Category Archives: My Ancestors

The Speed of Online Research

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Teresa

When I started my family research back in 1977, there was no internet. Computers that existed were those that required a very large room connected to dumb terminals connected directly to that computer in that very large room. To research … Continue reading →

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Granny Young – Gone but Not Forgotten

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Teresa

Sam and Sarah Lemarr Young were my great grandparents. Sam Young died 9 years before I was born so I only know him through pictures and stories my Grandmother Barley and her sisters told to me.  Granny Young died when … Continue reading →

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Two Caspers, Two Families

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Teresa

Many researchers of the Byerley family have long confused the two Casper Byerley’s and at one time I was among them, believing that my ancestor first migrated to Pennsylvania and then on to South Carolina.  I ignored some important information … Continue reading →

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