Clara Dixon Simmons - Where is my Clara Simmons Death Certificate?

Clara Dixon Simmons 

My True Roots is hoping this will be a Random Act of Kindness.



I hope they have a Story to tell about Ms. Clara! 


I have a Clara Ivery Simmons in my Family Tree. Her maiden name has Issues.

Dixon is not one of them. I used this Death Certificate to rule out a lot of Questions I had in the beginning when searching for my Clara Ivery Simmons. 


I found one person searching for Mrs. Clara on Ancestry and I'm awaiting their reply if they need this death certificate for their Records. 


In Alabama they look like this online at Ancestry. 

I was also able to click the "Find Others" who are researching to see who all had Ms. Clara in their Tree. 

Clara Dixon Simmons

My Clara Ivery Simmons Death Certificate still remains to be seen. It's still on my List of to Do Things for my next trip to Alabama Department of Archives & History . 

I ordered these when Suzette Cook was doing them for 5 dollars back in the day.  I asked her to send it along with others I was ordering. What the heck, I was a newbie and knew one day it would be for me or someone else in the long run. 

I see the person knows it exists but they don't have the detail like this Death Certificate shows, unless they have it in their records and not on their online tree.

Either way, I hope this helps someone in their Quest for Family History.

I'll be glad to return this Ordered Copy to a Family Member. 

Hopefully there will be a follow up story one day for both Clara's. 

Photo with No Names

Please Contact me if you have any information. 

This was left to me by my Father. 

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Today's Tips come from True Lewis, author of Notes to Myself . I was just recently admitted to the National Society Daughters of ...

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My Generational Haplogroup Assignments

I got the idea from my Blog Brother Michael @FamilySleuther ! 

Building a Family Haplogroup Tree




Who was Inspired by My Blog Sister Lara @LarasGenealogy !

Updated Haplogroup Tree


My Inspirational Map as well came from my GenBud Paul Hawthorne of GeneaSpy  


Last year his #MyColorfulAncestry went VIRAL! we were all ripe for the picking! It was on Fire. 

Crista Cowen suggested the hashtag and we Lit the Internet up with our Versions of My Colorful Ancestry.

You can see more of his Genealogy Community My Colorful Ancestry on Pinterest 

That's how I came up with my Map from Paul. 

My Colorful Ancestry  

I manage 8 kits in my immediate circle, 4 Generations. Soon to be 5 for my Great Aunt!

 I've tested myself at all 3 major Company's to include Living DNA. 

So this map shows me where and how I need to be strategic in whom I get tested to find out the Haplogroup Assignments or wait till my Matches come in to confirm the lines. 

I had a doozy of a time doing mine. My Friends in Genealogy have their Versions, so I hope this will Inspire you to do the same thing. 

This way you can keep track of your Family Haplogroup Assignments as you go on this Journey to find the Origins of your Ancestors. 

I have a lot of work ahead of me and from time to time I will update this Map of Haplogroups in my Lineage. 


Visit the Links above and Enjoy your own Map! 

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Celebrating my 4th Blogiversary with You!

4 Years! WoW!

I had a Wonderful Year. I'm still Pressing Forward!

Thank You all so Much for keeping me uplifted and encouraged. 

So much has happened! I don't even know where to start. 



My Rootstech Journey!

What a learning experience! All that information in one place for 5 days went way to fast! 

My Induction Ceremony into the DAR was wonderful. All the work was well worth it. My highlight of the year. July 5th, 2016.

I got to spend time in Pa and visit Dauphin County Historical Society and met Mr. Frew and Mr. Calobe Jackson, Jr.

Visiting the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pa.

I attended MAAGI this year and had a Wonderful time learning at the Institute. I also got to visit the Allen County Public Library all this was on my Bucket List. 

I do know that I will continue to have growth. I'm challenging myself to writing more intricate pieces on research. 

I want to write more on how I have solved so many challenges in Genealogy with my personal research.  

I appreciate all of you that come by and visit and make comments. 

Thank You! to All for Celebrating 

4 Years! with My True Roots! 

Best Regards! 

How did I miss the 1 Slave in My Patriots Household ? Could it be True?

I have so much research to do. I spent 3 years searching and documenting my Patriot! Somehow this got overlooked. No one said a Word. How did I miss this as much as I have studied and researched him. 

There are way over 9,000 Ancestry Trees that have him researched and close to as many who have this Document attached to Nicholaus Barrick and no one is talking about it or has any notes regarding this. 


 Now I'm on a Quest to find out if this is True or False and who this Person is!