The Blind Genealogist's GenBlog

WHAT HAPPENED, JOHN FRIEND The Case of His Short-Lived Marriage to Caroline E. Story John F. Friend had been married twice, however, his first marriage could hardly be much of one since he barely had a family with his first wife, Caroline. Yes! I know it seems rather cruel to think in such a way considering today when two people gets married suddenly, then two or three, maybe, weeks later gets divorce? But as a family historian I try to look in with objective’s eyes, and it’s not often easy to view it in that way, especially when time periods differ from one century to another. Unless one of these individuals wrote their feelings down. We’ll never know for certain how things went then. How am I supposed to view this? Like I said through an objective’s eyes. After the Civil War, John Friend and his family moved to various locations within Adair County, Missouri. There were no reasons behind the move, other than, creating opportunities for some of those in the family, even more so than ...

Welcome to the Blind Genealogist’s GenBlog! This GenBlog, I hope, will be an act of love and labor as I share my family tree to those who may or may not be connected. I hope to share my findings of how I connected the dots of those directly and indirectly related to me. I hope to share more than just the familial ties but the overview of those individual’s historical connection to our society. I hope to share with you some data and facts as well as what documentations that makes those connections possible.  I am Matthew D. Friend, the Blind Genealogist, who have been doing research for over 35 years. I want to thank my best friend, Jaymie Hunter, who always worked on her own family tree while we ran around searching for some answers, whether it was her owns or mine. Thanks, Jaymie! To share a bit more about myself, yes, I’m blind, legally blind, that is, where I still have some vision to work with these days. Though, is it painfully and slowly getting progressively worsts. Such as ...