Friday, October 27, 2017
Triangulation Tool for FTDNA
I've always uploaded my FTDNA data to GEDMATCH and used the Tier One tools for triangulation. There's now a third party add on for FTDNA that will do triangulation of your FTDNA data while you're still on the FTDNA site. Here's the info:
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
New Album by the Wailin' Jennys
Click the link to play the music to their new album. It's the whole album, so don't think you're finished after the first song:
https://www.prairiehome.org/story/2017/10/12/fifteen-wailin-jennys
https://www.prairiehome.org/story/2017/10/12/fifteen-wailin-jennys
Saturday, October 21, 2017
The History of Lyon County Kentucky Lyon County Kentucky INDEX
The History of Lyon County Kentucky Lyon County Kentucky
With permission of the Herald Ledger Newspaper, these posts, in my blog
are a transcription of a special publication of the Lyon County Historical
Society and the Herald ledger Newspaper from July 3, 1996. I didn't
scan the pictures from the articles at the time I entered these (2008), so
I'd be glad to do that upon request. Send email to debatchley@gmail.com.
Here's the link in my blog. You might want to scan down and read the
first one first, and then scroll up to Part 19, or do a search of a specific article. Various Kentucky
residents wrote the articles. It's a great look at our history:
http://debs-midlife.blogspot.com/search/label/Lyon%20County%20Kentucky
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 19 (FINAL) 5/10/08 The Smith House by Bill Young
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 18 5/9/08 The Parkersville Lodge by Dale Hayhugh
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 17 5/8/08 The O'Daniel House by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 16 5/7/08 Cobb's Battery by Glenn Martin & Dewey One Room School by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 15 5/6/08 the Kelly Kettle by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 14 5/5/08 The Hawley House by Odell Walker & The Skinner House by Cindy Simpson
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 13 5/4/08 The Battle of Saratoga by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 12 5/3/08 Governor Charles Anderson by Odell
Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 11 5/2/08 The Woodruff House by Margaret Wilford
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 10 5/2/08 New Bethel Baptist Church by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 9 4/30/08 Rose Hill - The Cobb House by Odell
Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 8 4/29/08 The Kentucky State Penitentiary (continued
2) by Bill Cunningham
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 7 4/28/08 The Kentucky State Penitentiary
(continued 1) by Bill Cunningham
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 6 4/27/08 The Kentucky State Penitentiary by Bill
Cunningham
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 5 4/26/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker (continued 4)
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 4 4/25/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker (continued 3)
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 3 4/24/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker (continued 2)
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 2 4/23/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker (continued 1)
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 1 4/22/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker
With permission of the Herald Ledger Newspaper, these posts, in my blog
are a transcription of a special publication of the Lyon County Historical
Society and the Herald ledger Newspaper from July 3, 1996. I didn't
scan the pictures from the articles at the time I entered these (2008), so
I'd be glad to do that upon request. Send email to debatchley@gmail.com.
Here's the link in my blog. You might want to scan down and read the
first one first, and then scroll up to Part 19, or do a search of a specific article. Various Kentucky
residents wrote the articles. It's a great look at our history:
http://debs-midlife.blogspot.com/search/label/Lyon%20County%20Kentucky
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 19 (FINAL) 5/10/08 The Smith House by Bill Young
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 18 5/9/08 The Parkersville Lodge by Dale Hayhugh
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 17 5/8/08 The O'Daniel House by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 16 5/7/08 Cobb's Battery by Glenn Martin & Dewey One Room School by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 15 5/6/08 the Kelly Kettle by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 14 5/5/08 The Hawley House by Odell Walker & The Skinner House by Cindy Simpson
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 13 5/4/08 The Battle of Saratoga by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 12 5/3/08 Governor Charles Anderson by Odell
Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 11 5/2/08 The Woodruff House by Margaret Wilford
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 10 5/2/08 New Bethel Baptist Church by Odell Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 9 4/30/08 Rose Hill - The Cobb House by Odell
Walker
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 8 4/29/08 The Kentucky State Penitentiary (continued
2) by Bill Cunningham
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 7 4/28/08 The Kentucky State Penitentiary
(continued 1) by Bill Cunningham
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 6 4/27/08 The Kentucky State Penitentiary by Bill
Cunningham
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 5 4/26/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker (continued 4)
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 4 4/25/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker (continued 3)
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 3 4/24/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker (continued 2)
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 2 4/23/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker (continued 1)
The History of Lyon County Kentucky - Part 1 4/22/08 The History of Lyon County by Odell
Walker
Revolutionary War Pension Records of Caldwell County Kentucky INDEX
The following is a transcription of Revolutionary War Pension Records of Caldwell County Kentucky men. As Lyon County was part of Caldwell until 1854, I thought the information would be of interest to our Lyon County cousins. There is also a link, in the blog article, that gives you the location of other Caldwell pension records transcribed by others. Scroll through the collection of articles to find the one of your interest or do a search in the blog.
