Cherie Lynn’s Lewis Collection – John Lewis of Page’s Warehouse, & Old Hanover Court House & his son David Lewis with the 1st land patent west of the Rivanna river

The David Lewis of Charlottesville Family and his father and family John Lewis of Hanover and Wales and brother Abraham of Hanover and Pennsylvania.

Red Wing’s Son-in-law’s Deer Hides and Other Taxidermy

The white tail deer pelt was there in Miss June's shop. Her son-in-law said all the money for the pelt would go to Miss June. The pelt has the mark where the bullet entered its side. The meat was eaten. It was shot for the food, not for the pelt or the lamp stand. The handiwork needed buyers.

More Lashon Hara – Gossip. Ethel’s Rings – Sold!

Blog world: But what matters to family herstory? below She never quit telling the story -- that and a few others. There was the one her being upset that Harry had served Black people in the soup kitchen during the Great Depression. She told that one even the last time I saw her. And the … Continue reading More Lashon Hara – Gossip. Ethel’s Rings – Sold!

Reminder: Always get at least two sources. The Social Security Application

The applications are easy to order and inexpensive (Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request link below) as records go, and for me I had hoped for clues also to find anything on my grandfather's father. But the applications are a document that will have the precious signature of the applicant - priceless!

Here’s Why We Test y – The Thomas Knight, Rockingham family comes into focus.

- A Herstory Guest - I hope my readers will help me welcome our guest blogger, one of my Knight cousins, Charlotte. Her trees and work can be found on ancestry.com and familysearch.org, all the usual places, but with a very special and not so usual story of her Knight ancestry. She has been a … Continue reading Here’s Why We Test y – The Thomas Knight, Rockingham family comes into focus.