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One Family Together<\/em><\/a> relates the experience of my paternal grandmother’s family during the flu epidemic of 1918. The soundtrack was provided by my brother, Jon Davis. More about his music here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bibliography<\/a> for the video.<\/p>\n Tennessee Girl<\/em> <\/a>\u00a0honours my mother and the paternal side of her family.\u00a0<\/p>\n In 1999 I completed a project transcribing, annotating, and analyzing family letters written between 1863 and 1867. The central character in the letters is my 3x great-grandfather, Rev. Thomas Oliver Ellis, MD<\/a>. He wrote of family, political and practical matters as a man of two worlds (religion and medicine), living in a fascinating time (the Civil War years) in an unsettled place (California).<\/p>\n I have shared the letters via a WikiTree project<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can download a PDF of my report below. This report was written with the writing standards of 1999. Genealogical writing standards have evolved over the years since and the document will never be complete. I continue to learn about the Davis and Ellis families.<\/p>\n Connie_LaVon_Davis_1999_Ellis_letters_updated_images_2018<\/a><\/p>\n I use WikiTree to collaborate with others on family mysteries. My current efforts include:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My own roots I’ve been interested in my family history since I was a young girl and my paternal grandmother entertained me with stories of captains, pioneers, the flu epidemic, the Gold Rush, and mysterious relatives. In later life, I’ve also learned what’s underneath the surface of my family’s history: colonization and participation in slavery. … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/conniedavis.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Workman-for-Thumbnail-300x167.png\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nEllis Letters Project<\/h2>\n
WikiTree Research Projects<\/h2>\n
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