Few of my ancestors’ genealogies are as contentious as my 10x great-grandfather, Colonel Thomas Pettus, born…
Month: October 2017
William Holloway, Martha Branson and Phebe Crispin: A genealogical game of hide and seek
My maternal Quaker Holloway family has begun to rival my maternal Quaker Harlan/Harling family, my paternal…
When black and white DNA cousins meet online: A tale of two very different experiences
Genealogy is an adventure. There is no two ways about it. The adventure was something I…
Will the real parents of Reuben Holloway (1740-1806) please stand up?
I have a gentleman in my family’s ancestry who is causing myself, and the whole Genealogy…