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My Grandfather: 1934 Graduate of Central High School, Providence, RI

September 3, 2019 Ashley Gonzalez Ashley's Family

Recently, Ancestry.com released a new record set of high school annuals! For some of us lucky ones, it gives us a tiny glimpse into the life of a beloved family member. I was able to find my grandfather, Arthur Allen...

How to protect your files from a hurricane

Genealogy files: how to protect them during a hurricane.

September 2, 2019 Ashley Gonzalez Genealogy Help

As a Florida native, we face natural disasters on a yearly basis. We think about our home, our pets, and as the family historian, our genealogy files. How do we protect our files, photos and family heirlooms? In typical hurricane...

100 Years Later: The Life of Mahala Catherine Prosser

July 7, 2019 Ashley Gonzalez Research

I have a personal project I have been working on for the past 6 months. I spend a few hours each month in our local Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler County, Florida adding photos and memorials to Find-A-Grave, if they are...

A Shoemaker, a soldier, a farmer: Owen Moore Grimsley

May 6, 2019 Ashley Gonzalez Ashley's Family

In 1873, Owen Grimsley purchases the John Olivires tract of land for the sum of $1000. It fronts Crescent Lake, which accounts for 640 acres of the total 800 acres Owen owned between Putnam and St. Johns Counties. He planted...

Naomi W.

February 6, 2019 Ashley Gonzalez Research

Naomi is a friend and cousin through my father’s adopted family. We met when I began researching my father’s adopted family in the late 1990s. Naomi is an excellent researcher and family historian. I was surprised when she reached out...