Family Friday – Andrew Stephens 1837 – 1920

Andrew Stephens – 1860 – 1880 Continuing my notes for Andrew Stephens, son of William Stephens. 1860 -  Census – Franklin Co, Alabama – Western Division William Steavens – age 53, laborer, b. in North Carolina Dorothy – age 47, b. in South Carolina Polly A – age 19, b. in Mississippi Betsy C – [...]

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Timeline Tuesday – Jan 5, 1898

Printed on Jan 5, 1898 in the Adair County News, but written Dec. 23, 1897.  50th Wedding Anniversary of Benjamin and Elizabeth Vaughan.  Names included: Benjamin T. Vaughan, Elizabeth (Helm) Vaughan, Elmer Vaughan, Logan Vaughan, William H. Vaughan, John Vaughan, Bart Vaughan, Ruth (Vaughan) Depew, Mark Depew, Alice (Vaughan) Sharp, W.T. Sharp

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Following Clues or Reinforcing Mistakes?

I’ve been researching my Stephens line from Russell County, Kentucky for years now, but I’ve only been doing DEEP research (more than census records and birth registries) for the last couple of months.  My very first information on my line came from the book “Russell County, Kentucky: history & families” which gave names, a few [...]

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Family Friday – Andrew Stephens 1837 – 1920

Lots of snow here in Indiana this week, so I’ve done a ton of genealogy research and totally neglected everything else – including my blog!  I’m deep into research on Welcome Stephens, the father of William Stephens from my previous Family Friday posts.  But my research is not organized in a way that will let [...]

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Family Friday – William Stephens part 3

William Stephens 1813 – 1885 1870 – 1880 William and Dorothy show up in Russell County, Kentucky for the 1870 census.  I will be searching land records for Russell County to see if I can determine more closely when they arrived.  Looking at the index for Russell County deeds between 1860 and 1870, I see one [...]

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Working It Wednesday – Tax Slips

I’m taking a bit of a turn this week.  I feel really good about the “regular” genealogy forms that I’ve created for my Genealogy Planner but this week, I’ve created something specifically to help my current research.  I don’t know if other researchers will find this as helpful, but I’m posting it anyway. I’ve been working [...]

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Timeline Tuesday – Dec. 22, 1897

From the Adair County News, the following names were included in the weekly letter from Jamestown:   E.O. Stone, Mrs. E.S. Falkenburg, Ida Triplett, Mrs. Acres, Emma Perryman, Mrs. O.B. Vaughan, Chas. Heyman, Berry Buster, Ella Payne, Willie Warren, Nona Winfrey, Mrs. James Wolford, S.A. Sampson, Sol Stone, Willis Acres, Judge Willis, Estus Barger, prof. N.W. [...]

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