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
Henry Butler Bonta, 1846-1934. Susan Semones Bonta, 1847-1934. Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Mercer County, Kentucky. The Harrodsburg Herald, Mercer County, Kentucky Friday, May 11, 1934 Funeral services for Henry Butler Bonta, 87, retired Washington county farmer, were held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at Bethel Presbyterian church with […]
While at the Ohio Book Store in Cincinnati I was fortunate to find a copy of Some of the Medical Pioneers of Kentucky. It was edited by J. N. McCormack, M.D., L.L.D., biographies written by various doctors of early doctors in Kentucky. There is no publishing date, but […]
Date of License – May 14, 1823 – Samuel Mason to Nancy Goad, certificate filed. Marriage return – June 3. 1825. This is to certify that I solemnized the rites of marriage between Samuel Mason and Nancy Goad, given under my hand, Lewis Goad. Date of License – […]
I adore this picture – the grandmother doesn’t look very pleasant, but perhaps she didn’t want her photo taken. But the granddaughter steals the show, sitting on her riding horse reading a book, ribbon in her hair! Grandmother’s book is on the floor, and a booklet or card […]
The Porter family monument, Elizaville Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky. Henry Bruce Porter wrote his will less than a month before he died. Henry was a citizen of Fleming County, living in the Elizaville area. Henry married Elizabeth D. Bell about 1840. Three known children were born to this […]
The Salmons’ family monument in Green Lawn Cemetery, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky. Resting in Green Lawn Cemetery in the city of Franklin, in Simpson County, are the family of Robert DePriest Salmons. To the memory of Nathan Salmons, born and raised to manhood in Virginia, came to Kentucky […]
Fairview Christian is a small, country church with a beautiful cemetery. It is located at the northernmost point of Washington County, at the Anderson County line. Located on a narrow road, the easiest route is to take exit 48 off the Bluegrass Parkway, head north, and then take […]
Know all men by these presents that we, Samuel Vaughan and William Dyer, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency, the Governor of Kentucky, in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to the payment of which well and truly to be made to the said Governor […]
I found an interesting newspaper article in the Messenger Inquirer, Wednesday, July 11, 1906, about J. E. Keith. Mr. Keith lived in Cloverport, on the Ohio River, in Breckinridge County. He and his wife, Mary Heist Keith, were married August 30, 1858, and celebrated 50 years together before […]
Dr. Henry Berry Blackburn is a mystery man. We have information on his birth and death – but little on the years between. Henry was the son of Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia Bell. Henry’s grandfather was George Blackburn, a Woodford County pioneer. From History of Woodford County, […]
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
