Martha Lake Carmichael, my great-grandmother, had the nickname Heart. It's not exactly known how this name came to her, but as I've researched her life and death, I've found it very fitting. During her short life, Heart had a very active social and community life and appears to have been loved by all who knew … Continue reading Heart Failure Following Childbirth
My grandfather's cousin recently sent us a photo of my great-grandmother, Martha Lake Carmichael, that we had never seen before. We don't have many pictures of her, so a new one is a treasure. In most of the photos we have, she is in profile or her features are lost in shadows. Some of the … Continue reading A New Old Photo
Week 17 of 52 Ancestors is Cemetery. Just south of Augusta, Georgia stood a house called The Cottage Place. It was the summer home of Oswell and Aphra Ann Eve and their children. His daughter, Sarah Eve Adams, would later purchase the property from her father's estate and raise her nieces and nephews there. Other Eve … Continue reading The Cottage Cemetery
The topic for week 4 of #52ancestors is an ancestor I would invite to dinner. There are lots of ancestors I would like to invite to dinner. I have spent time searching for information about them and in some cases have visited places they lived, piecing together glimpses of their lives. I think of questions … Continue reading A Dinner Guest
Heart Genealogy 