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The Crew of the Little Lulu
This post was written for the 75th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, “Justice and Independence”. I was fortunate enough to have three grandfathers, and all three served in World War II. My mother’s...
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The Curious Manner of Lazarus Tilly’s Will
A friend of mine asked me to look into the Tilly family of Rabun County, Georgia a few weeks ago. While doing so, I ran across the last will and testament of Lazarus Tilly, which was written November...
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Update: Priority Surnames
A while back, I wrote about pinpointing my priority surnames in order to provide a better focus to my personal research. I have had a bit of luck learning more about a few of those ancestors, and...
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Finding Parents for Ethel (Penland) Ritchie
Brick walls in our ancestry can come in many forms, but they usually boil down to the inability to extend a lineage. Often, a thorough search of extant records can help break down this barrier....
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More, Please!
Last year, a potential client approached me to perform research in a nearby county on an ancestral family. This client had never performed research before, instead relying on the work of others, but...
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Of Tax Records and Federal Censuses: Roberts Men in Jackson Co., GA, 1849 – 1851
James R. Roberts (1828 – 1891) was my great-great-great-grandfather. His ancestry is a brick wall I’ve been chipping away at for several years. So far, I’ve identified at least two and possibly three...
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Possible Relatives of James R. Roberts, Jackson Co., GA
A while back, I compared select tax records against U. S. federal census records for male adult Roberts living in Jackson County, Georgia. The research described in that post is part of my research...
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The Darnell-Teague Connection
Harrison Darnell was my great-great-great-great grandfather. He was born by his own statement on 15 April 1815 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.1 His mother was Catherine Darnell,2 a somewhat...
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Who Were the Parents of Margaret Carpenter, born about 1840?
A while back, I posted the joyful news that I’d found Margaret (McConnell) Carpenter’s year of death among her late husband’s estate records. Margaret has always been a bit of a mystery. Like many...
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