Gregorio Alonso Novelo was my Fourth-Great Grandfather. My family line continues through his son Juan Herculano Alonso Rodriguez (1849-bef 1920) and Feliciana Góngora Arceo. The names and dates contained in this family group record are current as of the time of this blog post. Gregorio Alonso Novelo Birth – Tekit, Yucatán, México; Death –...
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Juan Herculano Alonso Rodriguez was my Great-Great Grandfather. My family line continues through his son Manuel Jesús Alonso Góngora (1884-1930) and Romualda Alcocer Rodriguez. The names and dates contained in this family group are current as of the time of this blogpost. Juan Herculano Alonso Rodriguez Birth – 14 Nov 1849; Death – Tekit,...
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James “Jim” Nees Jr. was my 3rd Great Grandfather and my family line continues through his son Steven Guthrie Nees (1863-1881) who married Anna Eliza Neal (1863-1935). Several people from his family applied for Cherokee Citizenship in order to claim lands in the Indian Territory before it was divided up. The applications that they...
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I was sent a bunch of papers by a distant Montgomery relative of mine, and in it was included a sheet which included a handwritten crest, a scripture from Ecclesiates 3:1-8 and a brief paragraph entitled “Montgomery History”. I can’t verify the source, or the author, so I pass it on to you. Montgomery...
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I believe that I was sent these photocopies of the Civil War records of William T. Neal and W.T. Neal by someone who I met online. I’m not quite sure how to read them, and need to do some more research to verify that they are indeed the William Thomas Neal who was my...
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The following is the typed-out version of the will of my 5th Great Grandfather Thomas “Uncle Tom” Neel written the 26th of October 1843. Tom’s son William Sr. (1797-1821) fathered William Jr. (1822-1864) who fathered Anna Eliza Neal Nees. I’ve left the misspellings and errors where they were included in the will. The source...
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In review of the McColl Family Papers, I found an old letter, that was written in 1846 by the Chief of the Clan McColl at that time to an unknown person. The name is written so I can’t quite read it, but looks to be similar to “Kul”? McColl. Perhaps someone could help me...
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So it was a chart from my Great Grandmother Etoyl (Montgomery) McCall, that was given to her by someone passing through town asking about the McCall surname, and then copied by my mother before I was born that got me started on the genealogy trail of the McCall / McColl family line. Click to...
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