Cindy Foster

Robin with Sterling S Cooper, Jr. at the Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Fuquay-Varina, NC

What in the World? Sterling Cooper HERE?

By Cindy Foster / March 22, 2023 /

Robin and I work on a variety of historic preservation projects related to cemeteries. Our latest adventure took us to Fuquay-Varina, NC’s Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. We knew no one whose final resting place was there but that did not matter in our quest to document and preserve their memory.

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Negatives and supplies used to convert negatives to photos digitally

Convert Negatives to Photos, Revealing Lost Images

By Cindy Foster / February 22, 2023 /

It’s every genealogist’s dream to inherit labeled family photos. Not everyone is that lucky. I have 1000s of negatives, from the early 20th century. How do I convert them to digital images?

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Hiawatha, Kansas welcome sign.

What’s the Rest of the Story, Rev. Stokes?

By Cindy Foster / January 15, 2023 /

Inspired to discover more about Rev. Robert Stokes Kansas homesteading, we ventured to Hiawatha, Kansas to uncover the rest of his story.

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1859 Indian Head Penny

Indian Head Penny Family Lore Debunked

By Cindy Foster / September 5, 2022 /

1859 Indian Head Penny Every family has oral traditions, passed down through the generations. Little by little the story is enhanced or adjusted as it is retold. My previous post about Priscilla Estes “capture” and “rescue”, I believe has some basis in true events. However, another story gave me pause, the inspiration for the U.S.…

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Rescued 10 Years After Indian Kidnapping

By Cindy Foster / August 29, 2022 /

About 1778, my fourth great-grandmother, Priscilla Estes was “kidnapped” by a band of Shawnee. She was held “captive” for a period of nearly ten years.

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Man plowing the prairie

Great Plains Pioneering: Grasshoppers, Gooseberries, & Indians

By Cindy Foster / July 25, 2022 /

In 1869 Robert Stokes, two sons & Henry Striker headed to Kansas with three covered wagons, an extra horse and two cows. Their destination was Brown County, with a plan to build a house, plant crops, find water and settle on the Great Plains.

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Russell Stokes, 10th MO Company B

Dear Little Sister…Sending Love from the Battlefield

By Cindy Foster / July 18, 2022 /

Little sister is Susan Emmaline “Emma”, the eighth child and only daughter of my 3rd great grandfather Robert Firman Stokes. He, Emma, and her mother Hannah Parker Jones Stokes saw five of Robert’s sons volunteer to defend the Union during the Civil War. All served in the Western Theatre, under General Ulysses S Grant at…

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William & Martha Forman Brooks, 6th great grandparents

Lucky to Have Photo Taken with 6th Great Grandparents

By Cindy Foster / May 27, 2022 /

Things that I love about Robin: 1) Like me, she grew up on “The River”, 2) She loves family history, & 3) She’s recently retired and wants me to tag along on her genealogy adventures.

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Kate's Scarlet Fever Quarter

A Case of Scarlet Fever Makes 9-Year-Old Choose Nursing

By Cindy Foster / February 21, 2022 /

Was 9-year-old Kate Selensky’s career chosen because of a young doctor’s generous gift celebrating her Scarlett Fever recovery?

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Currier and Ives Little Sister

Family Celebrates 146 Birthdays Hanging with “Our” Little Sister

By Cindy Foster / January 24, 2022 /

On June 16, 1876, my great grandmother, Cinda Stufflebeam received Currier and Ives’ Little Sister lithograph for her birthday…

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