Lynda Taylor
P. O. Box 133
Salado, TX 76571
Hobbies and Interests:
Genealogy,
Genealogy,
Genealogy--
In That Order!!!
Last update: 10 May 2008
Welcome to my home page. This is a work in progress and ever changing, so visit often--at least once a month. I have been interested in Genealogy for over 30 years--let's face it, it is my only hobby. And now with the wonders of the computer and the internet--I am totally obsessed.
This page consists of links to my personal Family Trees and to pages of others who are researching the same surnames I am working on, although not necessarily the same families. Also there are links to specific states as well as general genealogy topics. So be sure to scroll all the way down or you might miss something of interest to you. I will be adding additional links as I go along.
The first link I am listing is not a genealogical link--well, maybe it is, sort of. It is the link to my son's home page. After all, Jerry is the one who encouraged me to construct my home page in the first place. Also, it is his
lineage I have been searching all these years. Jerry has a website which
discusses his hobbies including ham radio, woodworking, photography, backpacking
and model railroads. Jerry lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife Farah, click here to visit
Jerry's Home Page
Ok, here are a few of the names I am researching. The names appearing in bold type have links below, either to my family pages or to the pages of others researching that particular surname. As time goes on I will add more to the "My Family Trees" list.
Allen, Anding (all), Andrew(s), Arnold, Berry, Black, Blackburn, Blalock, Cantrell (all), Capps, Clemens, Cobb, Colville (all), Copeland, Dabbs, Daniel, Daugherty, Dickerson, Evans, French, Garner, Gilmore, Harrison, Hurd, Jef(f)coat (all), Keene, Lee,
Loftin, McAdams (all), Mills, Nance, Osborne, Page, Phillips, Price, Pruit(t) (all spellings), Sample, Shanks, Shoemaker, Stutts (all), Taylor, Watkins, Woolley, Wray, Wylie
MY FAMILY TREES
William Blackburn Descendants
Colville Family
Descendants of Samuel Evans
Garner Family
Thomas Prewitt Descendants
SURNAME SPECIFIC LINKS:
ANDING:
ANDING FAMILY OF
ORANGEBURGH, SOUTH CAROLINA If you are researching the Anding surname, this is a must. (Link no longer works--does anyone know if the page has been deleted or just moved?)
Anding Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
BERRY:
Berry Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
BLACKBURN:
The Official Blackburn Genealogy Home Page
Although I don't think this is my Blackburn line, it might be yours. This concerns the descendants of John Blackburn, Sr. (b. c1675, Ireland) who
md. 1st Mary Courtney (bc1680, Ireland); md. 2nd Rachel Morton (b. 1694, Ireland). Lots of names.
Descendants of Capt. Robert Sears This site has descendants of Thomas Franklin Blackburn as well as Margaret Blackburn, both children of Zachariah Blackburn & Mary Bracken.
Sam Blackburn's Ancestors Among other things, you'll find a definition of 'Ancestor' that is so true.
User DBlackburn on web.infoave.net Don Blackburn's home page. Descendants of William Blackburn (b. 1764 VA; d. aft 1850, NC & Sarah ??? (b. 1765) [Click on "select"; click on "Family"]
Ancestors of Virginia Lisa Wells Shows her connection to the Blackburn surname.
Grandma's Front
Porch Blackburn Family from VA>KY>IN; Benjamin Blackburn & Sarah Kennedy.
Blackburn Family Obituaries Message Index Read & post obits concerning the Blackburn surname.
Blackburn Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
Blackburn Family Queries Message Index Message board
CANTRELL:
fgsndex.htm at www.geocities.com Sharon Herrington's web site. This site connects to my Cantrell line as well as my Evans line. Lots of lines from Anderson Co., TX.
John Cantrell Ancestor of the McMinn Co., TN
Cantrells.
Cantrell Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
COBB:
Grandma's Front
Porch Cobb Family from SC>KY>MO>TX; Samuel Cobb
COLVILLE:
Clan Colville Society Homepage Tartans, History & Information on joining the Society.
Colville Family Genealogy Forum Read & post messages concerning the surname Colville.
Willow Family Archives Includes genealogies, family stories, etc. Surnames included are Colville, Lusk, Vance, Blackburn & many more.
