This was a great weekend! Ritchey and I attended the Louisville Free Public Library’s Kentucky History and Genealogy Conference on Friday and Saturday. This was a FREE conference. There were seven choices of lectures for each time slot – four each day. I started with Using Google Earth […]
I have been working on the Rose Family Cemetery that is located on Maude Lane in the small town of Burgin, in Mercer County, Kentucky. The land has been owned by the VanArsdall family for many, many years, and is still owned by descendants of the same family. […]
Within a time space of less than 24 hours I have just read The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes. What can I say – fascinating, absolutely fascinating! Although published in 2001 – 14 years and much DNA research since then – it gives an account of […]
Merry Christmas everyone! Isn’t this what it is all about? Family! Little ones who have grown into adults and are making their own homes now. A little girl who will be a mother any day! They are the future generation in whom we place so much love and […]
DNA Testing Continues . . . This past November I received the results of my DNA test with Ancestry.com. At the time I was excited and enthralled, but realized there was still much more to the story. If you remember, Ancestry DNA gave results of 48% Western Europe, […]
Even I have a hard time believing this is my 2,100th post! How quickly the time has flown by! And I still haven’t run out of things to talk about! April 20, 2011, was my first time to write a bit about genealogy. I’ve shared cemetery photos, marriage […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House