tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790218656177439568.post610767034574496474..comments2024-03-10T20:42:23.244-04:00Comments on Carolina Girl Genealogy: Celebration Sunday~Genealogy Happy Dance!Cheri Hudson Passeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02439902368387077263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790218656177439568.post-9700899117694461002017-12-17T21:27:50.812-05:002017-12-17T21:27:50.812-05:00Lacey, what great sleuthing! Thanks so much for sh...Lacey, what great sleuthing! Thanks so much for sharing! Let us know when you discover Margaret's maiden name! Doing that happy dance with you!!!Cheri Hudson Passeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439902368387077263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790218656177439568.post-28622925873426851962017-12-17T11:23:12.124-05:002017-12-17T11:23:12.124-05:00I was looking around on the Publisher's Extra ...I was looking around on the Publisher's Extra version of Newspapers.com when I found it. I new from other researchers and my own research that my 3rd Great-Grandmother's maiden name was either Foster or Forester/Forrester but for about 5 years, I haven't been able to confirm it to my satisfaction. I decided to search by her married name "Almeda Potter" and I threw in her husband's first name (Henry) for good measure. I searched Missouri newspapers between 1837 and 1901 because those are the dates which were on her tombstone. In what I later found out was a Baptist newspaper, I found a Baptist minstep who went down to Greene County for the funeral of his sister, "Almeda Potter." I want totally convinced even though the description of Almeda's husband fit my 3rd great-grandfather perfectly. On the next page, I found the name of the Baptist missionary who wrote the passage. The surname was "Forester." Sure enough in one of the Forester families I had located in the area had an Almeda with a couple of brothers. I traced the brothers in later census records and sure enough, brother Solomon was listed as a clergyman. All of this evidence and the lack of any other Almeda Forester Potter, has me convinced enough to craft a proof statement that Almeda's maiden name was Forester, that her brother was Solomon, and that her parents were Thomas and Margaret (confirmed by Solomon's death certificate). Now what was Margaret's maiden name???Lacey Fraziernoreply@blogger.com