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Burris clan in Russellville, Pope Co., AR, circa 1920/1921

There's a wall of photographs over my bed. I call it my dead relatives gallery, and I'm not really joking, although some of my family and friends laugh nervously when I say it.

I'm using this journal to share information I have acquired over the past several years for surnames in my family tree. The journal is "tag intensive" to make it easier to locate information and photos about specific surnames. (Tags list is in the left sidebar of the journal.)

They say you can choose your friends, but not your family. Personally, I find my family fascinating, and even more so the older I get. Sure, we have our share of archetypes - shrill, bossy women...strong "silent type" men...and the requisite number of "crazies." But hey, this is the deep South, and as Julia Sugarbaker said in Designing Women:

"...we're proud of our crazy people. We don't hide them up in the attic. We bring 'em right down to the living room and show 'em off. ...no one in the South ever asks if you have crazy people in your family. They just ask what side they're on." Like Julia, mine are on both sides.

Primary surnames researched include Ashmore, Balding, Burris, Callaway, Chapin, Darter, Duvall, Grooms, Harkey, Hayslip, Herrington, Hill, Holder, McBrayer, Meek, Parrish, Pettit, Shinn, Wharton, Williams.

All comments are welcome, including anonymous comments. You do not have to be a Dreamwidth member to comment, and may use Open ID, i.e., Google, WordPress, etc., to comment.

ETA: Most of the photos you will find in this journal were taken over 100 years ago. Regardless of their age, these photos were falling out of albums, or lying loose among family papers and I have scanned them to preserve them for posterity. Photos of gravestones appearing in this journal were taken by me.

I said all that to say this - if any of these photos are of your family members, just right click and save them to your computer. No one associated with this journal is going to chase you down to try and prosecute you for copyright infringement, as long as you don't claim you took the photo.

The written content of this journal is copyrighted. Don't use it without my written permission.

Email me at sharpchick13 at hotmail dot com.

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First row, fifth from the left .... that kid is trouble. I can see it in his expression. He did not want to be there. There's mischief on his mind .... 90 year old shenanigans.

That was one of the Barefield kids - we don't know which one. His brother is sitting to his right.

I'm just dipping into your posts, having found you via Geneabloggers. Can't wait to read more. What I've read so far is marvelous. Nolichucky Roots (http://nolichuckyroots.blogspot.com/)

Thank you very much. I had been wanting to do this for some time (I am sure I was boring most of the readers of my everyday blog out of their heads with genealogy posts).

So last Sunday, I had a Nike moment, and just "did it."

Edited 2010-11-06 20:57 (UTC)

This is about the most perfect large-group family photograph I have ever seen. It's amazing that with so many people, every single one of them is still and looking toward the camera. This is a photograph to cherish! Nice blog. Welcome to geneabloggers.
Nancy from My Ancestors and Me at http://nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com

Thanks so much.

I have just found your blog via Geneabloggers and I love. I am looking forward to spending this Saturday reading the entire thing.

Claudia

http://claudiasgenealogyblog.blogspot.com/

Thank you.

Hope you enjoy.

I wanted to let you know that I am giving you the "Ancestor Approved" Award for your blog. Please go to http://aremyrootsshowing.blogspot.com/2010/12/ancestor-approved-award.html and pick up your badge.

Thank you.

Was seriously hoping to see a Williamson in your list there...my husband's ancestors from Russellville. :-)

I love this photo...group shots always amaze me...how did they get the kiddos to sit still?
You know Julia Sugarbaker was dead on about us southerners, we've got plenty of crazy folks!

I only have 17 Williamsons in the tree.

Here's the index (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=sharpchick&recno=14300) starting with that alpha section.

Looks like a few in Pope County, too...

I figure the kids were either 1)promised homemade ice cream, or 2) threatened with the infamous switch.

And yes, Julia was so right about so many things...

Edited 2010-12-09 03:45 (UTC)

A dear dear friend, who is gone now, was from Arkansas, and she would keep us in stitches with her "Southern Gothic" stories, as she termed it, about her neighbors, friends, and family.

How did you get the edge on your photo? - Please don't say Photoshop. The photo is so fabulous!
I can't figure out how to have the post with my ID so I will just include it in the post. . . . Margel

I don't honestly know...a friend did it for me, and then emailed me the end result.

I know I couldn't figure it out on my own...I can do minor edits to photos, but not anything major.

You can use Open ID, i.e., Google, FB, etc. to reply to entries. When you click on "leave a comment," there should be a little drop down box you can use for Open ID.

Thank you for the nice comment on my recent series of Hannah Lee's Overland Journal @ Those Old Memories blog. Nice to find your writings and to follow along!

You don't have 'Google Blogger' as an option for comments, but in Blogland I'm Jinksy - not anonymous at all. LOL. I like the idea of you 'dead relatives gallery' - I sort of have one too, on the wall in my hallway. But there are lots of people in my pictures who are still alive, as well!

