Photos and questions about Nancy's portrait

In this episode, hosts Diana and Nicole share a personal and informative journey as they visit their Love County, Oklahoma, roots to walk in the footsteps of Diana's ancestors, Richard and Nancy (Briscoe) Frazier. Diana recounts the lives of her 2nd great-grandparents, discussing their survival through the Civil War in the Ozarks, Richard's service as a teamster for the Confederacy, and their eventual migration from Missouri to Texas and then across the Red River into the Chickasaw Nation (Burneyville) in the 1890s.

Nicole shares details from their visits to the Burneyville Cemetery, where Richard and Nancy are buried alongside two of their children. She provides an analysis of their headstones, including the epitaphs and the early 20th-century Christian symbolism, and discusses a treasured family photo of Nancy with her grandchildren, Ettie Belle and Bert Harris.

Diana then recounts her visit to the Love County Historical Society Pioneer Museum. She highlights how local museums provide essential context, noting the replicas of ferries—like Tuck's Ferry—that the Frazier family would have used to cross the Red River. Diana shares her experience meeting the curator, Laquitta, and discovering an obituary for one of Nancy's sons, Colon Frazier. Listeners will learn the immense value of visiting the physical locations of their ancestors' lives and using cemetery and museum research to bring their family history to life.

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Links

Visiting My Love County, Oklahoma, Roots - https://familylocket.com/visiting-my-love-county-oklahoma-roots/

Billion Graves - https://billiongraves.com/

Richard Frazier Findagrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14296957/richard-frazier

Nancy Briscoe Findagrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14139934/nancy_e-frazier

John C. Harris Findagrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80781198/john-christian-harris - this memorial has GPS coordinates attached when you click "show map"

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Research Like a Pro with DNA Resources

Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist's Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence book by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin - https://amzn.to/3gn0hKx

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