GENEALOGY
My original family websites have gone offline (May 2003).
The program they were composed with and hosted by, Ultimate Family Tree, has
been discontinued and they have pulled the plug on the server. Until I
can replace them with my own updated versions, (and this will probably have to
wait for retirement) I have uploaded the larger files
to Rootsweb's Worldconnect site. Interested persons can find them by going to
Rootsweb and plugging a name into the
search engine. The more specific or unusual the name you provide, the better
your results will be. For example, searching for any of the Bettlers will get
you to my research.
We visited Holton, Kansas in 2003 to research
the three generations of McCrearys that had lived there. Grandfather Wayne was an
only child but his father George Duncan McCreary was one of a large family and
we acquired a lot more names. We most likely have a number of third cousins
in Northeastern Kansas... another future project. The McCrearys and Flournoys
have been provided to Rootsweb in one database.
Our pictures from Holton feature family homes and grave sites.
My old Frankfort photos were originally published on photoisland.com but that site has been discontinued so I have published some of them here.
Several years ago our cousin Barbara Vogler in Frankfort made the acquaintance of our third cousin Frank Sower, a former mayor of Frankfort. He kindly provided her with copies of the birth, marriage and death record pages in the family Bible that had belonged to our great-great-grandparents Bennett Edwards and Amanda Scofield Edwards. My database has been enlarged with the collateral descendants included, as this Bible passed on to James Edwards, brother to our great-grandfather Frank. The Edwards and Bettler family info is combined in one file at Rootsweb.
We are still trying to trace the Swiss origins of great-grandmother Madaline Bettler with no success. Ginny has read through hundreds of ships' passenger lists that she wasn't on. Current research is indicating that the Swiss-German community of Ottenheim may have been her original destination in Kentucky but records are incomplete or nonexistent.
The Taylor information, except for recent births and deaths, was the gift of Roger's cousin Catherine Taylor Rhodes, and has been supplied to Rootsweb.
Jess and Dan's wedding, July 17, 2004
Anna Elizabeth, born May 18, 2006
George McCreary's 88th Birthday, June 2005
Ginny and Roger's 25th Wedding Anniversary, January 2006
Looking for cousin Marjorie Pleasant Jennings
Some photographs of the McLin family gravestones can be
seen from Piney Grove Cemetery #2, Nancy, Pulaski
County, Kentucky.
The McLin family, Roger's maternal grandfather, has been provided to Rootsweb.
On Second Cousins
Ginny's musings on her research and the web of family.
Rootsweb.com A valuable one-stop resource for beginning family history research. Many links and a great tutorial program for the novice.
Cyndi’s List Another interesting and very comprehensive collection of genealogy links.
Cousin Number Counter Cyndi’s List features many kinship charts but this is one of the easiest to read and understand. Calculate your relationship to more distant kin via the common ancestor.
The Edwards Hoax. Some older family members may have heard of this; supposedly a Robert Edwards died intestate and leaving a valuable tract of property in lower Manhattan which might be recovered and divided among the Edwards heirs. A current claim is being brought by a Welsh descendant. See here for more than you ever wanted to know about this. This was possibly a version of a nineteenth-century scam; genealogy literature contains several similar examples. They usually offer a now-valuable tract of land in a large city, a 99-year lease, mysterious hidden documents (which will be made available upon payment of large legal retainers) and a family name common enough to attract large numbers of suckers, er, heirs. A good comparable example can be seen here.