Those Places Thursday: Pelham, Texas
Posted by Liv | Filed under Those Places Thursday
t’s Thanksgiving Day 2012, as well as, “Those Places Thursday” at geneabloggers.com! This blogging prompt gives me a chance to reminiscence about how and where my ancestors lived and to write about “those places” via stories and/or photos. This past Sunday I came upon this wonderful news story on DallasNews.com about Pelham, Texas, a small Freedman community [...]
Tags: Freedman, freedman community, legacy, Pelham, slavery, South, Those Places Thursday, tx, US history
Surname Saturday: Routt, 1st Generation
Posted by Liv | Filed under Routt, Surname, Surname Saturday
urname Saturday is one of the popular “Daily Blogging Series” going on at GeneaBloggers.com! This series is intended to give genealogy bloggers a chance to discuss a surname and mention its origin, its geographical location(s), and how it fits into their family research. So I’ve joined the foray and plan to share information regularly about [...]
Tags: 1870, 1880, ancestors, chappell hill, Charlotte Routt, family history, Jefferson Routt, John Routt, Lula Routt, Mary Routt, Osborn Routt, routt, Sallie Routt, slavery, slaves, surname, texas, Washington Co., Willie Routt
Treasure Chest Thursdays: Mulberry Bower
Posted by Liv | Filed under Photos, Routt, Surname, Treasure Chest Thursdays
t was during one of my visits home in 1998 that I came across the “5 Generations” photo that I featured for Wordless Wednesday on 23 March 2011. That photo featuring my 97 year old great-great-grandmother (Lula Routt Green) is what launched my research into my father’s side of my family tree. So based on a [...]
Tags: ancestors, Chappel Hill, cotton planter, family history, family photo, J. W. Routt, Mulberry Bower, plantation, routt, Routt House, slavery, texas
