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
The Genealogical Forum of Portland, Oregon, is the largest genealogical library in the Pacific Northwest. They offer 52,000 books, newspapers and other items, along with an amazing number of digital records. If you are a member, you can search their online records. They also sell items in their […]
Adam Beatty was born in Frederick County, Maryland, May 10, 1777, to Col. William Beatty, Jr., and Mary Dorothy Grosch. Adam Beatty came to Kentucky, and about 1803 married Sarah Green. The couple had five sons – William Rochester, John Charlton, Henry Oscar, Ormond and Adam. Beatty was […]
Ritchey and I visited this cemetery August 8, 2015.
Note that the will below was written in Livingston County. Caldwell County was taken from Livingston County January 31, 1809, twelve days before the division. William and Mary Maxwell had four children – daughter Mary who was married to a Mr. Lackey, and three single children – Jean, […]
All of us grieve for Kentucky. Tornadoes ripped through the state early Saturday morning. Western Kentucky was hit by a tornado that started in Arkansas and was on the ground for over 200 miles. Mayfield, in Graves County, suffered much damage. The top of the courthouse is gone. […]
Today we visit Woodford County, specifically going to the County Clerk’s office of long ago, to look at some of the early marriage bonds. Taken at random, our examples range from 1793 to 1830. I wanted to give you an idea of the variance of some of the […]
1805 Will of William Cleaver Nelson County Will Book A, Page 1017-1019 In the name of God, amen. I, William Cleaver, Senior, of Nelson County and State of Kentucky, being of sound mind and disposing memory and weighing duly the uncertainty of life, continuing in a frail body, […]
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 […]
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 