Posts Tagged Langston
And the iGene Award Goes To
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in And More on February 14th, 2010
Welcome to the 2009 iGene Awards, spotlighting Tonia’s Roots. We’ll be celebrating the best posts of 2009 and presenting awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, and Best Biography.
The nominees for Best Picture are. . .
February Birthdays
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Fun Facts on February 1st, 2010
It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in February:
- Jonathan Curtis, 8x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1690 in Wiltshire, England.
- John Garrett, 5x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1739 in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania.
- Catherine Powell, 5x-great-grandmother, born 20 Feb 1785 in Burke County, North Carolina.
- Rosamond, 4x-great-grandmother, born 25 Feb 1805
Weekly Update: December 30, 2009
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in What's New on December 30th, 2009
- Uploaded 1920 U. S. Census, Oklahoma, Hughes, Dustin, p. 10B. Ledbetter, Patterson #surnames http://ow.ly/MRX6
- Reading Above the Trees: 15-Minute Family History: Make a Holiday Binder http://ow.ly/Nefz
- New blog post: Surname Saturday: Hemphill, part 1 http://bit.ly/5saDlY
- Abstracted 1860
Weekly Updates for 2009-12-02
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in What's New on December 2nd, 2009
- I just got a comment on my blog from a distant who wants to use info from one of my posts in a book he is writing. How cool is that? #
- Found marriage and death info for John Whitfield HEMPHILL 1848 – 1915.
Tombstone Tuesday: Mariah Langston Roberts
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Tombstone Tuesday on November 24th, 2009
Mariah Langston was my 3-x great-grandmother. She was born February 25, 1833[1] in Sevier County, Tennessee[2]. She married Monteville Roberts July 18, 1852 in Bradley County, Tennessee2. They lived in Hamilton County, Tennessee[3], just across the Georgia state line during their early marriage.
Mariah is… Read the rest
What’s New 8/12/2009
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in What's New on August 12th, 2009
New Census Records
1840 Census: Bradley County, TN – John Roberts HH,
1840 Census: Bradley County, TN – Martin Langston HH, Thomas Atchley HH
1910 Census: Whitfield County, GA – Edward A. Roberts HH
1910 Census: Murray County, GA – various Roberts’ HHs
What’s New – 7/29/09
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in What's New on July 29th, 2009
New Photos
Dave Butler at home on Rock Creek
Rosa (Ellis) Roberts, Alice Roberts, Mary Pendley
Hemphill Women
New Census Records
William Henson Patterson household: 1880, 1900, 1920
New Documents
Newspaper clipping about great-aunts attending Lucy Hill Institute
Civil War Databases
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Military on March 7th, 2009
As many other blogs have reported, Ancestry.com has recently added five new databases to its Civil War collection. I have found two particularly valuable:
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Confederate Pension Applications from Georgia
A quick search of the U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles database… Read the rest
Roberts Family in 1909
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in Hundred Years Ago on January 11th, 2009
A hundred years ago, my Roberts relatives were in Murray County, Georgia. This photo is of the 1909 Roberts family reunion; if you can identify anyone in the photo, please leave a comment.
Nancy Alice (Roberts) Hemphill, my great-grandmother, was likely in the Ball Ground area, where she was… Read the rest
What’s New – 1/7/09
Posted by Tonia Kendrick in What's New on January 7th, 2009
New Marriage Records
James Butler-Nancy Floyd Marriage License
John Ward-Martha Jane Butler Marriage License
New Census Records Found
1870 – Dave “Ballard” (possibly Dave S. Butler)
1920 & 1930 – Read the rest
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