COPELAND:
COPELAND Bible Records Message Index Post Bible records here.
COPELAND Biographies Message Index Post bios here.
COPELAND Deeds Message Index Post deed records here.
Copeland Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
COPELAND Obituaries Message Index Post obits here.
COPELAND Pensions Message Index Post pension records here.
Copeland Queries Message Index Post messages here.
Copeland Wills Message Index Post wills here.
DABBS:
Dabbs Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
DANIEL:
Payne
Daniel Website
DAUGHERTY:
Daugherty Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
EVANS:
Don Overton's Family Tree Connects to John Henry Evans & Nancy Caroline Cantrell.
fgsndex.htm at www.geocities.com Sharon Herrington's web site. This site connects to my Evans line as well as to my Cantrell line. Lots of lines from Anderson Co., TX.
The Lassiter Willmon Home Page Another page that connects to John Henry Evans & Nancy Caroline Cantrell.
Evans Ancestors This page contains collected records from members of the
Evans-l@rootsweb mailing list.
Evans Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
Evans Obituaries Message Index Post obits here (not queries).
Evans Queries Message Index GenConnects message board for queries.
FRENCH:
French Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
FRENCH GENEALOGY PROJECT-WORLD WIDE
Project of the French-L email group. The plan is to put into print, and online, all research that has been done on this family. Also links to those researching the French surname.
GARNER:
Garner Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
J. H. Garner Genealogy Database has Garner & Keene information.
HURD:
Hurd Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
JEFFCOAT:
Jeffcoat Traces descendants of Allison
Jeffcoat, b. 1840, GA or SC.
Jeffcoat Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
KEENE:
Keene Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
LOFTIN:
Loftin Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
McADAMS:
McAdams Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
McAdams Historical Society History
of the McAdam-McAdams Family back to its origin in Ayrshire and
Galloway Scotland
OSBORNE:
Vernell Vantreese Home Page She is also researching the LEWIS surname among others.
PRICE:
Wayne Stafford Home Page
Besides his family, this page has links to several ANDERSON CO., TX cemeteries. These are rural cemeteries, so no telling what lost links you might find here. Some of the surnames of interest to me at these Cemetery links are PRICE and
COSTLOW.
Price Queries Message Index Message board
Price Bible Records Message Index Post bible records here.
Price Biographies Message Index Post bios here.
Price Deeds Message Index Post deed records here.
Price Obituaries Message Index Post obits here.
Price Pensions Message Index Post pension records here.
Price Wills Message Index
Post Will records here.
PRUIT/PREWITT, etc
Pruitt Queries Message Index Read & post queries concerning the Pruitt (various spellings) surname.
Ruby's Genealogy This page might be of help to those of you who are researching the PREWITT/PRUITT line (various spellings).
www.nanniesattic.com Elisha Pruitt and Elizabeth Allen Descendants.
LMyra's Page Great page which includes her
Pruitts.
Mike Pruitt Home Page Shows his connection to Thomas Prewitt.
Doug Curtis Home Page Shows his connection to Thomas Prewitt.
Julie Pruett's Page Shows her Pruetts from VA>SC>TN>MO
Most Wanted Pruitt page This page links to a "Most Wanted" Pruitt page where you can read posts or submit your own queries.
Pruitt Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
Prewitt/Prueitt/Pruitt
Descendants of James Edison Prueitt
Pruitt/Prewitt Links Links to others searching Pruitt/Prewitt
webGED: Prewett Genealogy Thomas Prewett's home page
Richard Ames Descends from Joseph Prewitt, b. 1835, KY & Julia Clement
Carol Middleton's Prewitt line 1 Shows descent from Thomas.
SAMPLE:
Samples Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
SHANKS:
Shanks Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
SHOEMAKER:
Shoemaker Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
STUTTS:
Stutts Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
WOOLLEY:
Woolley Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
WYLIE:
Wylie Family Genealogy Forum Message board.
More Wylie
information
Here are a few of my favorite places:
ALABAMA:
Henry County, AL
AlabamaSites Links to Alabama Websites.
Barbour Co., AL -
Links to Barbour County, Alabama
Coosa County Alabama Cemeteries for genealogy... Four cemeteries are listed here: Ebenezer, Higgins, Old Mt. Moriah and Providence Missionary Baptist.
