Written in the shadow of war, preserved across generations. In the quiet days just before Christmas 1941—only weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor—my second great-granduncle, Thomas Jefferson “Jeff” McDonald Sr.,[1] sat down in Liberty, South Carolina, to write a long and thoughtful letter to his niece, my grandaunt, Mrs. Agnes (McDonald) Blackerby,[2] in Wilsonville,Continue reading “A Letter from Liberty: A 1941 Family Reflection and a Father’s Tribute”
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The Remarkable Coincidences of Ancestral Migration
Our father’s family came from Massachusetts, and our mother’s roots traced back to Alabama. They met in California and we all believed they were the first from either side to venture this far west—aside from our mother’s uncle, who settled in California after serving in the Navy during World War II. That belief began toContinue reading “The Remarkable Coincidences of Ancestral Migration”
Veterans Day: Over 100 Veterans in my Family Tree
In recent years, I’ve been deeply engaged in researching my ancestry, especially focused on identifying veterans within my family tree. As a veteran myself, I feel a personal connection to their stories. Whenever I discover a new veteran, I try to dig deeper to uncover their service history and assign them a military tag onContinue reading “Veterans Day: Over 100 Veterans in my Family Tree”
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