Marie Cooke Beckman
@mariecookebeckman.bsky.social
Family History Researcher & Genetic Genealogist, Genealogy Blogger for over 21 yrs @ https://mariegen.blogspot.com/
I've written two articles abt both sets of my paternal great-grandparents, published in Tennessee Genealogical Society's AnSearchin' News
I've written two articles abt both sets of my paternal great-grandparents, published in Tennessee Genealogical Society's AnSearchin' News
Cluster research of someone who is in the cluster of a person who is in your ancestor's cluster. Still a lot to learn about her, but I wanted to write what I know. Her story includes addiction, estrangement, and ultimately, a mysterious end.
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The Troubled Life of Kate Pruner
The tale of Kate Pruner—where do I start? I believe she was the daughter of William Pruner and Elizabeth Parsons. Her story takes place in ...
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May 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Cluster research of someone who is in the cluster of a person who is in your ancestor's cluster. Still a lot to learn about her, but I wanted to write what I know. Her story includes addiction, estrangement, and ultimately, a mysterious end.
mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-... #genealogy
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/05/sngf... #genealogy
SNGF--My 3rd Cousin DNA matches Descendants of 2nd Grandparents
The Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings 1) How many autosomal DNA matches do you have descended from your eigh...
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May 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/05/sngf... #genealogy
This week I'm celebrating 21 years of blogging about my family history research!! 🎉🥳 mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/04/cele... #genealogy
Celebrating 21 years of Blogging
Learning about an ancestor’s life entails much more than collecting the basic birth, marriage, and death records. To truly understand them...
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April 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This week I'm celebrating 21 years of blogging about my family history research!! 🎉🥳 mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/04/cele... #genealogy
When I find a conflict of dates, I like to blog about how I reached the conclusion I did about which one was the correct date. These also serve as a good "Note to Self" 😉https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/04/william-harrisons-conflicting-month-of.html #genealogy
William Harrison's Conflicting Month of Death
The reprint of the Pension Roll of 1835(available on Ancestry.com) contains an error in the entry for Lt. William Harrison, a Bedford County...
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April 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When I find a conflict of dates, I like to blog about how I reached the conclusion I did about which one was the correct date. These also serve as a good "Note to Self" 😉https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/04/william-harrisons-conflicting-month-of.html #genealogy
I've been focusing on Wm C Cook's Deeds and using Ancestry's Networks tool to log and organize the information about those deeds. #genealogy mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...
How I am using Ancestry's Networks Tool
I have access to the Beta of Ancestry's Network Tool . At this point, it's only available to those with the ProTools add-on. Since my main...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I've been focusing on Wm C Cook's Deeds and using Ancestry's Networks tool to log and organize the information about those deeds. #genealogy mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...
We've had extreme weather here in the SouthEastern USA this week. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/04/cons... #Genealogy
Consider the Weather: Factoring Weather into Family History
This week has been full of dramatic weather across the southeastern U.S., where I live. As storms rolled through, I found myself wondering h...
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April 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We've had extreme weather here in the SouthEastern USA this week. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/04/cons... #Genealogy
Several years ago I wrote this blog post and it seems appropriate to share it again today. My family was hit hard by tuberculosis in the years, particularly in the years 1900-1945. mariegen.blogspot.com/2023/01/unde... #WorldTuberculosisDay #Genealogy
Understanding Our Ancestors: Tuberculosis & Influenza
I'm writing an article about my great grandparents, William Green Cook & Jane Bell King Cook and their descendants. In order to get a bette...
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March 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Several years ago I wrote this blog post and it seems appropriate to share it again today. My family was hit hard by tuberculosis in the years, particularly in the years 1900-1945. mariegen.blogspot.com/2023/01/unde... #WorldTuberculosisDay #Genealogy
Joining in on the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/sngf... #genealogy
SNGF: Favorite Legacy Family Tree Webinars From Past 3 Months
Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge tonight is to answer the question: What were your favorite Legacy Family Tree webina...
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March 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Joining in on the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/sngf... #genealogy
Looking at the updates to the mtDNA tests I manage. #genealogy mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-lo...
A look at updated mtDNA results of tests I manage
Last week I received the notification that the updates for the two FULLmtDNA kits I manage were in. My daughter did the mtDNA test and be...
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March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Looking at the updates to the mtDNA tests I manage. #genealogy mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-lo...
Day 3 RootsTech 2025 from a Virtual Attendee's Perspective. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/root...
RootsTech 2025--Day 3
RootsTech Day 3 March 8th 2025 FamilyTree DNA recently announced a new updated MitoTree. This means an updated haplogroup for those who hav...
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March 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Day 3 RootsTech 2025 from a Virtual Attendee's Perspective. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/root...
Day 3 of RootsTech 2025. I'm attending virtually and currently watching
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March 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Day 3 of RootsTech 2025. I'm attending virtually and currently watching
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www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech... #genealogy
Day 2 RootsTech 2025 from a Virtual Attendee's Perspective. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/root... #genealogy
RootsTech 2025--Day 2
RootsTech Day 2 March 7th 2025 MyHeritage has introduced a new feature called Cousin Finder™, which helps discover other MyHeritage members ...
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March 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Day 2 RootsTech 2025 from a Virtual Attendee's Perspective. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/root... #genealogy
Day 1 RootsTech 2025 from a Virtual Attendee's Perspective. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/root... #genealogy
RootsTech 2025--Day 1
RootsTech Day 1 March 6th 2025 Ancestry announced the addition of Networks . It is a tool that can be used to track an ancestor's FAN. Rig...
