May 6th, 2008
A Loving Legacy
Mildred Delores Jeter, born in 1939 or 1940, grew up in Central Point, near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. It was a small town where of course everybody knew everybody else. By the time Mildred was eleven or twelve years old, she was smitten with the handsome, blond, older boy with the curious name, Richard Loving. A friend of Mildred’s …
May 6, 2008 Tuesday at 1:28 pm
Catholics, Mormons at Odds Over Genealogical Records?
Well, a day has come that I hoped would not. Kimberly Powell reports that the Vatican has ordered Catholic dioceses not to allow access to their records for microfilming or digitizing. Here are my sudden and unorganized thoughts: As both of my regular readers know, I am a Catholic, and there are a number of Catholics in the GeneaBlogosphere, including …
May 6, 2008 Tuesday at 4:39 am
UPDATE: Register of U.S. Army Enlistments
Well, I am both gratified and chastened! In the comments to the original post below, Chad Milliner points out what should been obvious to me. That is, essentially, that the Register of U.S. Army Enlistments includes only original federal enlistments. Chad reminds us that in the 18th and 19thcenturies, American wars were fought largely by troops raised by the States. …
May 6, 2008 Tuesday at 3:51 am
