Long Ago and Far Away

I want this to be a forum for stories from our families about our parents, grandparents and ancestors. As much as I enjoy genealogy, I love the stories --- they may not be "factual" but they will be true. Please contact Jaclyn Morgan (Contributor) if you have any information.

Showing posts with label rivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rivers. Show all posts
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Frumet and Big River

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This is the 1898 Township map (double click to enlarge) showing my great-grandfather's farm on the far right (Thomas Long), but this blo...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

The Quest to Find William Graham's Land

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Looking west toward Big River near Highway H in Missouri On genealogy web-sites William Graham and Margaret [Mc] Carroll (my 4 greats) we...
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Fishing Photos

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LeRoy Long, Louise Wicker Long, Jaclyn Long and Linda Jane Long 1950's Big River My family has lived by water for centuries---the Missi...
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Friday, April 9, 2010

Finding John Graham's Land 1797

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One of my goals this week was to find where John Graham's Spanish Land Grant was. I found the map above at the Genealogical Society wit...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

John Graham's Spanish Land Grant

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So, if John Graham was in Missouri in 1805 to witness a burial, I wondered how early he could have been there. In Historical Records of St....
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Tyrey Family on a Flatboat

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This is an image I snatched from the internet, but I wanted to show what it must have been like to travel down the Mississippi River on a fl...
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