FLORIDA:
Gadsden Co. Fl Query Forum Message Index Message board
GEORGIA:
GAGENWEB This will connect you to the Georgia section of the US
GenWeb.
Chattahoochee County
Georgia Genealogy
Muscogee County, GA
Putnam County Georgia Part of the US
GenWeb.
Putnam Co. Ga Query Forum Message Index Post queries here.
Twiggs County
WASHINGTONCOUNTY
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ILLINOIS LINKS:
The Illinois State Archives Links to statewide marriage index 1763-190, Civil War Vets, etc.
NORTH CAROLINA LINKS:
bute Bute Co., NC page.
EARLY NC - TN - SC- RECORDS - MILITARY-
MARRI... Links to 300 million plus records. States covered NC, SC, VA, TN, KY.
Franklin Co., NC Homepage Homepage for Franklin Co., NC.
NCGenWeb Genealogy A great jumping off place for NC research--part of
GenWeb.
Rutherford County, NC Cemeteries This site has more than just Rutherford Co. The counties included are: Buncombe, Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, Henderson, Lincoln, McDowell, Polk and Rutherford Co., NC; also, Cherokee, Spartanburg and York Co., SC. W. D. (Bill) Floyd has done a great service to all of us. He is to be commended for sharing.
Warren County GenWeb Homepage for Warren Co., NC
TENNESSEE LINKS:
Cannon County Tennessee Genealogy Project
Surname registry, message board, links, etc.
Cannon Co. Homepage ( Jess Lewis) Great for Cannon Co. research.
DeKalb County, Tennessee, Genealogy Bible pages, Civil War, etc.
My DeKalb County, Tennessee Ancestors Ann Brown's page with some cemetery listings, links, etc.
Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 Covers nearly 98,000 deaths & has a link to order a copy of the death certificate.
Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary ... Ever wonder what happened to that person who just seemed to drop off the face of the earth? Time period covered--1831 to 1850.
Knox County, TNGENWEB
Warren Co., TN (TNGenWeb)
TEXAS LINKS:
Anderson County TX This is the link to Anderson Co., TX where a lot of my families settled when they came to Texas. My families that settled here are: CANTRELL; CAPPS; EVANS; PRICE;
PRUIT; WATKINS and WYLIE.
Anderson
Co, TX Archives
Among
other links on this page are marriages, births and divorces in Anderson, Co.
Anderson
County Texas RECORDS
A
wonderful page with lots of records and links to family web pages connected to
Anderson Co.
Obituaries of
Some Anderson Co. Residents Covers years from 1860-2000
County Line Cemetery Anderson Co. has birth/death as well as known parents & spouse.
fgsndex.htm at www.geocities.com Sharon Herrington's web page including surnames of Cantrell and Evans as well as lots of other Anderson Co. surnames.
Henderson
County Historical Commission
Henderson County
Historical Commission webpage
Henderson County Texas Here you will find links to cemeteries, marriages, 1850 census, surnames & queries. My families that settled in Henderson Co. were:
ANDING; COBB; DICKERSON and PHILLIPS.
Historic
Texas Cemeteries - Links by County
Lamar County, Texas Cemetery Database: Search... Great resource for those who may have family in Lamar Co.
Limestone County, Texas Here you will find queries and links to various cemeteries. (I had a problem connecting to the cemetery, but you can try for yourself.) The names I am researching in Limestone Co. are:
LOFTIN; STUTTS; TAYLOR and WRAY.
Navarro County, Texas Here you will find links to Census, Biographies, Obits and Queries. The names I am researching in Navarro Co. are: ARNOLD; BERRY; FRENCH; and GARNER.
Dawson
Stories Index
Walker County, Texas Here you will find links to queries and surnames. The names I am researching in Walker Co. are: STUTTS and MCADAMS.
Confederate Pension Records This will get you to Texas State Library's Pension Application page. If you have an ancestor or the widow of an ancestor you think may have filed for a Texas Confederate Pension, you can check it out here. There is a link from this site to a site that allows you to order a copy of the application. There is a lot of good info in these applications.
