Places – The Kingealogy

Project Places – Center of the Map

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018Places, ProjectsWest Virginia

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he chart below is part of what I have been working on that has taken me from blogging. I have been chart crazy lately. This is the start of my GPS/UTM chart for Wetzel County, West Virginia. The

As Luck Would Have It – Belleek Crystal

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018Places#GBP, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Ireland, Irish, The Genealogy Blog Party

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen I think of stories of luck it is one story I think of. How one mans luck became the luck of many. John Caldwell Bloomfield inherited Castle Caldwell and the Caldwell estate upon his father’s death. In

Biers of Baumholder

February 25, 2018February 25, 2018Blogging, Descent, Places#FHWC2018, Bier, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, German, Germany

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]o understand the lives of our ancestors we must understand where they lived. My investigative journey took me to Baumholder, Germany and gave me the opportunity to have a deeper appreciation for my Bier family

Navigating Wetzel County

September 29, 2017February 17, 2018Personal, PlacesCarney, Dean, Haynes, Longwell, McIntyre, Moore, Morris, Phillips, Sapp, Shuman, Spraggs, Strobes, West Virginia, Wetzel, Yoho

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e are in Wetzel County and turn down the road that I know will take me home. The sun beats down from in between the ancient trees making the light dance. Burlington Hill and Tarpin Ridge

Project Places – How I Got Lost

February 11, 2015February 17, 2018Places, Projects, SoftwareFamily Search, Family Tree Maker, FTM, Legacy Family Tree, TNG, Word Press

Project Places started wonderfully. [dropcap]I [/dropcap]was excited to clean up my place list in Family Tree Maker 2014 and geocode everything. I made allot of progress moving the parts of places that FTM said should

Project Places – Geocoding My Past

January 26, 2015February 17, 2018Places, Projects

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]roject Places is an ongoing series. My personal goal is to complete this over the next year. I am both excited and hesitant to undertake the task. Geocoding ones past can be difficult. Geocoding is more difficult

What is Kingealogy?

January 1, 2015February 17, 2018Descent, Places, SurnamesAnderson, Bier, Bohannon, Brewer, British, Burgess, Byrd, Caldwell, Cavalier, Chapline, Cherokee, Crossland, Darrah, Dickson, Emert, England, English, Furbee, German, Germany, Goodnite, Hancock, Howard, Ireland, Irish, Jackson, King, Landon, Marshall, McMahan, Moore, Myers, Rainwater, Randolph, Runyon, Ruthven, Sapp, Scotland, Shuman, Sottish, Tennessee, Triplett, Trotter, Virginia, Webb, West Virginia, Willey, Wolfe, Yoho

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n basic terms The Kingealogy is the study of Kings, but in our case, it is a twenty plus year journey of our family genealogy. For me it started in childhood with Dad teaching me our past,