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A New Look

July 19, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

  Visitors the last couple of days will have noticed that Tonia’s Roots has a new look!  Making this change has been in the back of my mind for about a year, and the time finally came a  few weeks ago to move forward. The reasons for the update were mostly performance-based, but the site has […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Design, Genesis, TNG, Wordpress

Death Certificate of Francis Marion Kendrick (1844-1932)

June 21, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

Francis Marion Kendrick, my 2nd great-grandfather, died 6 November 1932 in Militia District 1011, Murray County, Ga., according to his death certificate. Transcript In the transcription below, boldface indicates the words penned into the pre-printed form: “Certificate of Death, Georgia State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics.” PLACE OF DEATH County                                                            Murray Militia District […]

Filed Under: Analysis, Evidence Tagged With: Baxter, Death Records, Kendrick, Murray County GA

Columbus Library Research Trip – 12 Jun 2014

June 18, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

I had a business trip to Columbus, Georgia last week and Columbus has a great genealogy section in their library, so I decided to do a little after-work research.  I knew that I would only have a couple of hours at the library, which made it essential that I go in with a plan. I […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Research Plans, Research Report

Jim Butler’s Military Service

June 14, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

James Butler Military

  James B. Butler, my great-grandfather, enlisted in the United States Army on 10 November 1901 in Ellijay, Georgia for a period of three years. At the time of his enlistment, he was a 21-year-old farmer, described as being  6 feet tall, with blue eyes, light brown hair, and a ruddy complexion. 1 Two months […]

Filed Under: Family Stories, Military Tagged With: Butler, Philippine Insurrection

Murray on My Mind

June 8, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

I spent the last week learning all about Murray County history.  “Murray on My Mind,” offered by the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, is a class taught by recently-retired history teacher and local historian, Tim Howard.  If you want to know about Murray County history, Tim is your first call.  He has taught this week-long course for many, many […]

Filed Under: And More Tagged With: Murray County GA, Whitfield-Murray Historical Society

Genome Mate – A New Tool in my DNA Toolbox

May 31, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

Those of us who have done DNA testing know that two of the biggest challenges are keeping track of all the information and narrowing down that information into smaller buckets that can be analyzed to determine common ancestors.  The analysis tools have gotten a lot better in the last year, but there really hasn’t been […]

Filed Under: DNA, Technology Tagged With: 23andme, Family Tree DNA, Genome Mate

Library of Virginia – Monday Finds

May 10, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

I spent all day Monday at the Library of Virginia. This is a brief summary of what I found. Monday was all about County Books from Albemarle, Fairfax, and Bedford counties, which contained either abstracts or indexes. I was able to get copies of the original images of some of these items (more on that […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Albemarle Co VA, Ballard, Bedford Co VA, Brookshire, Dalton, Fairfax Co VA, Simmons, Talbot, Tilley, Virginia

My Big Find at the Georgia Archives

April 27, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

I went to the Georgia Archives for the first time yesterday, and while I found lots of good information, one item stands out above the rest, and made the whole trip worthwhile. Here’s the backstory. Harvey D. Ward, my 3rd great-grandfather, fell off the face of the earth after 1870. He was a young man, […]

Filed Under: Evidence, Family Stories Tagged With: Georgia Archives, Gilmer County GA, Guardianship Bonds, Ward

Some Buncombe County Marriage Notices

April 12, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

I‘ve been working through a book I found at the Family History Library called Marriage and Death Notices from Extant Asheville, N. C. Newspapers 1840-1870 An Index, going through page by page and analyzing the information found.  Today, I reviewed several pages, which included Alexander, Brooksher, Burgin, Cunningham, Davidson, Deboard, Hemphill, and Lytle (there were more names, but these […]

Filed Under: Analysis, Evidence Tagged With: Alexander, Buncombe County NC, Burgin, Debord, Hemphill, Lytle, Newspapers, North Carolina, Patton

Chromosome Map 1/11/2014

January 11, 2014 Tonia Kendrick

My DNA connections have really been clicking recently and I’ve been wanting to pull all the information together into a chromosome map, like the ones CeCe Moore creates.  I had been tracking everything in a spreadsheet, but that didn’t give me the at-a-glance visual that I wanted.  But now, Kitty Cooper has created a tool […]

Filed Under: DNA Tagged With: Brookshire, Garrett, Hemphill, Patton, Powell, Tilley

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About Tonia

Hi, I am Tonia Kendrick. Genealogy is my hobby, my passion (those who say obsession would not be accused of crazy-talk). While I had helped my mom with genealogy as a teenager, I first caught the bug myself when computers came into the picture.

Now we are well into the 21st-century and every day brings a new genealogy adventure, whether it is a new record group to explore online or a visit to a cemetery, courthouse, or other repository. It all comes together here. Read more about Tonia's Roots or contact Tonia. Read More…

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