5 New Downloads Added At Shared Ancestors
PDF Link To Index Of All Surnames Contained In “Memoirs Of The Miami Valley”
A useful link if you are researching in the Butler County, Ohio area. This is part of the USGenWeb project. Members can download this digital book from Shared Ancestors in the Downloads section!
The History Of Easter Eggs
It’s pretty much common knowledge that Easter is a Christian celebration of Christ’s rising, but this holiday also has pagan origins. Where did the colored eggs, cute little bunnies, baby chicks, leg of lamb dinners, and lilies come from? They are all symbols of rebirth and the lamb was a traditional religious sacrifice.
Peter Stroud, Sr. – b. 1737 in VA; d. 1827 in NC
Peter was born on Sturgeon’s Run, now Sturgeon Creek, near the border between Brunswick and Dinwiddie Counties and believed to be the son of William Stroud and Margaret Rose. As a boy he moved with his father and brothers to the Edgecombe/Granville/Orange County North Carolina area around 1741.
Shared Ancestors Has 8 New Downloads!
1. Proceedings of the Bi-Centennial Gathering of the Descendants of Henry Hayes – book – digital copy. Contributed by Duke. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames
April Contest – “Second Honeymoons”
This week, Mr. & Mrs. Allman and four other couples are second-honeymooning at the Tie the Knot Lodge, with each couple staying in the same cottage in which they honeymooned when they first got married, including one couple in the garishly red-and-pink Valentine Cottage. Each of the couples, including Michelle and her husband, is also celebrating a wedding anniversary, with no two couples having been wed the same number of years. Given the clues below, can you find each second honeymoon couple’s full names, the cottage in which they are celebrating, and the number of years they have been husband-and-wife?
The April 2010 Newsletter Is Now Online!
March Contest – Grandma’s Pride and Joy
Last week Brigit Sullivan got phone calls from each of her five children (daughters Molly and Ellen and sons Seamus, Liam and Patrick) each telling her about one of her five grandchildren (girls Kate, Lorna and Fiona and boys Sean and Ian) achieving a different babyhood “first”. Given the clues below, can you find which of Mrs. Sullivan’s children is mother or father to each grandchild and the “first” milestone the baby reached last week?
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