Sapp – 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

Paul Chester Randolph – A Goodbye

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018Descent, PersonalCarr, High, Hunt, Johnson, Joy, King, Krebs, Meade, Pearson, Randolph, Sapp, Wolfe, Zirkle

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] planned to write about the life of Paul Chester Randolph. After my grandfather in law passed I knew there would be a day where I would share the memories and life of this remarkable man.

Childhood Careers – Adult Reality

March 10, 2018March 10, 2018Blogging, Personal#52stories, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Sapp

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]uring childhood, I wanted to go to into politics. I wanted to make a difference in the world. To enrich others lives and help them was my goal. It did not matter how I did

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.

Heirloom – The Imaginary Granddaughter

February 24, 2018February 25, 2018Blogging#52ancestors, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y grandma Maxine was only able to have one child. She loved my Dad dearly but had also wanted to have a daughter. When she knew that would not be possible she decided then and

Ollie and Maxine Sapp – Enduring Love

February 17, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp

Part Three of the Romance of Ollie and Maxine Sapp. Click here for Part One and here for Part Two. [dropcap]B[/dropcap]efore Grandma and Grandpa knew it years had passed and their son Ronald left home,

Ollie and Maxine Sapp – Turbulent Times

February 16, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp

Part Two of the Romance of Ollie and Maxine Sapp. Click here for Part One and here for Part Three. [dropcap]O[/dropcap]n March 31st, 1942 Grandpa entered into active military service. Grandpa sent Grandma love postcards and pictures from the

Ollie and Maxine Sapp – Young Love

February 15, 2018February 19, 2018Blogging, Personal#52ancestors, #52stories, #AncestorChallenge2018, #FHWC2018, #GBP, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018, 52 Stories in 52 Weeks, Ancestor Challenge 2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, Sapp, Shuman, The Genealogy Blog Party

Part One of the Romance of Ollie and Maxine Sapp. Click here for Part Two and here for Part Three. [dropcap]F[/dropcap]rank Topliff Sapp and Carl Bryan Shuman were Wetzel County politicians, both having been Democratic County Chair, were best friends, and

Love Letter – Valentines Day 2018

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018Personal#FHWC2018, Family History Writing Challenge 2018, King, Sapp

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the Family History Writing Challenge, I should be writing about one of my ancestors. I chose instead to write about one of descendants ancestors, my husband. The best way I can help my descendants get to

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