Blogging – Page 3 – The Kingealogy

Granny Nig and Jonly Ronly King

February 12, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Hancock, King

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]lease do not read further if you struggle with the fact that some people past and present have and do practice casual racism. With a disclaimer that this I am sure you know what Nig stands

My Grandmothers – Malinda and Jane

February 11, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Descent#FHWC2018, Darrah, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp, Shuman, Yoho

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]alinda Darrah and Jane Yoho are two strong women. They are my grandma Maxine’s mom and mother. While Malinda was recovering from the birth of her daughter Geraldine, her husband Bryan went about and got

Favorite Name

February 10, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Surnames#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Guthrie, Jackson, Keenan, McDonough, Moore, Sapp, Satterfield, Triplett, Trippett

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]have so many great names in my family tree. A favorite name for boys would be Christian Alexander and a favorite name for girls would be Catherine Scarlett. Picking the names of my children

Invite To Dinner – Dead Man’s Party

February 9, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]wouldn’t invite any of my ancestors to dinner. That may sound harsh or odd for a genealogist to say. It would be tempting to invite to dinner a brick wall ancestor or a loved

Longevity – Keeping Stories Alive

February 8, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Descent#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Jackson, Moore

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]inerva Ann Moore is what I think of the moment I hear the word longevity. Daughter of Hughey Crawford Moore, Sr. and Tabitha Eaton. Old Manervy Jackson (pronounced Ol’ Ma-Nerve-E). This woman had stories, many

Man of the House

February 8, 2018February 17, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, King, North Carolina, Sapp, West Virginia

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y greatest achievement or accomplishment was the prompt I was going to work on next. I could not think of anything. I was talking to my son about how hard it was for me to

Greatest Academic Achievement

February 7, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Sapp

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y greatest academic achievement is not a single award or diploma. It is the events of one summer and the events that led up to it. While in high school I was in a car

The Case of Lucinda Cynthia Rainwater

February 7, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, Rainwater, Tennessee

The Continuing Case of the Rainwaters. Read part one here. DEATH [dropcap]C[/dropcap]ynthia (Rainwater) King and Andrew stayed where they were. I believe Cynthia died BET 1883 AND 1899. Andrew died 15 Mar 1891 Sevier County,

The Case of Lucinda Caroline Rainwater

February 6, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, Rainwater

I have seen much confusion over Lucinda Rainwater, Cynthia Rainwater and Caroline Rainwater in other peoples family trees. Many people are listing these women as the same woman. One article alone can not fully show

Music Memories

February 5, 2018February 6, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Gorby, Sapp

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of my first memories of having a strong sense of pride in myself was the last two years of junior high school in Advanced Band Class. I first played the clarinet in elementary school with my teacher