Bob, I will offer two suggestions: first, if those little patches appear to have been individually sewn together and stuffed before being combined to make the quilt, then this is possibly "a powderpuff quilt" - my mother had one and the lit…
Thank you Bob for sharing your vast knowledge of Itawamba County history and genealogy and for helping preserve Itawamba County's history and heritage.Your article about the group, Preserving Itawamba County's Heritage, and its efforts to s…
I am looking for information on my 4th great grandmother, Priscilla Elizabeth Conwell (Conwill) Hutcheson George.She was born Feb 11, 1801 and died Sep 5, 1857. She is buried at Winchester Cemetery in Plesasnt Site, Franklin County, Alabama…
Wow!, that's some kind of bitter weed patch!, and you surely couldn't drink the milk when the cow ate that flowery weed. I remember a plant "here and there" in my grandparents "cow pasture" - don't ask, I just never saw horses in there and
Thank you for the recall that current day mums do not hold their bloom like their ancestors did. Althouh I took a Master Gardener course from Texas A & M Extension Center over 20 years ago, I do remember that the mum seedlings that we coach…
Lotta rain over here too in Alabama.enjoyed visiting your blog this morning.. my ancestral history is near where you write from. Feels like home. Thanks for commenting Shelby. Northeast Mississippi and Northwest Alabama has always had speci…
Sad to see all these ole home places disappear isn't it ... People probably worked really hard to get that house built at one time and now look at it. I wonder how many viewing this photo realizes that the small roofed addition in front of
I am old enough to remember the ladies born in the 1870's/1880's who had much experience at quilting, if only I could remember the name of the lady who set the standard (in my opinion as I remember this discussion)of a "good quilter". She s…
That is great that you live in a non-burned courthouse area and your ancestor's info is there. I wish I were so lucky, haha...With you living in Itawamba Co, I thought I would ask you something. Ok, I my great grandparents were Will and Eth…
Don't know where you have been nor what you've been doing (not any of of our business) - hope you had fun and welcome back. bettye Great work you do. I am planning a visit to Itawamba within the next couple of weeks to see the area that my
My name is Patricia Neely-Dorsey. I am from Tupelo,MS and the author of Reflections of a Mississipi Magnolia-A Life in Poems.I have been enjoying reading your blog and was wondering if you might possibly feature by book on your blog to intr…
It must be a "bumper crop year" for herb growing. We have both spearmint and peppermint that almost died out last year, but they are poking their tips above the vinca minor that is invading our herb bed accidentally. Someone had been to a n…