Back home again and I believe I can safely say that the trip was productive. I spent most of Friday at the State Archives building in Raleigh and I spent most of Saturday in Halifax, the morning at the local genealogy society's monthly meeting and the rest of the day touring historic Halifax.
Pressed for time I can only throw up som tidbits but:
While digitally recording the family information pages from the Fenner Family bible, we found that There were THREE children. siblings of Major Fenner that had not been accounted for at least we had no names for them, although there was mention made of additional children born in the 1880 census for the fenner household (10 born 7 living)
Found the name of the mother of Lula Pittman - which extensive research had not turned up. I actually found her listed in the marriage index - with Charles Pittman - who is listed as Lula Pittman's Father on her death certificate.
What is compelling about this is that from the 1880 census, we find Lula almost 2 years old in the household of her grandmother Anne Wilkins, The marriage index listing names her as Roxanna Wilkins.
While I have been warned about the "dearth" of marriage license copies in Halifax, This is one record we are going to definitely be looking to see if we can obtain a copy.
Addition to this find we found the Military service records for several members of the Fenner Family and what was significant or profound I guess if you will about this is the awards and honors bestowed upon each and every one of them.
I will blog about each and every find and even more about this trip later on. But for now work/duty calls.
Until
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