Posts Tagged Georgia
Weekly Updates for 2009-12-09
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in What's New on December 9th, 2009
- Cool, my granny was a one. RT @littlebyteslife: CA #DAR participated a few yrs ago.RT @WWIIToday: Know a Rosie from WWII? http://ow.ly/BiNH #
- Indexed batch of 10 GA death certificates for FamilySearch. Many died on Christmas. Sad.
Weekly Updates for 2009-11-04
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in What's New on November 4th, 2009
- Found photo of Reuben and Martha (Garrett) Johnson. http://bit.ly/36Etl #
- Found two new children of Wyatt Ashley Lankford. http://bit.ly/uwPip #genealogy #
- Just found death certificate for William West – misindexed as Wilson West.
And then there were 16
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on August 8th, 2009
Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Assignment is to list one’s 16 great-great-grandparents, include their dominant ancestry and to calculate one’s own dominant ancestry.
My spin on this is to look back an additional four generations from the ggg’s in order… Read the rest
Favorite Genealogy Websites
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Technology on July 24th, 2009
These are my top ten favorite websites for genealogy research (I have not included blogs – they will be the subject of another post). Most are big sites, whether commercial, government, or volunteer-supported, but a few are personal sites that have been particularly helpful in my own research.
July Birthdays
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on July 1st, 2009
On this, the first day of July, let’s recognize ancestors and close relatives who were born in July:
- Weyrich Norrente Rudisill, 7x-great-grandfather, born 08 Jul 1695 in Germany.
- Thomas Hemphill, 4x, 5x, and 6x-great-grandfather, born 09 Jul 1746.
- Thomas McEntire Hemphill, 3x and 4x-great-grandfather, born 09 Jul 1796 in
Tombstone Tuesday – Elijah M. Ellis
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Tombstone Tuesday on February 17th, 2009
Elijah Marion Ellis was my three-times great-grandfather. He and his wife, Elizabeth McKinney Tucker, had four children. His life was marked by tragedy; he lost his sight to typhoid fever at the age of 32 and was dead ten years later at the age of… Read the rest
Kendrick Surname Fun Facts
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on February 12th, 2009
The Kendrick surname is usually considered to be of Welsh, English, or Scottish origin. The Welsh and English origins of the name are quite similar. In Wales, it was derived from the personal name “Cynwrig,” meaning chief man. In England it was derived from the given name “Cenric” or “Kendrich”,… Read the rest
Tombstone Tuesday – Dave and Josephine Butler
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Tombstone Tuesday on February 3rd, 2009
My last Tombstone Tuesday post was about Clara J. Butler; the subject of today’s post is her parents, David Sanford Butler and Malinda Josephine (Hemphill) Butler. Dave and Josephine were my great-great-grandparents. They died in 1938 and 1933, respectively. … Read the rest
Tombstone Tuesday – Clara J. Butler
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Tombstone Tuesday on January 20th, 2009
Clara J. Butler was my great-grandfather’s sister. I know very little about her other than her birth and death dates. She never married. She died in 1918 at the age of 28; I wonder if she died in the influenza pandemic?
She is buried at Ramsey Cemetery in Ramhurst, Georgia. … Read the rest
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