The Morro Castle was a ship that traveled between New York City and Havana, Cuba in the 1930’s. The Newport News Shipbuilding Company began construction on her in January 1929. She was christened March 1930. She had her maiden voyage from New York City to Cuba on August 23, 1930. My grandfather, Hugh D. Turner, […]
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The farm once called Rose Hill, AKA Armstrong Place, was built circa 1800 by Dr. Rose in Culpeper Co, Virginia. John Spilman Armstrong, my 4x great grandfather, purchased this home prior to the civil war. It is said that he purchased this with money he earned by helping to construct the Rappahannock River Canal. Here
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In June 2013 our Armstrong Family Tree truly came to life. Kathy Ellis created Armstrong Day – a cousin caravan through Fauquier and Culpeper Counties in Virginia. Kathy really thought of every last detail to make the day perfect. Kathy, we are grateful for all of your hard work! You are the best! Thank you!
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Jean’s Perspective: The Way She Remembered It I was looking through my genealogy notes and came across a tidbit I needed to followup on. The note simply said, “Grandma had a sister that died young from a fire caused by the candles from the Christmas tree.” Grandma would be my husband’s paternal grandmother, Jean Tutela.
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Back Story Jennifer’s project was the first one I did for a complete stranger. Jennifer and I met by chance. She messaged me on social media in 2015 because her research had led to a person with the same name as me. Then explained to her that I married a man with that surname, but
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Back Story Michelle explained that her husband and children gave her the test as a 50th birthday gift, as there had been much investigation into his side of the family since the holidays, when I worked with them to find his biological grandparents. She was happy to receive the kit, and thought it would be
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Back Story Jeff’s father, Gary, passed a few years ago. Gary was adopted and Jeff wanted to know more about his ethnicity and maybe even figure out who his grandparents were. When I met with him, he showed me this picture of his father as a boy in the 1950s. I couldn’t take my eyes
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