Family Tracks and Tales

Every family has stories. Some are true.

SeekingIsaac

  • Seeking Isaac: Part One

    Like many budding genealogists, I started by looking at direct ancestors, seeking to build a linear tree back through generations. But a great great great uncle, Isaac E. Lanier, posed a tantalizing mystery I am still exploring. Ingersoll’s Lanier compilation states that Isaac was born in 1817, “went to California in 1849 and disappeared”. However, Continue reading

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Every family has stories. Some are true. This blog recounts some of the stories in my family and others I’ve researched, and my efforts to determine what really happened. Along the way I’ll also respond to a few of Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks themes.

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