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Information about the family histories of Colleen (Robledo) Greene and Jeff Greene.

Hessie Hemphill McNamara

Family Photos Friday: Hessie Hemphill McNamara

Hester “Hessie” Hemphill McNamara (1863-1941) This week’s “Family Photos Friday” features a well worn photo I discovered just this week in the Public Family History Content of Ancestry.com, from Public Tree member jad3164.  The subject is my husband’s great-great-grandmother, Hester “Hessie” Hemphill McNamara (1863-1941). I myself haven’t done much research on our McNamara line, but fortunately, there are

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Colonial Jamestown Map

Research Leads: My Husband’s Ancestors Helped Settle Jamestown, Virgnia

The 1624 map created by Captain John Smith of the new settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.   This past week, while comparing my own researching against that of others who share their work in Ancestry Family Tree, I came across some heavily documented public trees that trace the male ancestral

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