Surnames – The Kingealogy

Trotter Family – The Fall of Ruthven

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Abbott, Beard, England, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Hylton, Ruthven, Scotland, Tennessee, Trotter, Virginia, Wilson

Please read Part One of the Trotter story here before reading further. [dropcap]N[/dropcap]ow that we have a better idea of the atmosphere between the Scottish Monarch and the Ruthven family of Gowrie was can piece

Trotter Family – The Rise of Ruthven

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018Blogging, Descent, Surnames#FHWC2018, Douglass, England, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, Ruthven, Scotland, Stewart, Tennessee, Trotter, Tudor, Webb

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]any genealogists researching their Sevier County, Tennesse ancestors know the name, John Sevier Trotter. My husband’s great-grandmother Hattie Mae (Webb) King is a (Ruthven) Trotter descendant. I’m amazed when talking to Trotter descendants and family

Parker Miller Ferguson – Puzzle

February 13, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Surnames#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Ferguson, Miller, Parker

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]am so excited. This is one of those moments every genealogist dreams of. Shattering a brick wall! I have finally found some of the answers I need about my ancestor Orloff C. Miller, born Herbert

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

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

The Long Way

February 2, 2018February 17, 2018Blogging, Surnames#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Gapen, Garrison, Herrington, Long

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here was a girl who had been orphaned at a young age and though she had family living nearby none were able to take her in at the time. Her name was Rebecca (Born BET 02

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

Morgan Clarke Bier – My Pap Pap

February 3, 2015April 16, 2018SurnamesBier, Chapline, Obituary, Sapp

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]organ Clarke Bier, is my grandfather, my Pap Pap. On Thursday, January 29th, 2015 Pap Pap passed away with his daughters at his side. I want to talk about his life and our relationship, not his

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,