All My Ancestors

This is my 4th great-grandfather, William Green Ball.

Remember, he’s the one whose mother I finally found not too long ago. We’d always suspected his middle name came from his mother’s maiden name but didn’t know for sure. After all, he had brothers named Jacob Weaver Ball and James Robinson Ball, and those were perfectly good [...]

It almost never happens, and I can’t explain it this time–that I get something done early, that is.  Yesterday’s post should have been posted today!!  On the 19th.  I’m pretty sure this isn’t an indication of my age, even though it’s all about birthdays.  Happy birthday to all.

Today is the birth date of both of my grandmothers and my father-in-law.
As a kid, I always thought it was kind of neat that my grandmothers had the same birthday. They were not born the same year–Grandmother Osborne, my paternal grandmother, was born in 1894 near Cleburne, in Johnson County, Texas. Granny Unruh, [...]

I got notification of another DNA match.
Remember the guy I said I matched on 36 out of 37 markers? The one whose last name — Hamilton — was not any where near “Osborne” but whose ancestors did live in Wake County, North Carolina, in the same neighborhood during the same time period as my [...]