10 Years Ago Today . . .

Ten years ago today, I posted my first blog post. Thank you to Thomas MacEntee for the inspiration. In June of 2011, at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree, Thomas MacEntee described blogs as "cousin bait."[1] My website was "cousin bait" so I knew this might even be better as I could write regularly without the difficult task of constantly updating my website, AND find even more cousins. [2]

My first post was about the photo of my grandfather at a Woodsmen of the World Conference. [3]  Comparisons of other photos lead me to believe Redic E. Bryan (left) was in his twenties dating this photo sometime in the 1890s. 

The next two posts were also about the 

Woodmen of the World organization. 

My grandmother, Myrtie Hairston Bryan, belonged to a Woodmen Circle in Seymour, Texas and apparently, there was a Woodmen Circle for young girls as well. The photo at the top of this page was most likely taken in Seymour sometime in the 1910s.  More about the photo can be seen here. [4]

Terrell Bryan, my great-grandfather, was buried in the West End Cemetery in Stephenville, Erath County Texas. His Woodsmen of the World cemetery stone (right) is a tree trunk with vines. You can read more about his stone here. [5]

Thank you to all who read my blog. Some of you actually found the "cousin bait" and I am so grateful. 

If you want to know more about the families I research, click here to like my Facebook page where you will see each post and other genealogical finds. 

Diana

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    1. Amy Coffin, Lisa Louise Cook, Pat Richley-Erickson, Nancy Loe, Thomas MacEntee, Randy Seaver, "Blogger Summit I - Beginner to Blogger in 60 Minutes" (presentation, Southern California Genealogy Jamboree, Burbank, CA, October 10-12, 2011).

    2. "Researching Bryan, Hairston, Criswell, Davis, Glynn, Giddens, Murray, Driscoll, Staubach, and Quinn" (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bryanquinn/genealogy/index.htm : accessed 2 July 2021). 

    3. Diana B. Quinn, "W.O.W.," blog entry, 3 July 2011, Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog,  (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html : accessed 2 July 2021).

    4. Diana B. Quinn, "W.O.W. Women," blog entry, 13 July 2011, Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog,  (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/wow-women_08.html : accessed 2 July 2021).

    5. Diana B. Quinn, "More W.O.W.," blog entry, 6 July 2011, Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog,  (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-wow.html : accessed 2 July 2021).