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Births Ann (Hubbard) Barstow was born in 1605 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts (currently believed to be my 10th great-grandmother). Deaths John Burgin died in 1753 in . . . → : CONTINUE READING  I received the death certificate for my 2nd great-grandmother, Leaty Caroline (Lankford) West several months ago, but have just gotten around to analyzing it. As far as death certificates go, this one does not offer a great deal of new information, but it does confirm a lot of pieces of data and provides a primary source . . . → : CONTINUE READING My Lankford/Langford family line starts with Leaty Caroline, my great-great grandmother. Leaty’s birthdate is in question. Her headstone says 20 July 1848. Her death certificate says 1848. The 1900 census states Jan 1860 and various other censuses imply 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852. She was probably born in Tennessee. She married William West 20 November . . . → : CONTINUE READING  RT @rootstelevision: Tuesday is almost over – did you catch the new Roots Tuesday blog/videos?!! http://bit.ly/al5JM0 #genealogy #photos # Births Leaty Caroline (Lankford) West was born in 1848 (my great-great-grandmother). Deaths Sarah (Whitener) Sietz died in 1871. Births Malinda (Burgin) Hemphill was born in 1801 (my 4th great-grandmother). Military Benjamin Burgin Hemphill was captured at the seige of Vicksburg in 1863 (my 3rd great-grandfather).  Reading “Tribe moves to implement DNA testing for new applicants to Cherokee rolls” http://ht.ly/22wlT #genealogy #  West is another of the family lines for which I only have three generations of information. I’ve only known about the Wests for a couple of years. Lizzie West (1886-1973), my great-grandmother, was the second wife of Francis Taylor Kendrick. As far as I know, she lived in Murray County, Georgia all her life. She and France . . . → : CONTINUE READING Several things have happened in the last few months that made me want to start a new series focusing on the timelines of my female ancestors. First was Women’s History Month in March. I wanted to write several articles about my female ancestors during that month and as I was looking through my archives to see who . . . → : CONTINUE READING  My great-grandmother, Lizzie (West) Kendrick, lived from 1886 to 1973 in Murray County, Georgia. I never knew her, even though she died after I was born. This timeline reveals what I’ve learned about her life, so far. 1875– Lizzie’s parents, William M. West (1832-1928) and Leaty Caroline Lankford (1848-1937) moved across the Tennessee-Georgia state line from Polk . . . → : CONTINUE READING |
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