Sarah Elisabeth Tharpe, my most elusive ancestor. What I know for certain is that she married Alexander McGehee on 4 March 1867, in Grayson County, Texas. That is all I know for certain. According to their eldest daughter, Siddie Rhuehamie McGehee Caton, Sarah was born in Arkansas. According to Siddie's siblings, Sarah was born in multiple other states.
Family lore says she died around 1900 when her youngest child, Minnie Mae McGehee Doughty, was 12 & she is buried in Oil Springs Cemetery i
Updated version of world’s most popular free family history software now syncs with online and mobile, opens new channels for the discovery of historical records and is available for the first time also in Chinese, Japanese and Korean
PROVO, Utah & TEL AVIV, Israel – April 17 2013: MyHeritage, the popular family history network, today announced the release of Family Tree Builder 7.0, free genealogy software that combines innovative technology with easy-to-use features. The millions of family his
Contact: Erin Shifflett
Phone: (703) 525-0050
eshifflett@ngsgenealogy.org
For Release: 16 April 2013
ARLINGTON, VA, 16 APRIL 2013: The NGS 2013 Family History Conference will be held 8–11 May 2013 at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (LVH), Las Vegas, Nevada. Register within the week to select any meals or pre-conference events or tours you plan to attend. Pre-registration ends on Monday, 22 April 2013, which includes meals and tours sales. On-site conference registration opens Tuesday, 7 May 2013,
Tillman Connection
We are direct descendants of Alex Tillman of Hinds, Mississippi; born 1830. He and his brother, Russell, born 1823 were known as the Herring brothers, a name given to them by their owner Samuel Herring, born 1791. They took the name Tillman after the Civil War. This information can be confirmed on Ancestry.com. Hopefully, someone will do some research and put all the puzzle peices together.
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
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Utah Genealogical Association's free monthly virtual chapter meeting.
Our special guest speaker will be Ginny Ackerson. Her topic will be "Hot Off the Press!"
Newspapers are valuable resources for the genealogist. You will learn how to find what newspapers were printed in the time period you are researching, where they are housed today, and how to access them.
Ginny Ackerson has been researching for ov
I am descended from Martha Peck. I know that she married John Cornwall (or Cornwell) in
Middletown in the mid 1600's. I know nothing else and while I have found some Peck family members
cannot connect them to Martha.
Does anyone out there know any more about her.
Janet MacDougall
Contact: Erin Shifflett
Phone: (703) 525-0050
For Release: 8 April 2013
NGS Mobile App is ready for download
Arlington, VA, 8 April 2013: The National Genealogical Society announces the release of its NGS Conference App. Get the mo
I will try to explain this best way I know how so you can help me if you can after you read my post. I am confused and sure hope I don't make you confused along the way.
Fold3 is offering free access to its rich collection of Confederate Civil War records for the entire month of April. This contains 32 collection comprising of more than 19 million records, with the majority of the records created during the time of the Civil War.
Several of the records and publications from the National Archives’ War Department Collection of Confederate Records (RG 109) are digitized and appear on Fold3. These include Confederate Compiled Service Records, both the Union andConfe
Have you ever wondered if there are secrets in your family’s past you don’t know about? Even if you have never wondered, what would your reaction be if you found out your family was not who you thought them to be?
The Flat (2011 Documentary by Arnon Goldfinger) examines this premise as the Director, Arnon Goldfinger, and his family begin to clean out the flat in Tel Aviv that belonged to his grandparents Kurt and Gerda Tuchler, both immigrants from Nazi Germany. At first the family sorts through
For Immediate Release
March 28, 2013
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies is proud to announce its newest course, Demystifying Culture & Folklore. This course was written by genealogist, lecturer, and author Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD., MA, CGSM. The first course start date is Monday, April 1, 2013 and it will be offered every three months.
Culture/Folk
By Riocard O'Cruimin
March 24,2013
Cremeans family history is an interesting one to say the least, Our forefathers hailed from Southern Ireland the Cremeans and its variants came to being in the late 14th Century as a major 2nd branch of the MacCarthy Reagh lineage. Its territories stiming from the counties of Kerry to its final home in the Barony of Carbery in an area called Duhallow,and it was with in this area that the Cremeans flourished and exited
Contact: Patricia Walls Stamm, cgsm, cglsm
Phone: 703-525-0050
For Release: 27 March 2013
National Genealogical Society Presents Research in Washington, DC
3–9 November 2013
ARLINGTON, VA, 27 March 2013: The National Genealogical Society will be presenting a hands-on research trip to Washington, DC, from 3–9 November 2013. Under the guidance of Craig Roberts Scott, cgSM, and Patricia Walls Stamm, cgSM, cglSM, twenty-six researchers will use the genealogical resources at the
