Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society & Tennessee Historical Society Workshop

The Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society and Tennessee Historical Society presents its 25th annual genealogy workshop - SOUTHERN RESEARCH:  SOURCES & SOLUTIONS.   This all-day genealogy workshop will be held on Saturday, November 19th and offers quite a line-up of experts!! 

The workshop will be held at the Brentwood Public Library in Brentwood, Tennessee (very close to Nashville), beginning at 9:00 am and running until 4:00 pm. Guest speakers include:

• Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FNGS, FASG and FUGA will speak on: "Problem Solving in the Problem-Riddled Carolina Backcountry".
• J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA, a professional genealogist, lecturer and author, Topic: "Inheritance Laws and Estate Settlements in the Carolinas".
• Charles A. Sherrill, M.A., M.L.S., State Librarian and Archivist of Tennessee, Topic: "Service Records/Civil War.

For more information or to register for the event, visit the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society's website at www.mtgs.org .

Family Reunions on GeneaBloggers Radio this week!

Hey --- if you get a chance to tune in to the GeneaBlogger Radio this Friday (July 22nd) they will be talking about family reunions.   Their guests will include: Edith Wagner, founder, publisher and editor of Reunions magazine and reunionsmag.com; Marilyn Stewart, better known as “Aunt Mo” who runs the Family Reunion Helper website; and Lorine McGinnis Schulze of the Olive Tree Genealogy Website.

The show promises to talk about reunion activities for the whole family and sharing your genealogy research.  Sounds like a great show!   Tune in at:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers/2011/07/23/until-we-meet-again-family-reunions-and-genealogy

Friday, July 22, 2011
10pm-11:30pm Eastern US

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Let us remember! Be thankful and Uphold Liberty

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."   John F. Kennedy

Don't forget to thank a soldier for his/her sacrifices that have been made for your freedom and remember the generations before us that understood the price of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

This is my dad, Charles William Norman, son of William Henry Norman and Mary Caroline Gibson Norman on Maury County, Tennessee.  My dad served in the Korean War as a member of the U.S. Army.   He entered into active service on February 20, 1953 in Nashville, Tennessee as a Private - 2 Class.  He was promoted to Corporal (T) June 29, 1954.  He was transferred to the US Army Reserves on December 18, 1954 through Fort Knox, Kentucky.  He remained in the US Army Reserves, in standby mode, until he was fully released and honorably discharged on February 24, 1961. He received several metals for his service, including National Defense Service Metal (NDSM), United Nations Service Metal (UNSM), Korean Service Metal (KSM) and Good Conduct Metal (GCM).

This is my grandfather, Floyd Mahue Mills, son of Milton Everett and Lunie Mae Gilliam of Maury County, Tennessee.  My grandfather served in World War II as a member of the U.S. Army.   He was enlisted on April 8, 1944 in Camp Shelby, Mississippi as a Private.  I know from stories by my mom and grandmother that at some point my grandfather was stationed in Texas and later served in Germany.  Details of his service record are on my research list to locate.

Thank you one and all who have served and those that continue to serve in the United States military.  God bless America.

Want to know more about the Military Records available on your family members?

 

THIS FRIDAY night (May 27th) - GeneaBloggers Radio host Thomas MacEntee will be talking about Military Records and Genealogy.  This is certainly a timely topic for discussion on the Memorial Day holiday weekend when we honor veteran family members and friends.

Thomas will be talking with Curt Witcher of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana about the War of 1812 pension files and the Preserve the Pensions campaign aimed to digitize all 7.2 million images from the War of 1812.   Also Thomas will be talking to Jeffrey Vaillant about Civil War records available to researchers/genealogist.

The event is scheduled to begin at 10 pm EST.  Tune in by clicking here:  GeneaBloggers Radio

Sounds like a GREAT show --- for genealogist!! or just those with an historical interest.

Finding Your Female Ancestors - listen in on GeneaBloggers Radio

 

Hey -- TUNE in THIS FRIDAY a hear Thomas MacEntee of GeneaBloggers talking about "Finding Your Female Ancestors" on GeneaBloggers Radio.   This event is scheduled to begin at 10 pm EST and you can tune in by clicking here:  

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=222371341112621

Colonial Period Genealogy Mayflower Ancestry and more by GeneaBloggers | Blog Talk Radio

Hey last Friday night (April 8th) Thomas MacEntee of GeneaBloggers Radio was talking about the Colonial Period Genealogy and Mayflower Ancestry. If you didn't get a chance to log-in --- click this link and tune in: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/geneabloggers/2011/04/09/colonial-period-genealogy-mayflower-ancestry-and-more Good talk radio!

Scanning Family Photos




LtoR Mildred, Floyd and Ethel Mills

 

This year at the onset of a new year, I sat down and established my new goals.  The goals were divided among several areas of my life that I consider important.  One particular goal that I established in the area of genealogy was to begin using that wonderful scanner that my husband bought me a couple of years ago.  Then life sets in and as with many New Year's goals, the busy-ness of life can lead one to believe that there is no extra time to get things done; and especially no time for jobs that take a considerable amount of time like photo scanning (I think that photo scanning is related to filing). 

But, I was determine to get the scanner manual out, get the scanner hooked up and connected to my computer and at least get things started. I kept reading about the SCANFESTs created by Thomas MacEntee at the Geneabloggers and knew that I must make time to scan my old family photos (at least a good part of them) this year.


Dalsie Mills Norman

 

SO -- GUESS WHAT? I did it!  I finally started this part of the mission.  Over the weekend, a friend asked me to assist them with scanning a small handful of their old family photos.  It seemed to be the motivation I needed to break out the scanner and the manual and just get it done.  After scanning my friends few photos, I scanned for another 3 or 4 hours.

 

I have included a couple of the new scanned photos in this article. I have also added some of the photos to the "slideshow" feature on this blog page.  I plan to scan a little more, provide an update, plus feature some of the family members in the photos each month.  Wish me well.

Now -- here's a challenge for you  -- get busy and scan some of your own family photos to assure that they are preserved and not lost.  Share them with other family members or on-line with other genealogists. 

Just thinking . . . . if a picture is worth a thousand words . . . . .