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
At first I intended to show just the gravestone photos – since the attached photos of the couple make this stone very special – but you know I usually can’t stop there. And I didn’t, and found so much information on Clarence Maxwell and Jennie LaMond Taschner. Clarence […]
Don’t you love finding someone online you didn’t know was there? Today I searched online for the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives website, and once there found a a link for Kentucky State Digital Archives. Click on the tab and the following page appeared: I then clicked […]
Many times I have mentioned the Washington County newspaper articles written by Orval W. Baylor and complies into the book Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky. Most of these articles were written in the 1930’s. The Washington county clerk probably kept more very important little pieces of paper […]
At the back, left side of Bellevue Cemetery, in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, are three graves of the Crow family. The husband and father, William Crow, was a Presbyterian minister; his wife, Elizabeth Scott McFerran, and eldest child, Ruth Crow, are buried beside him. William Crow was born […]
No. 131 – James C. Turnage to Delila Griffith Commonwealth of Kentucky, Marshall County I do certify that security is taken in my office according to law for a license to issue for a marriage intended to be solemnized between James C. Turnage and Delila Griffith. These are […]
May I humbly say this is one of the documents every genealogist would love to find – and I am so glad I did! It wasn’t easy. Located online the University of Publications of America’s website (this was in 1999) I found the Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, […]
Mildred A., wife of John Taylor, May 16, 1839 – August 17, 1902. Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Marion County, Kentucky. W. H. Lyon, July 22, 1850 – November 4, 1905. Alice O’Bryan Lyon, 1859-1942. Mary Lizzie, daughter of J. T. & H. M. Ballard, born April 11, 1858, […]
Samuel Glasscock to Siney Breding – January 19, 1790 John Stomps to Polly McGrew – January 26, 1790 James McKittle to Margaret Wright – January 27, 1790 Robert Hinkson to Polly Hinch – January 28, 1790 Samuel Cook to Mary Routt – February 25, 1790 Samuel Simpson to […]
I am happy to share three old photographs of children – one brother and sister, and two babies. Our first photograph is of Eleanor Trahaue Lawrence, whose birthdate was November 1, 1902. This photograph was taken in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, by Thuss & Lind Photography of 532 […]
In memory of Nicholas Wallingford, was born December 14, 1759, and departed this life September 5, 1829, aged 69 years, 8 months, 21 days. Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Mason County, Kentucky. Nicholas Wallingford was born in Frederick County, Virginia, the son of Benjamin Franklin Wallingford and Prudence Elliott. He […]
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
