Category: Genealogy
Roscoe Burns Store Ledger
Roscoe Burns (23 November 1893 – 6 October 1965). Born: Clay County, Kentucky Died: Clay County, Kentucky Buried: Maxaline Baker Cemetery, Oneida, Kentucky Married (1st) Sarah Hensley (12 February 1898 – 13 July 1954) Married (2nd) Sallie Barger Children: Ambrose Continue Reading
The Secret in the Family Bible
By Diane Burns Brads A few years ago my paternal aunt gave me the Family Bible that had been owned by John Edward Roberts and his wife, America Burns Roberts, my great-grandparents. John and America were married on January 12, Continue Reading
Genealogical Identity Theft
The internet has made available massive gluts of genealogical and historical information to the ordinary would-be family roots investigator. The catch-22 of this mountain of cyber knowledge is that much of it cannot be verified or legitimized. The average amateur Continue Reading
Pioneer Families: Clay County, Kentucky 1769-1969
Throughout my time as a genealogical researcher and specifically Kentucky history and families, I have discovered no other book which draws as many inquires as Kelly Morgan’s Pioneer Families: Clay County Kentucky 1769-1969. His first edition was published in 1970 Continue Reading