Lone Star Junction: A Texas and Texas History... For those interested in Texas and its history. If you have a line you think was in Texas during the days of the Republic--you just might find the proof.
Texas - American Local History Network Great Texas site
Texas Genealogy Register Share information about specific families that lived in early Texas.
txsurnames Find others who are researching the names you are.
The New Handbook of Texas Online -- Search If you are interested in a small community, town, creek, river, battle and/or many personal histories of persons who lived and contributed to the history of Texas, you should check this site out. If you have Texas roots, you never know, your ancestor or his community may have been documented in these volumes.
VIRGINIA LINKS:
VA Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widow... the name says it all. Similar to the Texas site above, only for Virginia.
GENERAL GENEALOGY LINKS:
13
Originals
Early
Colonial research source.
America's First Familes, 1600s Colonial
Ances... If you've made it back to Colonial days, check this out--states covered--CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, VA, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, SC. Also check out fraudulent genealogies.
Ancestors' Attic Genealogy Links to Tips, Too... Helpful tools, tips, forms.
Ancestry.com The most popular
genealogy and family history site
This is a commercial site, but there are some good free things here--like the Social Security Death Index and lots of files to download from the Ancestry World Tree.
Cemeteries, Graveyards, Burying Grounds Links to resources on cemetery history & preservation.
Cemetery Junction: United States Directory Cemeteries listed alphabetically by state and can be searched by name.
Cemetery
Records Online--Cemeteries & Genealogy Records from over 2000
cemeteries
Census Chart for
Birth Year Calculate the year of birth from the census
Chart to
Understanding Cousin Relationships Help sort your relatives out...first
cousin once removed, etc.
Colonial Occupations
Find the meaning of some of the old occupations.
Common Threads Searchable surname database.
Connect with Surnames surname registry--people & websites and the surnames they connect to.
Family Chronicle - Surname Origin List Over 2000 names.
Family Home Pages Genealogy bulletin board, find/add a link to a web page.
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
LDS site, search the Ancestral File, IGI, etc.
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Home Page
GenConnect - Visitors Center - Hints and Tips Surname Boards.
Find-A-Grave by Cemetery: Ashes spread in the...
Interesting site with listings of grave sites of the famous and infamous.
Genealogy and Family Member ... Send a friend or loved one an "old-fashioned" postcard.
GENEALOGY & HISTORY Lotsa links in alphabetical order.
Genealogy and Roots ... The Genealogy Beat Search Engine for genealogy-only sites. Lot of links.
Genealogy Gateway To The Web by Steve Lacy Surname searches, homepages, etc.
Genealogy Internet Site Indices, I Found It, ... Search engine for genealogy sites.
Genealogy
Links
Lots
of links on this page that should be of help to anyone.
GenForum Read & post messages on many many surnames.
Learn what day you were born on or that of your ancestor
Making of America You can
browse the collection of Cornell University which includes "Official
Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion" as
well as "The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of
the Union and Confederate Armies", among others.
Occupations Find
the meaning of some of the old occupations
On Line Census Data The Census on line & other databases. Go to the bottom of the page--click on the state.
RECORDS FOR GENEALOGY 300 million records to search, dealing with AL, AR, DC, FL, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
Searchable Surnames
List List of links to genealogy sites
Source List for Genealogy Research Lots of links.
Surname Helper Search for a Surname Part of
Rootsweb--especially great for those uncommon surnames.
SURNAMES Forum Search on Genealogy World search surnames or add a surname to the database.
The Political Graveyard The website
that tells where the dead politicians are buried.
The Surname Springboard Main Page Home page links.
The SurnameWeb This is basically what it says--it will link you to web pages of researchers who are working on selected surnames--you might just find something wonderful here.
Truly Searchable Genealogy Sites Lots of helpful links.
USGenWeb Project - Home Page Connect to the state & then to the counties of interest to you.
Vital Records Information for
United States (birth, death or marriage certificate This page contains
information about where to obtain vital records such as birth, death, marriage,
divorce, etc.
WAR OF THE REBELLION Journal Contents (1880-1901) Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
WPA Life Histories--Home Page Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940
Worldwide Directory of Cities and Towns
This is a directory of 2,880,532 of the world's
cities and
towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town.
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