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On this date. . .the 18th of August

By Tonia Kendrick on 18 Aug 2010

Births

Lydia (Richards) Atchley was born in 1762 in Loudoun County, Virginia (currently believed to be my 6th-great-grandmother).
Margaret Rebecca (Hemphill) Young was born in 1840 in Burke County, North Carolina.
Nancy Elizabeth Ellis was born in 1862 in Murray County, Georgia.

Deaths

Sally (Rudd) Hood died in 1828.
Miles Marion Scott died in 1889.
James Leach McEntire died in 1920 in Murray . . . → : CONTINUE READING

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Weekly Updates for 2010-02-03

By Tonia Kendrick on 3 Feb 2010

RT @hikari17: RT @genlighten: Blount County Tennessee Obituary Lookups 1908-present offered by Taneya: http://bit.ly/9Lj3cS #genealogy #
I’ve been away from genealogy for a couple of weeks. Glad to be digging in the past this weekend. #
Added headstone photo for Sarah (LILLARD) O’Neal 1833 – 1858. http://ow.ly/12gZy #genealogy #surnames #
Added headstone photo for 4x-g-grandmother, Rose Anna . . . → : CONTINUE READING

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Genealogy To-Dos – January Wrap-Up

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

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Surname Saturday: Kendrick

By Tonia Kendrick on 28 Nov 2009
Kendrick genealogy

Kendrick is my own surname.  It’s a challenging line to research, as I have found little documentation prior to the mid-1800’s.  I have yet to discover an immigrant ancestor in this line, but expect to find him coming from Great Britain.

Francis Taylor Kendrick (1876 – 1966) was my paternal grandfather’s father.  He had dark hair and . . . → : CONTINUE READING

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What’s New – 2/25/09

By Tonia Kendrick on 25 Feb 2009

New Census Records

1870 & 1850 Census – Wyatt Lankford household

Uploaded 1800 Census for Burke County, NC, pp. 744, 791, & 795

Uploaded 1790 Census for Lincoln County, image 69

Uploaded 1790 Census for Surry County, image 296

1880 Census for James A. McEntire household

1880 Census for James C. Ellis household (next door to James A. McEntire)

New People

Wyatt Lankford’s children:  . . . → : CONTINUE READING

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