It's a Blogiversary!! MarieB's Genealogy Blog turns 13!!

It is hard to believe that it has been 13 years since I started blogging about my genealogy. There have been times when I rarely posted and others in which I posted a great deal.  I am thankful I have an outlet to share my excitement about my family history research and things that I've found that have been helpful and maybe at times--things to avoid.  Thanks to my readers past, present and future for being part of the journey.  I love my research and I love sharing tips and genealogy "happy dance" moments with you.  In celebration of the Blogiversary I thought it might be a good idea to review the top 13 most popular posts of the 13 years!  Hope you enjoy and I look forward to sharing many more posts with you!

13 Most Popular Posts

at MarieB's Genealogy Blog

1. Arrival in America of my Putman/Putnam and Shropshire Ancestors--Oct 3, 2009
2. Elisha Miller Robinson(1825-1896)--Jul 10, 2009
3. How the houses my Grandparents lived in look today(Part 1 Part 2)--Oct 26, 2013
4. My Grandmother's Post Cards--Tennessee Buildings--Oct 9, 2009
5. My 32 Great Great Great Grandparents( 30 known, 2 unknown)--Sep 5, 2009
6. Skill builders from the Board for Certification of Genealogists--Jul 19, 2004
7. Examining a Maternal DNA Circle--Mason Combs(1746-1802) --Mar 21, 2017
8. Dear Cousins: If you have taken an atDNA test--Nov 18, 2016
9. Researching Confederate Records of the Civil War.--Aug 30, 2016
10. 1840 Williamson Co. TN Census Head of Households Dist 25--Apr  19, 2016
11. AncestryDNA Circles Spreadsheet strategy--Aug 9, 2016
12. March 21, 1891--Birthday of Pearl Gray Jakes Cooke--Mar 31, 2017
13. A plan for helping to identify my 3rd and 4th cousins DNA matches--Aug 27, 2016

Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company Bill

A Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company Statement 

from my Grandmother's box of saved papers & scrapbook

Not sure of the date of this bill although the Form # appears to

be a print of a form from 1951.  This would have been most likely

from telephone service in  Old Hickory Tennessee, or the Nashville area.

 

List of abbreviations from the back of the phone statement

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52 Weeks To Better Genealogy - Challenge #2

I'm choosing to write about Wallace State Community College's genealogy collection rather than my local library(Hanceville branch of Cullman Co. Public Library System). WSCC Genealogy library is one of the best library collections for southeastern US research. I am fortunate to live only 2 minutes away from the library although I don't get to visit nearly as much as I'd like. I first became interested in family history research in the late 1980's. In 1990 after experiencing a personal loss, I decided that researching my family history would be a good way to keep busy. I was correct. A friend took me to the WSCC library, which at that time was mainly on the 5th floor of the library. Today the genealogy collection is housed on the 5th and the 6th floor of the library. The 5th floor contains mainly microfiche, microfilm, indexes and military books as well as computer stations. The 6th floor has many books covering a wide variety of research topics, surnames and areas.

The Genealogy and Family History Department is headed by Bob Davis(genws@hiwaay.net). The department offers a wide range of genealogical classes for college credit however if you wish to take them without college credit you can do so for $30 a semester regardless of how many you take under the Continuing Education Credit. You can also order microfilm from LDS's vast collection through WSCC.

If you have a PDF reader you can read and print outlines for research on a variety of topics by clicking on the links in the left column of the page. If you don't have a PDF reader you may download by clicking on the word ADOBE. Try a search of the WSCC Card Catalog or take a virtual tour of the campus.