Throwback Thursday Reynolds Family

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Reynolds Family

Recently I have met a 5th cousin I don't know how many times removed in my Reynolds family line. Because of him I have been able to share findings and meet others in this line also. Never forgo sending messages or letters or make phone calls to others that are researching the same line because you just never know what or who you might find.

Here is my Reynolds line:
Margaret Ann Reynolds
b abt 1824 in MO
m abt Feb 1842 in MO to William Capp son of John Capp and Chelsea Hyatt
d 20 Feb 1896 in Leesburg, Monroe County, MO
dau of George Reynolds and Sarah Francis Catharine Skidmore

George Reynolds
b 1791 Essex County, VA
m 14 Oct 1813 Lincoln County, KY to Sarah Francis Catharine Skidmore dau of Joseph Skidmore and Hannah McKinney
d 2 Jul 1851 Shelby County, MO
son of Robert Reynolds and Dolly Robinson

Robert Reynolds
b 1760 Essex County, VA
m 3 Nov 1786 Carolina County, VA to Dolly Robinson
d 17 Dec 1814 Clarksburg, Harrison County, WVA

now this is where it gets tricky. My new found cousin has Robert Reynolds father as a John and I have Robert Reynolds and Ann Miller

Robert Reynolds
b 1737 Essex County, VA
m
d 05 Dec 1780 Essex County, VA
married to Ann Miller dau of Simon Miller
son of James Rennolds and Sarah Carber

More research is needed to solve this discribancey and so back to work on this line.

Places to check would be:
ancestry.com
familysearch.org
vagenweb.org
wvgenweb.org
write to courthouses to get wills, marriage records and deeds.
go to Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence MO
check their website out:
http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy

Motto is don't leave any stone unturned
Happy Sleuthing

Throwback Thursday Repost All in the Family Tree

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

All in the Family Tree

It has been a really long time since I posted anything due to illness. I am much better now and out of my wheelchair so I can get back at the courthouse and cemetery sleuthing again on a regular basis. I wanted to give just a short tree of my direct ancestors and where they are from to start of this new year and to also remind you to never get rid of hard copies of anything. I was rereading a article sent to me out of a book and noticed that I had not followed through on looking for my ancestors marriage record in Pike County IL. When I looked it up at the IL State Archives sure enough there they were. Always review what you think you know and see what you missed.

Here goes with my tree:

Debra Kay Jester (me)

Parents: Jack Norman Jester and Zeilla May Snodgrass

Jack Norman Jester Parents:
Jesse Theodore Jester and Gusta Fern Bilyeu

Zeilla May Snodgrass Parents:
Emmett Elzer Snodgrass and Mattie Rae Capp

Jesse Theodore Jester Parents:
Charles August Jester and Hattie Jane Anderson

Gusta Fern Bilyeu Parents:
George Clinton Bilyeu and Sophia Jones

Emmett Elzer Snodgrass Parents:
Walter C Snodgrass and Sallie Ann Cobb

Mattie Rae Capp Parents
Zelman Capp and Elizabeth Vincent

That is the immediate grandparents and I am going to look indepth each week at one of the sets. This week is Jesse Theodore Jester and Gusta Fern Bilyeu

Now here is the web address for the IL State Archives :

http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html

the online searchable records are:

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900

Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916

Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916–1950)

Databases of Illinois Veterans

Good Resource Videos To Help in your Research

Rootstech 2014 has come and gone. I watched the live stream videos during this time but missed some of them I wanted to see. They have them on the web and you can see them still along with downloading some of the syllabus for the sessions which are available on the website.  Here is one of the video classes that I don't think you want to miss on 5 Ways To Do Genealogy In Your Sleep with Deborah Gamble https://rootstech.org/about/videos/?id=3168208992001. this was an interesting class on how to let the internet search for you while you sleep using watch features on other sites. Good ideas that will enhance your research. Christa Cowen has one on Getting The Most Out Of Ancestry.com which was great and informative at https://rootstech.org/about/videos/?id=3168869866001
There are so many good ones with so much good information that you will want to check them out. The have some archived videos also from Rootstech 2013 that are worth looking at. I hope you will take the time to look at some of these they are an excellent resource to help you in your research.


Until next time


Keep Sleuthing, Hunting and Stomping through your family history.

Family Recipe on Throwback Thursday

Throw Back Thursday Recipe of My Grandmothers

Guess I have been feeling a little nostalgic this week and was looking at some of my Grandmothers old recipes. My Grandmothers were good cooks and we always loved what they had for use to eat. My Grandma Snodgrass lived with us and she taught me how to make fudge, divinity, noodles and so many other things. Grandma Jester could make a hamburger special and so good. I loved her hamburgers, fried chicken and just about anything she cooked but her baking goodies were the best. I loved her Watergate Cake, her Banana Cake and all the breads and cookies she made. I thought today on Throw Back Thursday to share one of Grandma Jesters Recipes with you. Sure does bring back memories.

 

This Recipe is in Grandma's handwriting which makes it special to me. This Cake was so moist and flavorful and I loved it. When she died she had one in the freezer for a friend who loved this cake. What a treat.

 

This is a picture of my Grandma Gusta F Bilyeu Jester.

Hope you will try Grandma's Recipe. It was fun thinking about her and all her goodies she made us.

Throwback Thursday Repost of Cemetery Sleuthing

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Cemetary Sleuthing

One of the best things to do when looking for ancestors is to do what our family does and go cemetery sleuthing. What is cemetery sleuthing you ask? It is going to a cemetery your ancestors are suppose to be buried at and start walking, looking at the headstones, and noting all the names of people buried near your ancestors. If the cemetery is small then you can make note of all the headstones and take pictures of them also, so that you can make sure you don't miss any related families.
This is a lesson I learned the hard way. When I first started doing genealogy we would go to the cemetery and look for that ancestor that we knew was there. We never looked at the other headstones just for the one we were after, we went through the cemetery with blinders on bent on finding that ancestor. We would get home and I would do more research and then find out that other related families were there in that cemetery also, so back to my to do list on places to go. Luckily two of the cemeteries I did this at were with in 100 miles of my home so I could go back to them easily, so off we went again. This time I noted all the names and low and behold most of the people were related in one way or the other in these cemeteries. Look at all I could of gotten done on that first visit if I had done some sleuthing the first time around. Lesson learned, never go through a cemetery with blinders on but instead with your Sherlock Holmes hat and magnifying glass ready to sleuth out all the clues and ancestors you can.

A good place to start to find a cemetery if you aren't sure where it is located is at the websites
findagrave.com and billiongraves.com
These  places are great for finding cemeteries and for getting pictures of headstones that are too far away for you to travel to and get yourself.
Check out these sites!