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Restored Lee, Beale, Turberville, Corbin, Davis Family Tree
One of the things that has been most helpful in my genealogical investigations is the tremendous family tree that my grandfather and his uncle researched and created. The tree had to have been created between about 1900 and 1913, as … Continue reading
Beale and Davis Family Papers, UNC Chapel Hill
I had some time to make a visit to the Wilson Library at Chapel Hill last week and was treated to some amazing things. The archive is fairly extensive, and contains many letters and papers of the the family and … Continue reading
Gloucester County Virginia Methodist Records
I have been delayed over a month posting anything about this. I went to the Virginia Beach Public Library and looked through their copy of the index to Gloucester County Methodist records so nicely collected and published by Michael F. … Continue reading
Getting back to work after Thanksgiving
Yes. It takes me a week or so. I have not done much more than scan a bunch of photographs and organize my genealogy file drawer. I finally put things into family folders there instead of in a couple of … Continue reading
On further review…
After comparing the names in the chancery order discussed in the post below with the Davis family tree, I now see that the John Davis mentioned as “next friend” in the plaintiff section is actually the brother of Williams Edwards … Continue reading
John Davis – found!
I had a day off from work and decided to take the time to go to the Library of Virginia and do some more research. I needed Gloucester County records, and the library has them on film. I started searching … Continue reading
The John Davis Challange – continued
I was able to spend about 5 hours doing research at the Isle of Wight County courthouse on Friday. Since I had already poked around the marriage registers and discovered nothing particularly useful there, I decided to focus on wills … Continue reading
The John Davis Challenge
I went to the Isle of Wight county courthouse today for a little while to get oriented. The staff in the records room could not have been friendlier, and I saw them assisting a lady getting documentation for membership in … Continue reading
Worked on the Davis Page this week
After putting it off for a while, I made a start on the Davis family page. I have a lot of information already, but putting it together is a challenge. I think I’ll have to start with a few people … Continue reading
Started building a couple of family pages
I put together some notes I had on a couple of families tonight and began their pages. I now have information on the Morgan and Sampson families available. I have lots of information to sort out on the Davis family … Continue reading