Tag Archives: North Carolina

Land of Oz, Beech Mountain – North Carolina Thursdays September 12, 2019

Posted on September 12, 2019 by

After seeing the short YouTube video – Quirky Places in North Carolina | North Carolina Weekend | UNC-TV – YouTube Video, I went with Land of Oz as this week’s North Carolina Thursdays post. Official website: https://www.landofoznc.com/ Location: Land of … Continue reading →

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Quirky Places in North Carolina | North Carolina Weekend | UNC-TV – YouTube Video

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As I am working on today’s North Carolina Thursdays post right now, I thought a North Carolina YouTube was in order. Not a long YouTube video – Quirky Places in North Carolina | North Carolina Weekend | UNC-TV – YouTube … Continue reading →

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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 9 September 2019

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I saw today on FamilySearch – New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 9 September 2019: https://media.familysearch.org/new-free-historical-records-on-familysearch-week-of-9-september-2019/ New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 9 September 2019 FamilySearch added new, free, historical records this week from Bolivia, Costa Rica, Germany, Panama, Paraguay, … Continue reading →

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A Personal Blogging Goal Update September 9, 2019

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In the lead-up to this week’s Mississippi Mondays post, I spent a lot of time detailing county maps for Mississippi (82 counties with 21 counties covered by existing blog theme posts), Kansas (105 counties with 22 counties covered), and North … Continue reading →

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Researching Formerly Enslaved African Americans – FamilySearch September 6, 2019

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I saw this on FamilySearch – Researching Formerly Enslaved African Americans – FamilySearch September 6, 2019: https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/african-american-research/. With methodical research, you can often find slave records to fill out the story of ancestors. FamilySearch holds many such online records and … Continue reading →

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Whispers in the Cemetery – The Stones Tell All – FamilySearch September 4, 2019

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I noticed this on FamilySearch today –Whispers in the Cemetery – The Stones Tell All: https://media.familysearch.org/cemetery-headstones-messages-tell-stories/. Original article can be found at https://www.biltmorebeacon.com/news/whispers-in-the-cemetery-the-stones-tell-all/article_553d17e8-c80f-11e9-8491-ef22e2cafabf.html. Summary Karen Marcus was invited to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society to give a presentation titled … Continue reading →

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Lazy 5 Ranch, Mooresville – North Carolina Thursdays September 5, 2019

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Continuing my petting zoo theme started earlier this week, yesterday I found this article while looking for unusual petting zoos – 10 Unique Zoos to Visit Across America: https://parade.com/478688/hthompson/10-unique-zoos-to-visit-across-america/. One of the zoos #8 on the list was the Lazy … Continue reading →

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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of September 4, 2019

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I saw this today on FamilySearch – New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of  04 September 2019: https://media.familysearch.org/new-free-historical-records-on-familysearch-week-of-4-september-2019/ New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 4 September 2019 FamilySearch added over 3 million Native American census rolls from … Continue reading →

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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 29 August 2019

Posted on August 30, 2019 by

I saw this yesterday on FamilySearch – New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of  29 August 2019: https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/new-records-august-2019/ New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 29 August 2019 FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in August of 2019 … Continue reading →

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DigitalNC adds 700+ issues of Raleigh’s Carolinian newspaper – August 27, 2019

Posted on August 29, 2019 by

I saw this recently on the Digital NC website, but thought today was a good day to share it –DigitalNC adds 700+ issues of Raleigh’s Carolinian newspaper: http://www.digitalnc.org/blog/digitalnc-adds-700-issues-of-raleighs-carolinian-newspaper/. –snip– Issues of The Carolinian from 1945 to 1959 are now available on … Continue reading →

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