Comments for How to Write Local & Regional History http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com For beginning and experienced writers Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:11:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Recent articles by Marilyn H. Collins by News - M.H.Collins « How to Write Local & Regional History http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/recent-articles-by-marilyn-h-collins/#comment-50 News - M.H.Collins « How to Write Local & Regional History Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:11:01 +0000 http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-50 [...] Recent articles by Marilyn H. Collins [...] [...] Recent articles by Marilyn H. Collins [...]

]]> Comment on About the author by ArkansasWriters.com » Still Time to Register for Writing Workshop http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com/about-the-author/#comment-25 ArkansasWriters.com » Still Time to Register for Writing Workshop Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:41:33 +0000 http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com/about-the-author/#comment-25 [...] and Maddox will be assisted at subsequent sessions by Denton Gay, Joe Tangari, Marilyn Collins, Mary Ann Powers, and Lela [...] [...] and Maddox will be assisted at subsequent sessions by Denton Gay, Joe Tangari, Marilyn Collins, Mary Ann Powers, and Lela [...]

]]> Comment on Write Family History by teachingwithgenealogy http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/write-family-history/#comment-6 teachingwithgenealogy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:41:00 +0000 http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/write-family-history/#comment-6 Family squables can go very deep. Some of the ones I have come across include: 1. Loss of the family farm due to inheiritance and bankruptcy Families carry hard feelings for a long time. They can be seen in legal documents and even the changing of the spelling of a surname. 2. I have had to deal with multiple stories from family traditions about Civil War deserters and heros. One tradition includes the changing of a surname because of running from the Union Army. One of the traditions held that the family changed its name. In the end it was true that James Robert Schuyler was a deserter, but the name had not been changed. I have not tried to tell my aunt who is certain our name was changed. Part of it is fear of undoing a important personal connection with one of her uncles. I spent hours trying to find a way to make connections to the alternate name. In the end it was access to free documents through the USgenweb that paid off. Raymond Family squables can go very deep. Some of the ones I have come across include:

1. Loss of the family farm due to inheiritance and bankruptcy
Families carry hard feelings for a long time. They can be seen in legal documents and even the changing of the spelling of a surname.

2. I have had to deal with multiple stories from family traditions about Civil War deserters and heros.
One tradition includes the changing of a surname because of running from the Union Army. One of the traditions held that the family changed its name. In the end it was true that James Robert Schuyler was a deserter, but the name had not been changed.
I have not tried to tell my aunt who is certain our name was changed. Part of it is fear of undoing a important personal connection with one of her uncles.
I spent hours trying to find a way to make connections to the alternate name. In the end it was access to free documents through the USgenweb that paid off.

Raymond

]]> Comment on About the author by Barbara Youree http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com/about-the-author/#comment-2 Barbara Youree Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:13:27 +0000 http://writelocalhistory.wordpress.com/about-the-author/#comment-2 Gorgeous blogsite. Wow, I wish I could have one lke that! Who's the lovely lady on the ship? Could you be related? Gorgeous blogsite. Wow, I wish I could have one lke that! Who’s the lovely lady on the ship? Could you be related?

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