January 2018 – Begats and Bequeathals

Snead, William H. Tombstone Detail, Clearwater Cem., Franklin Co., Texas — A detail from the tombstone of my 2-great grandfather William Henry Snead, Clearwater Cemetery, Franklin County, Texas.

Yes, another genealogy blog, and a good question to ask: why another of them when there’s already a plethora of genealogy sites online? I’m starting Begats and Bequeathals: A Southern U.S. Family Documented for a number of reasons. First, I’ve been researching my family history for over 40 years, and have accumulated a wealth of information and documents that I’d like to make freely available online. So much junk genealogy is proliferating rapidly due to the mixed blessing of the internet, that I feel all the more obliged to share my information and documents to combat the widespread disinformation I see about branches of my family everywhere online. Continue reading “Begats and Bequeathals: A Southern U.S. Family Documented“ →