Genealogy
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Children of James and Martha Smith — Nancy Smith Johnson
I believe the children of James and Martha Smith to be the following: I don’t think my research into Nancy, her family, and FAN club is complete (especially the Cawthon/Cauthon family, but I do feel I can say she was a daughter of James & Martha Smith as you’ll see below. I’m sure I’ll come Continue reading
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The Smiths in the Montgomery County Heritage Books
This is another post in which I’m trying to sort out the James C and Martha Bette Smith family. Finding a lot of conflicting information. Here I want to share what is in the Montgomery County Heritage Books regarding the Smiths and compare this information with other documentation and family histories. Perhaps someone can help Continue reading
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Carmie Smith Family History
Note: this is basically a transcription of cousin Carmie’s writing regarding the Smiths with a few of my notes. Nothing here is proven, it’s his family history as he knows it. There are a few reasons for me to put this here. One, I want to share his handwriting and his story as he knew Continue reading
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Children of James and Martha Smith–Nelson P Smith
I believe the children of James and Martha Smith to be the following: I am in no way done with my research into this family. In fact, I’m only getting started. However, I wanted to get some sort of narrative down on these children. You’ll soon see how incomplete my research is. I picked, at Continue reading
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Finding Proof
My goal for this year is to go back through everything I have and prove what relationships I can. Then, I can formulate some good research questions for moving forward. At first glance, my fan chart looks pretty good. But I’m not sure I have proof of the relationships the further out we go. I Continue reading
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Finding long lost relatives
After a looooong hiatus, I’m back. Even though I’ve been at this a while, my attention span often gets in the way of me doing deep dives into finding people. I’m also wondering why such the struggle because today, she was pretty easy to find. I just used a few different words and a different Continue reading
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Challenge — One Ancestor Ago
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/. Challenge I buried my father today. Not the challenge I was going to post about this week. He had cancer and was five minutes into his first chemotherapy treatment. At first, I thought I would Continue reading
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Six Ancestors Ago — John “Jacky” Morris
First This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/. John “Jacky” Morris is my fourth great grandfather via: The Facts: This week’s prompt is “First.” John “Jacky” Morris is in many ways first. He was my first roadblock. He’s also the first mystery in which Continue reading
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Sallie Thompson
The facts: Yesterday as we gathered at my grandfather’s, there had been talk of visiting one of the local cemeteries we all remembered from our childhood. One aunt suggested we visit another. One none of us were familiar with. So, the girls piled in the vehicle for a short road trip and then a short Continue reading
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October 17, 1888
Rec’d of DJ Allen J.O. Five dollars fine State v. I M Flake (Col) Oct 17 1888 S. H. Hearne C.T. This post is part of a series of transcriptions of letters, papers, receipts, and other ephemera that are held in the Smith Family Collection. All originals are held in this collection, unless otherwise Continue reading
Chasing the Past 