Category Archives: Surname Projects

Half Baked or Fully Baked – A Morrill Connection?

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Don Taylor

Morrill Project By Don Taylor I was recently asked to take a look at a friend’s family history.  Her grandfather was a Morrill from Portland, Maine, and the question arose if she related to Charles Morrill (the “M” in B … Continue reading →

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Adair Ancestors: Luel Glazier (1912 -1997) #7

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Don Taylor

By – Don Taylor  On my Adair project, it was time to step back and look at the life of Luel Glazier. Her life was filled with death all around her, first her only sibling, then her mother, and then … Continue reading →

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War, Starvation, and Smallpox Decimate the Rode Family

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Don Taylor

By – Don Taylor  I have many interesting stories in my family tree, but never have I found a story as heartbreaking, or as compelling, as the story I found regarding my friend’s family.  It is the kind of story … Continue reading →

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Not a Real McCoy nor a “Real” Hatfield either.

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Don Taylor

I finally had a chance to get back to my Hatfield Project. The question my friend asked was her Hatfield family related to the infamous Hatfields of West Virginia/Kentucky fame. In previous work I had found that my friend’s great-grandfather was … Continue reading →

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Bio – Lura Scroggins (1906-1949)

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Don Taylor

Adair Project AH-05 – Lura Scoggins 6 October 1906 – August 1949 Lura Scoggins was born on 6 October 1906 in Georgia[i],[ii]; she died in August 1949 in Georgia, at age 42.[iii],[iv] She was buried in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church … Continue reading →

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