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Locating Grandpa Parker’s Pig Farm

J. Mark Lowe, FUGA
Mar 26, 2025
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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John James Parker
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Maps
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Historical Agricultural Books
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Non-population Census
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Newspapers
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Personal Records
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
17m 11s

About this webinar

Compare and collect the resources that confirm our ancestor’s presence. While adding tax records, non-population schedules, and soil surveys to predict the success while farming or understand the difficulties of adequate production, and how many pigs were really there.

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About the speaker

About the speaker

J. Mark Lowe, FUGA
J. Mark Lowe is a professional genealogist, author, and lecturer who specializes in original records and manuscripts throughout the South. Mark lives in Robertson County, Tennessee that lies in northern Middle Tennessee along the Kentucky border.
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    Becky Millinger
    5 days ago

    What word is better than excellent? That’s Mark Lowe webinars

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    Patricia Wagner
    5 days ago

    I love to listen to Mark speak, he tells a story that allows you to learn so many things that you don’t even know you have been taught valuable lessons in just listening to the stories.

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    Cindy Nelson
    5 days ago

    Anything Mark is WONDERFUL!!

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    Mary Jane Baxley
    5 days ago

    Mark Lowe always presents his information in a very concise and easily understandable format. His handouts are always gold! I am one of his many fans from Arkansas. Keep up the great work, Mark!

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    Jean Foster
    5 days ago

    An outstanding webinar by Mark, I always learn something new every time and his handouts are great.

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    Anne Saurbaugh
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    Great presentation by Mark Lowe!

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    Carolyn Leinweber
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    Mark presents his research experiences in a manner that is excellent for any level.

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    Patricia Susan Busby
    5 days ago

    Excellent & very entertaining as he always is.

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