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March 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Day 1 RootsTech 2025 from a Virtual Attendee's Perspective. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/root... #genealogy
Looking forward to checking this out at DNAPainter dnapainter.com/blog/introdu... #GeneticGenealogy #Genealogy
Introducing Places, a new geographical map of your Ancestral Tree
Introducing Places in Ancestral trees at DNA Painter, a birds-eye view of a person’s ancestors that’s both beautiful and informative.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Looking forward to checking this out at DNAPainter dnapainter.com/blog/introdu... #GeneticGenealogy #Genealogy
Day 1 of RootsTech 2025. I'm attending virtually this year and have started checking out the Expo Hall. www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech... Legacy Family Tree Webinar has a great deal for new members(1/2 off annual membership) #RootsTech2025 #genealogy
March 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Day 1 of RootsTech 2025. I'm attending virtually this year and have started checking out the Expo Hall. www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech... Legacy Family Tree Webinar has a great deal for new members(1/2 off annual membership) #RootsTech2025 #genealogy
I’ve been researching George Solifelt for several years now. He's part of the FAN club of my great-granduncle-James Polk Cook’s stepdaughter. His Union Civil War Pension file was 350+ pages. What a paper trail and I am still finding pieces of it. #genealogy mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-le...
A letter for George in Denison City, Texas(March 1888)
In George Solifelt's pension application, he claimed he had been living in Denison City Texas in 1886 when he began his pension application ...
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March 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’ve been researching George Solifelt for several years now. He's part of the FAN club of my great-granduncle-James Polk Cook’s stepdaughter. His Union Civil War Pension file was 350+ pages. What a paper trail and I am still finding pieces of it. #genealogy mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-le...
MyHeritage has a great deal going on. Upload your new Autosomal DNA file and get access to their Advanced DNA Features. Limited time only. March 2-9, 2025. www.myheritage.com/dna/upload #genealogy #MyHeritage
March 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
MyHeritage has a great deal going on. Upload your new Autosomal DNA file and get access to their Advanced DNA Features. Limited time only. March 2-9, 2025. www.myheritage.com/dna/upload #genealogy #MyHeritage
A great reminder that an estate settlement isn't always settled within the year. It can take some years to settle and in some cases, it may be reopened. I have at least 3 in my research that took 20+ years. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/anot... #genealogy
Another Court Record --Williamson Co TN Hamer Family
Another court record with more information about the Hamer descendants. The case: T.K Barnes et al - vs - A.D. Redmond et al. From the cou...
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February 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A great reminder that an estate settlement isn't always settled within the year. It can take some years to settle and in some cases, it may be reopened. I have at least 3 in my research that took 20+ years. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/anot... #genealogy
I enjoyed writing this blog post. It reminded me of high school chemistry labs without the smell of the Bunsen burner. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/robe... #genealogy
Robert & Anna Cook Analysis with a little help from ChatGPT
I've been gathering source documents of Robert Lee Cook, son of Jefferson Gideon Cook. A few of Gideon's sons moved to the bigger cities of...
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February 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I enjoyed writing this blog post. It reminded me of high school chemistry labs without the smell of the Bunsen burner. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/robe... #genealogy
An article in the newspaper about the 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration of my Great Uncle John Lemuel Cook and his wife. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/mr-a... #genealogy
Mr. and Mrs. John L Cook Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary(1959)
John Lemuel & Malissa A Barnes Cook Mr. and Mrs. John L Cook Celebrate Wedding Anniversary Mr and Mrs. John L Cook, who were celebrating the...
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February 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
An article in the newspaper about the 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration of my Great Uncle John Lemuel Cook and his wife. mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/mr-a... #genealogy
Did your Grandparents know their Grandparents? Shorter lifespans and migration both play a part. In larger families, the younger children are more likely not to have known one or more of their grandparents. This is just from my observations. Your thoughts? mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/did-...
Did Your Grandparents Know Their Grandparents?
When I realized that my Mom only knew one of her grandparents, it got me curious about the grandparent connections in my family. My Dad(born...
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February 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Did your Grandparents know their Grandparents? Shorter lifespans and migration both play a part. In larger families, the younger children are more likely not to have known one or more of their grandparents. This is just from my observations. Your thoughts? mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/did-...
The obituary of one of my maternal great grandfathers, David Enoch Luna from the Lincoln Co. Tennessee newspaper(1948) #genealogy #Luna #Looney mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/obit...
Obituary: David E Luna Age 83(1948)
This is the obituary of my great-grandfather. He was Mom's paternal grandfather. David was living with his son Will & family at the time o...
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February 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The obituary of one of my maternal great grandfathers, David Enoch Luna from the Lincoln Co. Tennessee newspaper(1948) #genealogy #Luna #Looney mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/obit...
My 3rd Great Grandfather, James Hitchcock's land in Warren County Tennessee, USA circa 1840 mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/jas-... #genealogy #WarrenCoTN
Jas Hitchcock Land--Warren Co TN(1840)
This survey was recorded in the Plat Book just before the Spring of 1840. James and Lottie's daughter, Nancy A Hitchcock(my 2nd great-grand...
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February 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My 3rd Great Grandfather, James Hitchcock's land in Warren County Tennessee, USA circa 1840 mariegen.blogspot.com/2025/02/jas-... #genealogy #WarrenCoTN