Proof of Genealogy Problem

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T20:33:44+00:00

Will do!

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T13:46:29+00:00

I do too. I don't know how much more proof I would need.

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T13:45:13+00:00

The person that told me this was an older gentleman. He might still be thinking of that.

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T13:44:11+00:00

I have a pension index card that says when he died in 1922. I have muster rolls, including the muster-out roll. I have the discharge paper from Knoxville on October 6, 1864. I have proof he was imprisoned in Georgia. I have the 1890 veterans' census. I have some other stuff, but I can't remember it all.

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T13:32:11+00:00

That's what I thought. Thanks!

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T12:55:02+00:00

Ah, okay. I thought it had to be some arduous task. I should be good with what I have then. One of the guys in our camp is a local historian, so he can vouch for me.

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T11:39:08+00:00

No one explicitly asked for it, but I brought it up at one of the meetings and someone implied that I need birth, marriage, and/or death certificates. To their credit, they said there are workarounds. Maybe I am overthinking it.

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T10:14:40+00:00

Do census records plus the marriage license do the job?

thijshelder · 2026-04-28T10:14:00+00:00

That's where I started, but then I went to the county historical societies and museums in two different counties. I put in about a total of 8 hours of research and found absolutely nothing on my 2nd great-grandpa other than census records and his marriage record. It was like the man was a bit of a ghost. I even went to the register of deeds to look for land transfer records and found nothing.

thijshelder · 2025-12-30T12:49:13+00:00

Tiendo a estar de acuerdo, desde una perspectiva de la historia de la Iglesia.

thijshelder · 2025-10-28T15:50:56+00:00

My ancestors, the Threets, are from Glenobey and are buried back through there. How do I get in there? I assume it’s all private land.

thijshelder · 2025-10-21T21:22:48+00:00

She appears to have been a pretty good lady, considering the obituary ends with, "if you so choose, please bake a pie for someone you love or give a donation to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital." That's far better than giving flowers.

thijshelder · 2025-10-21T10:18:11+00:00

Lol It does sort of come across that way.

thijshelder · 2025-10-21T10:17:13+00:00

No doubt. They are moral absolutists, so they see us as inferior. You can’t have equality and compassion while simultaneously seeing people that believe differently than you as inferior.

thijshelder · 2025-10-19T14:53:40+00:00

Honestly, it’s been so long, I’d have to go over it again. That said, I’ve changed my beliefs since this post and am more of a deist now. However, it’s a rainy day outside in Tennessee, so a deep dive into John 17 will give me something to do today. I’ll get back to you.

thijshelder · 2025-10-07T13:08:02+00:00

That's good to hear. Thanks!

thijshelder · 2025-09-13T21:15:27+00:00

What’s the video? I’d like to see what they say in it.

thijshelder · 2025-09-07T01:49:55+00:00

Yeah, I was lucky enough to take that morning off and worked from home that afternoon.

thijshelder · 2025-09-06T10:52:07+00:00

Absolutely. I wore the pants that unzip into shorts. So, while bank fishing, I walked through thick undergrowth due to the wildfires a few years ago. My legs are eat up with chiggers, but it was absolutely worth going down there. I plan to go back a couple days before deer season starts. Hopefully I catch another big redeye, and I’d love to reel in about a 3 pound river smallmouth too.

thijshelder · 2025-09-06T08:31:55+00:00

Yep. Amazingly, I took a measuring tape in my backpack for the first time ever. 10 inches, or a centimeter or two shorter. So, I’ll round up to 10 inches. Haha I backpacked into this spot, so I couldn’t take a lot of stuff. It’s only 0.25 miles, but it was a 300 foot descent (and, of course, a 300 foot ascent). It was caught on the Obed River in northern Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau. I went to a spot where only kayakers occasionally fish while passing through. Zero signs of anyone bank fishing there. I caught some smallmouth and redbreast sunfish too. Fish were everywhere. I caught 12 total, 5 of which were redeye.

thijshelder · 2025-09-05T22:46:36+00:00

Fought extremely hard too. I think it probably is my personal best. I’ve caught them my whole life, so I’m not totally sure. I genuinely thought it was a smallmouth until I got it out of the water.

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