My father-in-law's paternal grandmother was the last in my husband's family to be born with the TOLLIVER surname. In my husband's family tree, it was often spelled "Toliver." There is a very famous Southern family with the surname...
Topics: Surname Saturday, Tolliver / Taliaferro

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If you don't count my parents, I don't have Eastern Washington ancestors. Like many Americans in today's mobile society, I don't live anywhere near where my ancestors lived. My parents are from Western Michigan and a year after they wed.
Topics: Carnival of Genealogy

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As I was reading the headlines of various articles from my local paper in Google Reader this morning, the following jumped out at me: Bible may not indicate ancestor’s marital status Miss Manners (a.k.a. Judith Martin) does an excellent and interesting.

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The LEWIS family is my paternal grandfather's mother's line, and it is a name that is perpetuated into the present. It was my paternal grandfather's middle name, and is also my youngest nephew's middle name (he was born on my...
Topics: Lewis, Surname Saturday

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In the summer of 1910, nearly all of Northeast Washington, North Idaho, and Western Montana was burning. After a long hard winter with a heavy snow pack, the citizens were looking forward to warm weather, although a wet summer was predicted. However,...
Topics: Idaho, Martin, Montana

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