I am a family historian, a genealogist, one who puts families together, who finds those who have been lost for many years and acquaints modern day generations with their ancestors. There's nothing like having a full family tree! Email me at phyrit@roadrunner.com
How many of you have taken a DNA test? Or several? My first test was with Ancestry. I must admit that my DNA is probably one of the most boring on the planet – 46% England and Northwestern Europe, 40% Scotland, 12% Ireland and 2% Wales – my […]
Solomon Jones is my 6th great-grandfather. His wife was Catherine Burns before marriage. I descend from their daughter, Margaret Monica Jones, 1730-1763, who married Thomas Witherington, 1724-1787, about 1747. Both Margaret and Thomas were born in St. Mary’s County, and at some point moved to Charles County, Maryland, […]
When I found these two obituaries, I thought this is what an obituary is supposed to sound like. Loving words were said about each individual and their family. How beautiful. Not just a list of dates and names. These people came alive reading their last notice 109 years […]
Henry Anderson Bryant was born in Virginia about 1765. He came to Kentucky and eventually settled in Calloway County in the Jackson Purchase. He names six living children in his will and one granddaughter. No wife is mentioned, she must have died before him. One of the interesting […]
The small cemetery of Salt River Baptist Church, in Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, is the final resting place for many veterans of the American Revolution – 5, War of 1812 – 3, Mexican War -1, and Civil War – 7. And all but one have a bronze marker. Captain […]
Saturday’s post introduced you to Dr. Robert C. Frazier. Today I share an article found on his wife’s family – James Quisenberry and Jane Garnett. Powderly is a small area of Muhlenberg County a few miles northwest of the county seat of Greenville. Robert and Sarah Quisenberry Frazier […]
This is a short version of what I had proposed as a blog for yesterday. My internet was not cooperating – even with my phone attached! Monday I will share more information about this family. Kentucky, A History of the State by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin […]
Don’t we all love the historic homes that have survived the years and remain as a remembrance of days gone by? Today I introduce you to the Rachel Black Givens house in Lincoln County. The Givens family moved to Kentucky, specifically Lincoln County, about 1780. I have already […]
Last week Ritchey and I had company from Kentucky – good friends from Danville. There was no time for genealogy! But we are back on track today. We will visit the Dutch Tract Cemetery in Henry County, Kentucky. It is also known as Pleasureville Cemetery, for the small […]
Continuing our research on Rev. John Gano, today I share his will. It was written in 1799 and he mentions hope that his health will be restored. He must have recuperated since it was another five years before his death in 1804. His first wife, Sarah Stites, died […]
I am a family historian, a genealogist, one who puts families together, who finds those who have been lost for many years and acquaints modern day generations with their ancestors. There's nothing like having a full family tree!
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
John Linton Edwards
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House
Kentucky Kindred Genealogy 