Ken Spangler's Genealogy Blog And Further Ramblings!
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jul 29th, 2010
This is a picture I posted on my blog a few years back. It’s not genealogy related but it’s something I always enjoyed and genealogy is what led me to it. I had never heard of Uncertain, Texas until I went to visit my Uncle Calvin Forbes. That’s where he lived at. On my way [...]
Posted in Wordless Wednesday on Jul 28th, 2010
Posted in Tombstone Tuesday on Jul 27th, 2010
My Paternal Great-Grandmother – Abigail Mae (Miller) Gamble Born – May 7, 1883 in Marion Co., Alabama Died – August 21, 1916 in Clarksville, Red River Co., Texas Buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River Co., Texas
Posted in Monday Musings on Jul 27th, 2010
First, let me apologize for not posting a Monday Musings column last week. I’m also late with this weeks post! I’ll try to do better in the future, it just seems that there is so much going on right now. Must be summertime or something! So, what’s on my mind now? Well, there’s a lot [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jul 24th, 2010
OK, so I’m a day late and a dollar short, or however that goes! At least I am posting a reply to my Wordless Wednesday! I wanted to post the significance of this picture to me. Pease Cemetery is located in Onondaga County, New York. I found out about it early on in my research [...]
Posted in Wordless Wednesday on Jul 21st, 2010
Posted in Local History on Jul 17th, 2010
Today, I’d like to give you a little info about the place I now live. I was born in Dallas, Texas and lived in Texas all my life up until the summer of 2009. I spent 3 months in Havelock, North Carolina and came back to Texas when things didn’t work out. I didn’t stay [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jul 15th, 2010
This is a photo that was given to me by a cousin I have lost touch with but who did a whole lot of research on my Forbes’ side. She actually went to Wisconsin and got to see a lot of the old sites and speak to some of the Forbes ancestors before they passed [...]
Posted in Wordless Wednesday on Jul 15th, 2010
Posted in Tombstone Tuesday on Jul 13th, 2010
My Paternal Great-Grandfather – William Henry Gamble Born – January 31, 1881 in Bowie Co., Texas Died – June 8, 1971 in Decatur, Wise Co., Texas Buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River Co., Texas