Mystery Monday: Enumerated Twice in the 1910 Census?
Posted by Liv | Filed under Blanton, Chapple, Mystery Monday, Surname
What I enjoy most about Ancestry.com is its intuitive search interface! After locating my great-grandparents –Lewis & Carrie (Blanton) Chappel– in the 1910 Census and adding data from that record to each of their Ancestry timelines a “shaky leaf” hint appeared! When I followed that hint, the historical record that it referred me to was [...]
Tags: 1910 census, ancestors, ancestry, Carrie [Blanton] Chappel, great aunt, great-grandmother, Rose (Blanton) Williams
Wordless Wednesday: Spending Time With Our Oldest Living Family Member
Posted by Liv | Filed under Wordless Wednesdays
Well almost wordless . . . he Chapple ~ Smith Family Dinner my brothers and I hosted on 2 December 2012 was a HUGE success! It was wonderful seeing cousins (along with their adult children who have children of their own) I had not seen in many years. But what made this afternoon such a special [...]
Tags: ancestors, aunt, cousins, descendants, family dinner, family photos, genealogy, grand-daughters, grandchildren, grandmother, great-grandchildren, nephew, niece, wordless wednesdays
Yeah … We’re Family – Deal With It!
Posted by Liv | Filed under Genea Musings
y brothers and I are rounding up the Chapple ~ Smith descendants for a Family Dinner Saturday afternoon, 1 December 2012, that we hope will parlay into many family gatherings and reunions for years to come. I sent the invitation below to relatives and 30+ have RSVP that they’re coming. So I’m very EXCITED about [...]
Tags: ancestors, chapple, family dinner, family reunion, genealogy, houston, invitation, Smith, texas


























