Guilford County Genealogical Society

08/15/2026

04/30/2026

Do you have papers from your kids (or maybe even yourself) that you can't bear to part with, but that really aren't necessarily worth saving forever?

We can't save everything and do you need to save every drawing someone made?

Give them permission to toss it if you can't. Of course you will be dead, but this might you feel better.

--Michael

04/19/2026

To kick off preservation week, get some hands-on experience saving your personal items for the future. Join archivists and librarians to preserve your families' physical documents on April 25 from 10 till noon. Registration is required. Visit slnc.info/42526 to reserve your spot. Library of North Carolina

04/19/2026

Posting this not because you care about my relatives, but because there's a few things here that may be instructive.

Louisa Fuller is testifying about her husband in this 1906 deposition involving her husband's estate in Minot, North Dakota. His middle name in other records is William, but she indicated that at some point when they lived in Omaha (1880s-1890s) he started using the name Fred A. Fuller.

The Fullers were from Hancock County, Illinois, and in earlier testimony Louisa indicated they were married in 1879. Here she indicated they were married in Alexandra, Clark County, Missouri.

To which the lawyer asked "what were you doing there?"

They simply crossed the river to get married. They were from Warsaw, Illinois, which is right across the river from Alexandria. Here she indicated that she stayed with her cousin there for about two hours and they returned. She lived with another cousin for a few months after she married and before they moved to Kansas.

Both cousins were relatives of her mother's but were not siblings of each other (one was a first cousin and one was actually a first cousin once removed). Louisa mentions them in other parts of her testimony. Her keeping relationships with her cousins struck me as interesting as her mother died when she was twelve and her step-father I think was the one ended up raising her (along with her half sister who was his daughter).

Court testimony can shed a great deal of insight into a family.

--Michael

04/14/2026

Join us on April 25th for this free, hands-on workshop that will provide you with the knowledge and practical skills to preserve your family's treasured physical documents! Register Now: slnc.info/42526

Event Details:
Date/Time: April 25th, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: DNCR, 109 E Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601
Registration Required - visit: slnc.info/42526


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