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 [...]
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Those Places Thursday: What was Life Like in Texas in 1940?
Posted by Liv | Filed under Those Places Thursday
t is “Those Places Thursday” at geneabloggers.com! This blogging prompt allows genea-bloggers a chance to reminiscence about how and where their ancestors lived and to write about “those places” via stories or photos. Today, I’m reminiscent about what life was like for my Texas ancestors in 1940. What really got me thinking about this particular decade in our country’s [...]
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