According to my grandmother, her father spent time in Birmingham working as a streetcar driver. I can place him in Georgia during each census year, so this would have been during an “in-between” time.
Newt and my great-grandmother were married in 1909. They were courting at the time this picture was taken; they are the young couple . . . → :…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on June 17, 2010 at 1:00pm —
No Comments
On a recent business trip, I visited the Columbus Public Library in Columbus, GA. What an amazing genealogy collection! They have as many stacks in the genealogy wing as my local library has in the whole adult section. They also have wi-fi throughout the library, so I was able to post my notes directly to my . . . → : CONTINUE…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on June 14, 2010 at 1:30pm —
2 Comments
I chose to use Family Tree DNA, which purports to have 90% of the genealogy DNA market share. I ordered the mtDNAPlus test kit. It’s a little more expensive than the basic mtDNA kit, but I knew I wouldn’t be satisfied with lesser results and . . . → : CONTINUE READING
Added by Tonia Kendrick on June 12, 2010 at 1:30pm —
No Comments
I found a great source record last week at the library. It’s a book called Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina: Burke County, Vol. 1. The author is Emmet R. White and it was published in 1984 by Southern Historical Press, Inc. of Easley, S.C.
It has biographical sketches on many soldiers, including summaries of military . . . → :…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on June 10, 2010 at 1:30pm —
No Comments
Several years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a ceremony commemorating the service of Captain Thomas Hemphill in the American Revolution. This biography, written by Mrs. Margaret Hemphill Anthony, was included in the program for the service, which was held at Old Siloam Cemetery, near Old Fort, NC, June 13, 1998.
“Thomas Hemphill, a son of…
Added by Tonia Kendrick on June 5, 2010 at 6:57am —
No Comments
A fascinating biographical sketch on Pioneer Ben Burgin can be found at burginfamily.org:
“Benjamin Burgin, the second child of John & Martha Burgin, was born in Kent County…
Added by Tonia Kendrick on March 13, 2010 at 8:30am —
No Comments
Where were your ancestors 200 years ago?
In searching through my database, I’ve discovered so many people who
were alive in 1808 that this post will focus on the Butler ancestors,
almost all of whom were in the western part of North Carolina, with a
few in South Carolina and one in Virginia.
Read…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on March 7, 2010 at 9:14am —
No Comments
I found an interesting biographical sketch of Moses Qualls in the Rootsweb Qualls-Quarles mailing list…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on March 4, 2010 at 5:23pm —
No Comments
A few weeks ago, I
posted about
Find a Grave.
One of the features they offers is a “Request a Photo” program. Users
of the website can volunteer to take headstone photographs and Find a
Grave keeps track of their locations. When another user requests a
photo from a particular cemetery, the website…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on March 1, 2010 at 6:24pm —
No Comments
This week’s challenge from Amy at WeTree is to play with Google Maps, a
“a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your
family history.” My genealogy software uses Google Maps to map all the
locations for each individual within the database, so I’ve never gone
straight to Google Maps and used it [...]…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 19, 2010 at 5:24pm —
No Comments
I found an interesting biographical sketch on my 4x great-grandfather.
(Google search is truly an amazing thing). I knew that he had
immigrated from Ireland, but the additional information is where the
gold lies. He was the second sheriff in Burke County, North Carolina
and was a member of the North Carolina legislature in 1802.
For [...]…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 18, 2010 at 5:05pm —
No Comments
RT @LisaCooke: Had a blast talking with Lisa Kudrow about WDYTYA!
Listen to the exclusive interview on Valentine’s Day. Podcast episode
81. #
The death certificates I ordered in November FINALLY came yesterday. #
Updated old blog post – SNGF – Most Recent Unknown Ancestor – with newly found information.
http://ow.ly/176hj #
Very nice! RT @InnerCompass: It feels good [...]…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 17, 2010 at 4:44pm —
No Comments
I finally found some Kendrick census records. The lack of documentation
has been really frustrating, because I knew these people had lived in
Murray County, but I simply couldn’t find them. Bad spelling and fancy
handwriting were the sources of my problems. . .
Read more
here.
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 16, 2010 at 5:09pm —
No Comments
It’s been a busy weekend here at Tonia’s Roots. The Winter 2010
Geneablogger Games are in full swing and the competition is heavy.
Here are my standings:
1. Go Back and Cite Your Sources – 17 on Saturday and 33 on Sunday. Platinum Medal!
2. Back Up Your Data – have not competed in this event.
3. Organize Your [...]
Read more
here.
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 15, 2010 at 3:30pm —
No Comments
Welcome to the 2009 iGene Awards, spotlighting Tonia’s Roots. We’ll be celebrating the best posts of 2009 and presenting awards for Best Picture, Best
Screenplay, Best Documentary, and Best Biography.
The nominees for Best Picture are. . .
- Mariah (Langston) Roberts
- Mary Elizabeth (McEntire)…
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 14, 2010 at 9:12am —
No Comments
The Tonia’s Roots flag is flying, announcing my participation in the
Winter 2010 Geneablogger Games. The base of my flag is the United
States Stars and Stripes. My ancestors came to these shores centuries
ago, so the bulk of my research takes place in the United States. The
middle layer is the German flag, representing. . .
Read more
here.
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 13, 2010 at 3:30pm —
No Comments
It was a nice day today, so I made a visit to Spring Place Cemetery. It
had been many, many years since I had been to this cemetery. I was
searching for four headstones, in particular, but had hopes of finding
a few more that might belong to my ancestors. I spent about an hour
there and wandered over the whole cemetery. . .
Read
more.
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 11, 2010 at 6:24pm —
No Comments
I had a conversation with my dad on Friday about his ancestors who
fought in the Civil War. I thought it would fun and interesting to put
together a list, with a summary of each person’s military service.
I’ve also included each person’s relationship to my dad (as opposed to
me, which is my usual. . .
Read
more.
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 8, 2010 at 8:00am —
No Comments
I reviewed all the indexed items for “Kendrick” in
Murray County Heritage
today. It was at times frustrating and at other times exhilarating.
Many of the Kendrick references had only initials instead of first
names. That’s great if you already know who the people are, but if you
don’t, it’s not helpful at all. Many of the male Kendricks had…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 7, 2010 at 8:00am —
No Comments
For a couple of years, I’ve put the word out that I would like to have a copy of
Murray County Heritage
as a Christmas present. No one took the bait, so my parents got me a
copy this year. This book was compiled by the Murray County History
Committee of the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society in 1987. I was
pleased to see that it is now in its sixth printing.…
Continue
Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 6, 2010 at 7:26am —
No Comments
