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This Week in the Family History, June 4-10, 2023
Kathleen White Neely appeared in a Life Magazine ad for Maytag washers in 1961. Read more
Photo: Elvie Hankins with Liz, Katie, & Martha
Elvie Hankins visiting family in Greenville, Kentucky; with nieces Liz & Katie and great-niece Martha. Read more
This Week in the Family History: May 28-June 3, 2023
Jefferson F. Lanier joined Company I of the 13th Regiment of the Alabama Confederate Infantry on 19 July 1861. He Read more
Photo: McCauley Siblings after Papa's Funeral
McCauley siblings in front of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church in Greenville, Kentucky, following their father's funeral. 21 July 1959. Read more
This Week in the Family History: May 21-27, 2023
Melissa Caroline Lanier, the eighth of eleven children born to William Washington Lanier and Charlotte T. Jackson, was born on Read more
Photo: Cindy, Emma, & Lula
Cindy Hopkins with her soon to be daughter-in-law Emma Taylor and daughter, Lula, in 1920 at her home at Gum Read more
This Week in the Family History: May 14-20, 2023
Dabney Carr was a close friend and brother-in-law of Thomas Jefferson. He was the first person buried in Monticello Cemetery. Read more
Photo: Edna Hopkins & Anna Rose Taylor
Edna Hopkins with her aunt Anna Rose Taylor in the front yard at Edna's family home in Loyall, Kentucky. Read more
This Week in the Family History: May 7-13, 2023
Alford Taylor, the ninth of eleven children born to James Francis Taylor and Margaret E. Ramsey, was born on 7 Read more
Photo: Jimmy & Goldie Hankins on their Wedding Day
James Bailey Hankins and Lucille Goldie McCord Favor on their wedding day, 11 October 1967, in Phoenix, Arizona. Read more
This Week in the Family History: April 30–May 6, 2023
Robert H. Gamble died of disease on 3 May 1862 in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi—less than two months after joining Read more
Photo: Dottie Carver & Vashti Wells
Vashti McCauley Wells with her niece Dottie Carver at Dottie's parents home in Greenville, Kentucky. Read more