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Genealogy research, family history discoveries, and the tax insights that matter to researchers — written by Douglas Klein, CPA, EA.
Daniel Boone of Hennessey, O.T.
Family History StoriesWe were fortunate to have the First Territorial Census of Oklahoma survive the loss of nearly all of the 1890 census documents. Amongst them was a Black Homesteader named Daniel Boone — no likely relationship to the famous Longhunter — who served his country in Company G, Kansas Cavalry Volunteers.
Who was Amanda V B F in Eljatha's Bouquet Book?
Family History StoriesIn the 1850s graduation poem book of Eljatha Agatha Perry, a friend signed only as "Amanda V. B. F." from Swains Mills, Rush Co., Indiana. Using traditional genealogy methods — census records, old land maps, and community connections — we trace her identity and her surprising family ties to Eljatha.
The Edwards Poems in Eljatha's Album
Family History StoriesThe Edwards family have four entries in Eljatha's Bouquet Album. M S Edwards and H C Edwards penned their entries in the same pen — and the poems they chose, along with their family connections to the Perry family, tell a rich story of Quaker community life in Forsyth County, NC.
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