Burgess – The Kingealogy

Little Woman – Large Legacy

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Descent#FHWC2018, Bier, Boger, Bruhn, Burgess, Chapline, Doty, Edwards, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Harless, Jaynes, Jobes, Jones, Monahan, Nixon, Sauber, Tutolo

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]randma Bier was a tiny woman with a big legacy. Edna Elizabeth Chapline was born on 06 May 1894 in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born premature weighing only 2 pounds. Her parents, Wilber Cross Chapline

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Now I Really am Hopeless

February 18, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#FHWC2018, Bier, Burgess, Family History Writing Challenge 2018

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]do not recall everything after I heard that my Grandma Hope died. I remember screaming NO. I remember saying now I really am Hopeless. I do not feel that way anymore. She was the first

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Tom – The Seeing Eye Cat

February 5, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging#FHWC2018, Burgess, Family History Writing Challenge 2018

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y great-grandfather Charles Lee Burgess, Pappy, was blind. He had a huge support team that included a seeing-eye cat, named Tom. Pappy was not born blind. His sight worsened as he aged and cataracts were not

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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,

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