Yoho – The Kingealogy

My Super X-Grandma – Tabitha Eaton

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018Descent, ProjectsAncestry, Chart, DNA, Eaton, Jackson, Moore, Myers, Payne, Sapp, Shuman, Yoho

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat is a Super X-Grandma? That is a good question. It is just a term I made up for an ancestor of mine who I feel a very strong connection to, Tabitha Eaton. She is what

Strong Woman – A Woman Suffering

March 5, 2018April 5, 2018Blogging, Descent#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Anthony, Clarke, Downes, Hicks, Ingram, Letham, Loudenslager, Morris, Read, Sapp, Shuman, Yoho

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]usan Brownell Anthony is the face of Women’s Suffrage. She traveled not only the United States but the world for over half a century. She gave an average of seventy-five to one hundred speeches a year.

John Baker – X Marks the Spot

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018Blogging, Descent#FHWC2018, Baker, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sullivan, Yoho

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o much has been written about Captain John Baker and Elizabeth Ann Sullivan. Descendants of Margaret Baker and Catherine Baker tend to hold a special interest in the history of the Baker Family. Margaret and Catherine are

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 Photo – Or Photos

February 3, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Bier, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, McIntyre, Pruitt, Randolph, Shuman, Wolfe, Yoho

Week 2 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge was difficult. The theme is Favorite Photo. I could not pick only one. I asked the men in my life to help me pick. Actually,

Going to see my AUNT

February 1, 2018February 17, 2018Blogging, Surnames#FHWC2018, Darrah, Dean, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp, Shuman, Yoho

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] was at a Yoho family reunion with my Grandma Maxine, up at the old, white schoolhouse on the hill in Wileyville. My Aunt Geraldine was there. I clearly remember her smiling down at me

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

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,