In less than two weeks, it will be five years since my mother passed away. She is the reason I became interested in learning more about my ancestors. Just recently I came into possession of several voluminous notebooks of her genealogical research. They serve as a hefty reminder of just how much she and my father accomplished in researching our… More →
Month: October 2017
Crime and Punishment
Daniel Pearce, my 4th great grandfather, is a “new” old ancestor. He is the recently-discovered father of the illusive Matilda Jane Goodger who stymied me for two years. Daniel shows up frequently in county court records in Maury and Lawrence in Tennessee and Itawamba and Prentiss in Mississippi. But I wasn’t expecting to find him in records in Williamson County,… More →
Vote for Robert
Having two 3rd great grandmother’s whose maiden names were Pearce is both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because it cuts down on the number of surnames once must scan in every database, magazine or book index. Although Pearce is sometimes spelled Pierce or Peirce, any Pearce, Pierce or Peirce who appears in said indexes might be related… More →