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Tombstone Tuesday: Chapple Family Virtual Cemetery

Posted by Liv | Filed under Tombstone Tuesdays

Visit Cemetery!

Chapple Family Virtual Cemetery
A Virtual Cemetery created by Liv
Description: This virtual cemetery was established Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, 2012, to link the interments of Chapple collateral & lineal family members and their ancestors. Majority, if not all, of these family members are native Texans!

Chapple, Lewis Blanton - b. Oct. 19, 1910 d. Dec. 8, 1910

Chappell, Carrie Blanton - b. Feb. 28, 1883 d. Dec. 16, 1944

Chappell, Dorothey J - b. Sep. 10, 1921 d. Nov. 13, 1921

Chapple, Estella Smith - b. 1903 d. Jul. 3, 1930

Chapple, Joseph - b. Jun. 2, 1902 d. Aug. 23, 1966

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I’m spending some of my Memorial Day at FindAGrave.com

Posted by Liv | Filed under Cemetery

Even though Memorial Day began as a holiday to honor those who died in military service, it has evolved into much more. Today, this federal holiday has become a general day of memory for those we’ve loved and lost. Therefore, many Americans will be visiting grave sites of relatives this Memorial Day weekend whether they served in the military or not.

Today, I will honor some of my maternal family members and ancestors virtually with the launch of the – Chapple Family Virtual Cemetery - at FindAGrave.com!

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Video: “Genealogy Today” on HOUSTON 8

Posted by Liv | Filed under Genealogy Radio, TV & Video

When I’m not watching, NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” or PBS’s “Finding Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., I enjoy watching the local show Houston 8 that airs on Fridays at 8 PM. The May 4th program centered on the topic of genealogy and the guests were, Bennett Greenspan, President and CEO, Family Tree DNA, George Allen, Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Houston, and Susan Kaufman, Clayton Library for Genealogical Research, Houston Public Library.