E unum pluribus. Out of one organized religion, many ancestors have I found. I've written many different essays on my maternal ancestors' Scots-Irish heritage and, in particular, their Scottish Covenanter beliefs and religious practices. Here are just a few of the topics related to my ancestors' involvement in the Covenanter/Reformed Presbyterian communities in which they… Continue reading Mystic Sweet Communion
I have found very little information about my great-grandaunt. That may have been intentional. Vera Curry I have a few photos of her. And I’ve found a copy of a wedding announcement as well as a newspaper article announcing her marriage. But other than that, I have very little to illuminate me on an ancestor… Continue reading “Of Good Moral Character”
Though distant, I have an ancestral connection to someone who worked for NASA. Judge Charles M. Head Harold “Hal” Ashley Head, Jr. was born September 10, 1928, in Valdosta, Georgia. His father, Harold Ashley, Head, Sr., was the son of Charles May Head (1862-1914), a Superior Judge for Shasta County, California, and his wife Clara.… Continue reading Small World. Vast Universe.
