
Wandering Through Our Family's History
Our family has been here in the U. S. since the beginning. This is our story.
Wandering Through Our Family's History
Our family has been here in the U. S. since the beginning. This is our story.
January 31, 2024
In the Calendar today, I added the birth and death dates for James Edward "Bud" Wilson and Bessie Emily Jackson (and their children except for Mattie Lou Wilson). I added the birth and death dates for James Houston Lewis and Mary Rebecca Brown.
Ok, lots of work over the last two months for not very much gain. I have been continuing to work up the family tree from Keziah Gurley who married Henry "Judge" Sharp. Keziah's parents were Edwards Gurley and Mary Davis. I hit the wall on Edwards Gurley's line with John Gurley as his father, but I cannot identify John's father. So I headed up Mary Davis' line. Her parents were James Davis and Aley Handley. BUT I can't get past them. There are just two many Davises in North Carolina at this time (mid 1700s) and it seems every other one was named James.
I have documented what I know in FT-070-01, which is the Family Tree document for James Davis and Aley Handley.
Also, I had to add a new "Change Log Page" to the website. I guess I can only have so many "sections" on a webpage, and the previous Change Log had reached the limit of sections. So I made the original Change Log page #1 and added a page #2 for logging newer changes to the website.
Updated documentation on the website include:
This is a new section I am adding to identify mistakes that others have found in my work.
January 31, 2024 - I have uploaded a new FT-004 which gives Aunt Mary's correct death year of 2023.
I (John Sharp) am trying to provide a 1-stop place where family members can access all of the information that I have collected about our ancestors. I have tried sending the information on USB storage devices and a Facebook page, but maybe this will be easier for everyone.
This site has a lot of information on it! There are:
If you go up to the top of this webpage, you can see the 3 little bars on the top left. If you click on these 3 bars, you will see every page that is on the website. There are pages for Stories, for Family Tree Documents, for Research Documents, and Sources (many pages of Sources!). So you can go to whatever page you want from there. The Stories Pages might be a good place to start, then if you want to dive in deeper on a family or person, you can go to the Family Tree document or others. Just keep digging down!