Grammy's Genealogy

Mar 2, 2022

Missing Persons!

Two new genealogy puzzles. These are not from my tree but a fun tree I’m working for two friends. We are looking for Ana Elizabeth Adkins Bartley (Feb. 1876 to Unknown). She was the first wife of William Monroe Bartley, born 04 Sep 1870 in Ashcamp, Pike county, Kentucky. We have no source for her death or burial. In 1901 William married his second wife, Rachel Elizabeth Keel (1883-1959). So either Ana Elizabeth (called Elizabeth in the 1900 census) died prior to 1901 or there was a divorce. If you find this grave, please let me know!!

Next, we have a fugitive from justice in the Kentucky area in the 1902 time frame. Tempers ran high and John Henry Bartley ended up shooting and killing the sheriff. He went into hiding and we have not been able to find his death and burial information. It is likely he changed his name. There are hints of a 1935 California death and a mid-40’s Washington state death. It’s a long-standing mystery. At the time of the mishap, John Henry was married to his third wife, Emma Clevenger.

Feb 9, 2022

2022 Home Decorating Project

After the re-do of my master bedroom last year, the one remaining project in the room was my makeup desk. It is old - it is a good old friend - and it is a mess from various makeup projects. My daughter has arrived for a week's visit from California to help restore this old friend into something new and exciting that will add a pop to my neutral bedroom. It'll be a chalk paint project. It'll be a surprise. I'll post after it's done. Here is the "before."

Makeup Desk 9 Feb 2022

And here is the "after."

Jan 10, 2022

Cards

Some cards made in 2021:

Dec 31, 2021

Here's to 2022

Dec 25, 2021

Should We Change the Word of God?

In Psalm 12:7, God promised to preserve His Word from “this GENERATION for ever.” Preservation served to prevent accidental corruption of the text during transmission. Also, this divine preservation counters the deliberate, concentrated war on the Bible by Satan and his agents. This conspiracy to pervert the Word of God is world wide, and dates to the most ancient of times. The Word has been under attack since the serpent deceived Eve. The enemy of mankind, knowing that the scriptures lead to salvation, causes man to doubt the Bible, reject the Bible, and even alter the Bible. The corruptions are as numerous as the heresies which spawned them. God has strengthened and purified His Word, that it may stand against this assault. Martin Luther once said, “The Bible is like a lion; it does not need to be defended; just let it loose and it will defend itself.” God has preserved His Word, and it can defend itself. Despite the opposition of devil and man, God’s Word remains pure, inspired, and inerrant. How do we know that heretics have attempted to change the Word of God? God has given us warning about heretics bringing perversions of the gospel. The Lord takes His Word very seriously. He has preserved it for us. He has commanded us not to change it in any way. He has also given us warning about those who alter it, and to those who alter it.

Thou Shalt Not Change My Word

God has commanded us to not change His Word. As He is the author, He holds the eternal copyright. He allows us, nay, commands us, to copy and spread His Word to the entire world. However, He strictly forbids the addition or removal of anything from His Word.

Revelation 22:18-19 ESV

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.