You can sign in with Open ID and Google is one of those options, if I recall correctly...

Oh I really like the term "dead relatives" and actually used it once when I took a holiday and went searching my dead relatives for Thanksgiving one year...and there are some in my living room too, as well as other places....not in the attic, never....these days our attics are like nothing...sad to say.....I loved my grandmother's old attic...not her scary basement with the octo furnance oh no! I like this family grouping photo, most everyone came with lighter colored clothes except for was is three ladies? Amazing story to be had by all these people I'm sure if we knew it!

Not sure why my name didn't appear but it's Karen S. email at swirlgal01@aol.com for the above anonymous post.

Hey, these people are better looking than my ancestors, and they look like a fine bunch of folks. Can I adopt them retroactively?

How lucky you are to have a family portrait like this.

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Oh my. I often think of old photographs as time travel, but never to this extent. According to your date on this post we are now at Oct. 31, 2015. We are forward time travelers. This is not something every blog can claim!

That date is to keep this entry as a static one at the top of the blog.

I love reading your blog, and I have chosen you to receive the "One Lovely Blog" Award. You can find out more at my blog: The Mashburn Collection.

http://www.themashburncollection.com/2011/03/i-love-these-things.html#axzz1GXLouMiA

Thank you so much.

Wow, what an interesting family. Every one has a face with a story to tell. I'm looking forward to hearing them.
Barbara

This is a wonderful family group photo, all the age groups are in it.

I tried to leave a message showing my ID but there isn't a Blogger ID to click. I found you through Sepia Saturday.
My blog is www.mymagpiecollection.blogspot.com

Oh wow...maybe that's why I have a hard time getting my LJ credentials verified on Blogger...

Well, thank you for being persistent. Coming to look at your blog now.

Dee

From Alan Burnett :
Thanks for sharing your image on Sepia Saturday. I suppose we all have our Dead Relatives Gallery : and although they are often long dead, their fascination lives on.

Since you left a comment on my blog (Family Matters), I found my way to yours. Your blog is wonderful and I look forward to visiting you again.

Oh thank you. I'm so glad.

Dee, I have passed on to you the One Lovely Blog Award. You can get your award at: http://aremyrootsshowing.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-lovely-blog-award.html

Enjoy, and congrats!

Thank you.

Dee, this is great! I have some posts about my relatives in Summers, AR spread throughout my blog, but I like how you are putting all of your "sepia" relatives on one blog. I love the description of your "dead relatives" wall, lol. I have them up all over the bathroom.

Have a great week, and thank you so much for stopping by to visit.

Kathy @ Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy

Loved the post and really enjoy your site and what you are doing. My husband is a 'McBrayer' in fact if his gr gr grandmother had married the father of her child, our last name would be McBrayer. Would love to compare notes and see if we are on the same line.

The link to my family tree online at Rootsweb is in the left sidebar. You can also click on the "McBrayer" tag in the tags list at left, and see if I've discussed any of your McBrayers' kinfolk.

And my email address is sharpchick13 at yahoo dot com. Please feel free to contact me.

That is really bringing lives to the future. Thanks for the pic. Jen

My Mom wrote you an email. Her Daddy is Lewis Earl Burris, son of Ernest, son of George Washington Sr. Between her and a Crites family member they were able to indentify many in the photo.

Oh how wonderful!

I'll go look in my mail now.

I believe if you start from the bottom right of the children, go four over and the first young man behind them (on their knees?), I think that is Lewis Earl Burris. I know that on the back row standing, center woman with black hair is his mother Ida May McCauley Burris. Interesting note: Her daddy Patrick McCauley, who was born in Ireland is buried at Elmwood cemetery in Morrilton.

Oh wow - I didn't know his burial place or that he was born in Ireland.

I can update the database with that...

Just keep those good tidbits of information coming, please...

Mom's email returned? Is your email on this site still valid? She probably won't be back on for a day or two though. Would LOVE to know more about the McCauley's if you ever run across anything.

Have not gotten email from her.

The address is sharpchick13 at hotmail dot com (I'm spelling that out so the nasty spammers don't get me).

I have found the ship's passenger list where a Patrick McCauley arrived in New York on 1 Nov 1850 from Liverpool aboard the Isaac Wright. And it looks as if he may have been married before his marriage to Mary E Thoss.

But I'd love to compare notes with you and your mom.

You have done some tremendous work on all of your research and it is greatly appreciated! Finding out things I didn't know about the Burris family. According to what I have so far, Patrick McCauley's stone simply says died in 1895 at 58 years old. Ida May's mother, Mary Thoss is in the Mausolem at Elmwood. She married a couple of times after Patricks death. His daughter Ida May I believe was only 8 years old when Patrick died. I'll shoot you an email so you will have mine.

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