In 1996 I began researching my grandfather's family history of Jacobs from North Carolina. I kept running into a brick-wall or so I thought. And while I was circling the brick wall over and over, trying to make sense of the information it was or was not giving me, I ran into others who were doing the same.
Eventually we started an email group where we shared mutual information about our relatives and tried to discover common ground.
Karen Jacobs of Sanford, Florida and I struck a chord and we soon learned of our mutual relationships. (or her husbands as she was researching his Jacobs line).
In the upcoming posts I will reveal on this blog all of the information that I have discovered and how it has changed me and enlightened me and given me a new take on life.
That is what Family Research does, it helps us realize the power of our ancestors in our lives. It helps us grow just a little bit as humans. It gives our small lives perspective into the larger universe of humanity.
This photo is of Daniel Pinckney Jacobs (my 2nd great grandfather) and his wife Sarah Benton Jacobs, and his sister Elizabeth Jacobs Grice. Daniel and Elizabeth were 2 of the younger children of Noah and Keziah.
Since we do not have a photo of Noah, nor of his wooden grave marker, the next best thing is his children.
Settle in, Use the search engine on the right side of the page or message me and I will gladly share all that I know. This is also a page of sharing of other members of the family. As we all learn together we will grow in knowledge of our past.
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