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These are the stories and events of the lives of my ancestors many of which might pass out of history if not retold and preserved here. Also, here are my observances and stories of my own life the likes of which I wish I could find about my now long-departed great-grandparents and other relatives.

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talking roots · 1W ago

A bio of My Thoughts

Just today, I once again gave thought to the exercise I have been involved with for a couple of years, the posting of a thought for the day (TFTD) on my blog Thought For The Day by Deason Hunt. It was after seeing a tweet from a genealogist I follow on Twitter which said “You [...]

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talking roots · 1M ago

1940 Census Rocks Genealogy World

1940 Census Rocks Genealogy World. Filed under: Uncategorized

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talking roots · 6M ago

Halloween, Ancestors, and Genealogy

On my soap box: I was kind of put off today by a story in the Dallas Morning News that they are preparing for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Somehow commemorating his assassination is unseemly to me. His birth, okay. His WWII exploit, okay. His election, okay. His ro

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talking roots · 8M ago

My Hunt, Moody, etc. Ancestral Postings Have Moved

If you arrived here looking for Deason’s Hunt, Moody, and allied families and personal family postings, they have been moved to All My Roots. Clicking the link will take you there. I am recreating this blog as my views and contributions to the larger general world of genealogy. Stay tuned and keep c

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talking roots · 9M ago

Finding Deason Hunt (netexas) on the Web

For reference, my web presence is summarized here at my Google+ profile. Filed under: Blog Housekeeping Tagged: Google+

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talking roots · 1Y ago

I’m Proud to Be an American

To get ahead of the curve of the U. S. Civil War sesquicentennial, I’d like to say that I’m glad that the seceding southern states lost the civil war. That rumble you just felt was generations of my ancestors turning … Continue reading →

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talking roots · 2Y ago

The Stuff They were Made Of

As I sit here about mid-morning on February 12, 2010, pounding away on my unconnected netbook and, thus, on what is eerily like my last contact with the 21st Century, I let my mind wander back to the lives of … Continue reading →

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talking roots · 2Y ago

Where I’ve Been

Those who take note of such things might wonder why there have been no posts to this blog between the last post in July and the latest in late November. The blame falls on me and the fact that in … Continue reading →

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talking roots · 2Y ago

The Times of My Life – Part I – WWII

I’ve always wondered. Did Great, Great Grandfather Thomas Hunt look up in the sky from Blount County, Tennessee in 1835 and see that momentous passage, so ballyhooed in that year, of Halley’s Comet? What were his memories of the second … Continue reading →

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talking roots · 2Y ago

One of my favorite resources

Since all of my family lines come through southern states — North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi — one of the most valuable background resources I have found for understanding the lives of my 19th Century ancestors … Continue reading →

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