It’s that time again — the last few days before Christmas when footnoteMaven leads the Geneablogging community in Christmas Carols! This year I spent Thanksgiving through early December on a cruise ship. I highly recommend listening to a steel drum band play Christmas carols while you’re stretched out on a lounger in the sun (or […]
Themes & Memes
Surname Saturday – Lavender
John Lavender was my 4th great-grandfather. I know very little about him. He may have been born in Virginia but that is not definite. I have no idea who his parents were. I have no idea who his wife was, at least the wife who was the mother of his children. I have no idea […]
Surname Saturday – Hopkins
Stephen Hopkins and Catherine Clouse Stephen Hopkins was born about 1770, probably in Rhode Island or Massachusetts but also possibly in Virginia. He was the son of Nehemiah Hopkins and Elizabeth Cole. Catherine Clouse was also born about 1770. She was the daughter of George Clouse and Elizabeth (possibly Jarvis). It’s unknown exactly when and […]
Surname Saturday – Dobyns
Edward Dobyns and Sarah Mott Edward Dobyns was born on 19 Dec 1774 in Richmond County, Virginia. He was the son of Edward Dobyns and Amony (maiden name unknown). Sarah “Sally” Mott was born on 18 Feb 1775 in Northumberland County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Randolph Mott and Nancy Ann Walker. Edward and […]
Surname Saturday – Goodloe
Henry Lewis Goodloe and Elizabeth Berry Henry Lewis “Harry” Goodloe was born on 10 Mar 1779 in Virginia, possibly Spotsylvania County. He was the son of Thomas Allen Goodloe and Dorothy Waller. About 1791, the Goodloe family moved to what was then Fayette County, Virginia but became Fayette County, Kentucky in 1792. According to an […]
This Is The Face of Genealogy
Nancy Jane Bennett Lanier My father’s paternal grandmother. He never saw her. Without Genealogy, I would have never seen her picture. Update: To see many more faces visit the “The Face of Genealogy” Facebook page.
Surname Saturday – Weeks
James Weeks and Delinda Younger Very little is known about James Weeks. He was the son of Job Weeks who fought in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey then later lived in Ohio County, Virginia, Pope County, Illinois and Livingston County, Kentucky. Delinda Younger was probably born between 1790-1794. She was the daughter of Nehemiah […]
Memorial Day – Honoring 1st Lt. Orin Taylor
“SERVED WITH RANGERS – Lt. Orin E. Taylor, son of William R. Taylor, was killed in action in Italy, January 31, 1944, according to information received here from the war department. Lieutenant Taylor was a graduate of Lawrence high school and had been overseas about a year.” Those words are from a newspaper clipping, […]
Surname Saturday – Finney
John Finney and Agnes Munford John Finney was born between 1775 and 1781, probably in South Carolina in the area that is now Laurens County. His father was almost certainly the John Finney who fought in the Revolutionary War and died at the Battle of Cowpens. Agnes “Nancy” Munford was born between 1775 and 1784, […]
Surname Saturday – Malone
John Malone and Gracie Eaves John Malone was born on 14 Sep 1778 in Virginia. His parents have not been proven but his father may have been either Robert or John Malone who were in Rutherford County, North Carolina as early as 1779. Gracie Eaves was born on 10 Nov 1780 in North Carolina, probably […]
