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A Bit About the Bayou City: Houston, Texas 20 Apr 2013 | 12:34 am
This isn’t a full-blown essay about Houston . . .but the city has come to mind several times over the past few weeks. And that gave me an insight into genealogical research. Houston is home to the Ly...
Women’s History Month: Oveta Culp Hobby 16 Mar 2013 | 05:13 am
“Journalist, Business Leader, Public Servant” Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) was one of most recognized women of the 1940s through the 1980s. Born in 1905 in Killeen, Bell County, Texas, by the age of...
Women’s History Month: The “Six-Triple-Eight” WWII Battalion 13 Mar 2013 | 02:59 am
One thing a deployed soldier, sailor, marine, or airman looks forward to is “mail call.” Receiving letters from home is the biggest morale booster known to military men and women. Before World War II...
Wednesday’s Why? 20 Feb 2013 | 12:05 pm
Q: Why does Ancestry.com continue to list the last known residence from the SSDI as the place of death? A: I don’t know.
Catholics, Mormons, and Genealogy 24 Jan 2013 | 11:14 am
There’s an old joke that goes something like this: Papal Aide: Holy Father there is exciting news. Some of it’s good but some of it’s bad. Pope:Okay, give me the good news first. Aide: The Savior has ...
Genealogical Reconnaisance in Central Texas 17 Nov 2012 | 02:16 am
Last month, being Family History Month, seemed like a good time to head for the ancestral homelands in central Texas. The fact that I was speaking at an American Bar Association thingie in Austin wa...
November is National Black Catholic History Month in the USA 5 Nov 2012 | 04:17 am
And so it is. I will be posting relevant matter here and over at The Catholic Gene. These won’t be the same; each site will have a different post. Black Catholics make up just 3% of the Catholic p...
William Edward Gines II (1953-2012) 16 Oct 2012 | 08:54 am
My cousin, William Edward Gines II, passed away on October 12, 2012. He had heart disease. Generally known as “Eddie” or “William Edward,” he was named after our grandfather, William Edward Gines (189...
Doors of Faith 8 Oct 2012 | 01:23 am
Over at The Catholic Gene, where I’ve been known to hang out, Lisa/Smallest Leaf had a great idea: we should recnogize the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI by sharing stories and photos of ...
Supreme Court to Determine Public Records Threat 7 Oct 2012 | 09:17 am
The first Monday in October is traditionally the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s annual term. During the first week, the Court typically hears a few cases, and announces some of the other cases they...
