By Tonia Kendrick on 3 Aug 2010

Benjamin E. Forrester was born 24 Jun 1850 and died 12 Feb 1937 in Fannin County, Georgia. His parents were Coleman Forrester and Anna Carnes. Salina Tucker was his wife. Benjamin is buried at Dial Church of Christ Cemetery in Fannin County.
He was my great-great-great uncle. My great-great-grandmother, Mary Lourania (Forrester) Ward was his youngest sister.
This . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 13 Jul 2010

Andrew Hemphill was born 08 Nov 1782 and died 22 Nov 1858. He married Catherine McDonald, who immigrated from Enniskillen, Ireland.
Andrew was probably born in Old Fort, North Carolina; his father is enumerated in Burke County on 1790 census (Old Fort was part of Burke County at that time). He was the son . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 25 Jun 2010
This week’s challenge is to:
Write one good, solid comment on at least one genealogy blog every day for a week. Sometimes we get busy and the genealogy reading we should be doing just piles up. The same thing happens with blogs. This week, take some time to read genealogy blogs. Select at least one post a . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 8 Jun 2010

Reuben Phillip Johnson and Martha Jane Garrett were my great-great-grandparents. Reuben was born September 3, 1853 in Georgia and died April 15, 1911. Martha was born June 7, 1854, also in Georgia, and died October 26, 1929. They were married about 1877 and had eight children, all of whom . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 11 May 2010

Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson were my great-grandparents. Newt was born 24 Oct 1890 in Fannin County, Georgia and died 01 Aug 1974 in Whitfield County, Georgia. Rachel was born 09 Aug 1892 and died 16 Feb 1980 in Murray County, Georgia. They were married in 1909. They . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 9 Mar 2010
James Benjamin Butler and Maud Whitener were my great-grandparents. Jim was born November 24, 1880 in Murray County, Georgia. He was a farmer and later the sheriff of Murray County. He died November 28, 1944.
Maud was born in August 27, 1885 in Murray County, Georgia. She died April 7, 1975. Jim and Maud lived most of . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 31 Jan 2010
I got away from genealogy a couple of weeks this month, spending my time on other pursuits (reading and scrapbooking, namely).
How did I do toward my goals?
Write 10 blog posts – completed 7
Abstract (or update previously-done abstractions, if necessary) 20 census pages and update the citations. I haven’t located all these census pages yet, so some . . . → : CONTINUE READING