Amanuensis Monday - Grandaddy's Bible

My Grandaddy, Roy Albea, was given a bible in November of 1991 by two of his sons. He recorded his knowledge of his family's genealogy in this bible. Here's a transcription of the information:

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This Holy Bible 

Presented to

Roy Vernon Albea Sr

By

Lloyd Milton Albea Sr

Larry Dean Albea

Date 

21st Day of November

1991 A.D.

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This Certifies That

Roy Vernon Albea Sr

and

Betty Dolores Huyler

were wedded in

Holy Matrimony

on the First day of February

in the year of our Lord 1947

at Greenville, SC

by Rev Sparks

Witness Ruby Lee Waters "Mother"

Witness Lola Mae Buckner "Friend"

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Births

Name         Dates

All my children

Roy Vernon Albea Jr 8-28-49

June Elizabeth Albea 6-26-51

Charles Lee Albea 7-3-52

Ruby Louise Albea 8-26-54

Lloyd Milton albea 8-5-55

Larry Dean Albea 9-9-56

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Wife's

Family Tree

Wife Betty Dolores Huyler

Brothers and Sisters [Blank]

Mother Ruby Lee Waters	Father Vary Americus Huyler
Brothers and Sisters Mrs Ethel W Bouchillon	Brothers and Sisters [Blank]
Mrs. Alma W. Underwood
Mr. L. C. Waters
Mr. Milton Waters
Mr. Jack Waters

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Husband's

Family Tree

Husband Roy Vernon Albea Sear

Brothers and Sisters 
Charles Ray Albea Twin Brother Deceased at 9 mos
Mrs. Frances Ninola A. Clary
Mrs. June Marie A. Wingard
Mrs. Pansy Cammellia A. Chandler

Mother Mamie Auline Witt Albea (Wilson)	Father Charles Vernon Albea
Brothers and Sisters Mr Wilburn Witt	Brothers and Sisters Paul, Melvin & Coleman
Patricia W. Stroud	Evalina & Mattie
Mr Truman L. Witt
Mrs. Velma W. Cromer
Mrs. Alyce W. Page
Mrs. Gladys W. Fellows
Grandfather William David Witt	Grandfather William A. Albea
Brothers & Sisters [Blank]	Brothers & Sisters [marked out]
Grandmother Mrs Ola Quatterbawm Witt	Grandmother Nina Sprouse Albea
Brothers & Sisters Mae & Ruby sisters	Brothers & Sisters [Blank]
Sam

Joining the Old Edgefield District Genealogy Society

     When I visited the Lincoln County Library last month, I spoke at length with the genealogist there.  After expounding on my ancestry, she encouraged me to join the Edgefield Genealogy Society, of which she herself is a member. It's the largest one in the state, and covers a large area of South Carolina. Old Edgefield County helped give birth to Saluda, Greenwood, and McCormick Counties, all of which were once home to my ancestors. And, although I have not made any concrete connection, many of my FamilyFinder DNA test results seem to point to Edgefield.


     The OEDGS has a pretty spiffy website that gives the history of the society and advertises all of the records that are available through them, including a large collection of books and newspapers.  They have numerous publications for sale and will also do information look ups for a fee.  Looking at their surname list, all of the surnames I'm interested in from this area are already listed. I'm not currently a member of any genealogy society, but this looks like a great genealogy one for me to join.


     Although it's a little late in the year to join a genealogy society, I mailed off my application and check on Friday. According to the website, I will receive all back issues of this year's newsletters. I'm really looking forward to receiving all of these newsletters at once. I really hope that there might be something in them that is pertinent to my research. I'll be waiting with anticipation until the materials arrive.

Whose Funeral Is This?

     My Grandmama had a large number of photos from her mother, Ruby Waters Huyler. She was also given a large number of photos and keepsakes from her aunts, who had no children themselves.  Most of those photos are of the Waters family, who lived in Atlanta, Georgia and Greenville, South Carolina. There are a lot of photos of unknown folks that I honestly don't know if I'll be able to ever identify most of them.

     Amongst the photos are three that I'm very interested in identifying: photos of a funeral. 

     As you can see, two of the photos were taken at a inside location, a funeral home or church perhaps, and the third was taken at the cemetery. There are a lot of clues in these photos that might help to identify the time period and location: a profile of the deceased, the large number and type of flower arrangements, the other burial in the cemetery, etc. I'm going to take a day to analyze the photos and then post about what I find. If you see anything in these photos that might be helpful, point it out!  

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to my mom. She's celebrating her 56th today.