading “SLIG 2023”
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  52 Ancestors – Week 4: EducationJanuary 25, 2023
  My grandfather, Owen Elmer McKamey, was a student at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, Class of 1927. Here he is in his sophomore picture (1925). He never graduated because his father, John Edward “Mac” McKamey, who owned Mac’s GroceryContinue reading “52 Ancestors – Week 4: Education”