http://debs-midlife.blogspot.com/search/label/Revolutionary%20War%20Pension%20Record
Revolutionary War Pension Records
Elijah Veach of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/19/08
Henry Thomas of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/18/08
Thomas Williams of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/17/08
James Scott of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/16/08
William Porter of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/15/08
Benjamin Ogden of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/14/08
John McNabb of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/13/08
Matthew Lyon of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/12/08
James Jennings of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/11/08
John Huey of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/10/08
John Hamilton of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/8/08
William Farmer of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/7/08
Joseph Guess of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/5/08
Joseph Dunn of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/4/08
Nathaniel Davis of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/3/08
Major Groom of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/2/08
William Armstrong of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/1/08
Tacey Cooper of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/31/08
John Blick of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/30/08
William Blackburn of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/29/08
William Gholson of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/28/08
William Ford of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/27/08
Solomon Freer of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/26/08
John Hart of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/25/08
Thomas Beck of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/24/08
Michael Freeman of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/22/08
http://debs-midlife.blogspot.com/search/label/Revolutionary%20War%20Pension%20Record
Revolutionary War Pension Records
Elijah Veach of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/19/08
Henry Thomas of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/18/08
Thomas Williams of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/17/08
James Scott of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/16/08
William Porter of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/15/08
Benjamin Ogden of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/14/08
John McNabb of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/13/08
Matthew Lyon of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/12/08
James Jennings of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/11/08
John Huey of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/10/08
John Hamilton of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/8/08
William Farmer of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/7/08
Joseph Guess of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/5/08
Joseph Dunn of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/4/08
Nathaniel Davis of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/3/08
Major Groom of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/2/08
William Armstrong of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 4/1/08
Tacey Cooper of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/31/08
John Blick of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/30/08
William Blackburn of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/29/08
William Gholson of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/28/08
William Ford of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/27/08
Solomon Freer of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/26/08
John Hart of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/25/08
Thomas Beck of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/24/08
Michael Freeman of Caldwell County Kentucky Revolutionary War Pension Record 3/22/08
Lyon County Kentucky Lunatic Inquest Book 1887 - 1910 INDEX
The following is and index to the transcriptions of the Lyon County Lunatic Inquest Book (with the date of publication in this blog). I began the search for information about my great grandfather after receiving his death certificate that showed he'd died in Hopkinsville at the Western State Hospital. I corresponded with the hospital, then found the microfilm at the Kentucky State Archives which contained records detailing the process of his commitment(s) ,at least three times, and the sad, interesting details. The information gave the names of those on his "jury" and the symptoms he was exhibiting. As I read through ALL the documents, so many names familiar to me from my Lyon County research appeared that I thought others would surely be interested in these documents. The following link is to the collection of records. You can scroll down through the collection to find the article/page of interest or do a search. I have scans of the original pages. I used to have those available online, but it seems I've somehow removed that site, so if there's an interest in a particular record, you can email me at debatchley@gmal.com for a copy of the original two page document.
http://debs-midlife.blogspot.com/search/label/Lyon%20County%20Lunatic%20Book
AND FINALLY WE REACH THE END....Lyon County Lunatic Book 10/17/09
ORTHUR HILL - TB Pages 94-95 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/17/09
NANNIE JOHNSON - TB Pages 92-93 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/17/09
FRANK SIMS [SANDS] - TB Pages 90-91 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/17/09
CHESTER FINTRISS - TB Pages 88-89 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/17/09
JOE HUTCHCRAFT - TB Pages 86-87 Lyon County KY Lunatiac Inquest Book 10/17/09
MARY ETTA YATES - TB Pages 84-85 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/10/09
EMMA DUNCAN - Pages TB 82-83 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 9/13/09
MORRIS BANKS - Pages TB 80-81 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 9/13/09
ADA HENDERSON - Pages TB 78-79 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 8/19/09
Louis Lus??[unreadable] - Pages TB 76-77 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 8/18/09
JAMES D HILL - Pages TB 74-75 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 8/17/09
JESSE JONES - Pages TB 72-73 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 8/16/09
CHARLEY BROOKS - Pages TB 70-71 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 8/16/09
TOM CAMPBELL - Pages TB 68-69 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 8/4/09
CAL STEVENS - Pages TB 66-67 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 8/3/09
J D HILL - Pages TB 64-65 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 8/2/09
FINE GRAY - Pages TB 62-63 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/30/09
JOHN BROWN - Pages TB 60-61 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/28/09
MARIAH COVINGTON - Pages TB 58-59 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/27/09
JOHN WILLIAMS - Pages TB 56-57 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/26/09
GABE JONES - Pages TB 54-55 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/23/09
WILL PERRIAN - TB Pages 52-53 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/18/09
JIM GARDNER - Pages TP 50-51 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/18/09
WILL KNIGHT - Pages TB 48-49 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/17/09
ED TAYLOR - Pages TB 46-47 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/9/09
WILL KNIGHT - Pages TB 44-45 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/6/09
MARY DUNCAN - Pages TB 42-43 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 7/5/09
LOUIS NUNN - Pages TB 40-41 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/28/09
GEORGE DOWN - Pages TB 38-39 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/27/09
YOUNG DUNCAN - Pages TB 36-37 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/25/09
JIM HAWKINS - Pages TB 34-35 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/20/09
GRANT MORGAN - Pages TB 32-33 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/14/09
ISIAH MILES - Pages TB 30-31 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/10/09
OSCAR ALEXANDER - Pages TB 28-29 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/8/09
WEST STEEL - Pages TB 26-27 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/7/09
BOB HELTON - Pages TB 24-25 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/6/09
MRS TENNIE POWERS - Pages TB 22-23 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 6/1/09
JESSE JONES - Pages TB 20-21 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 5/31/09
EDWARD SUMMERS - Pages TB 18-19 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/27/09
JOHN KENADY - Pages TB 16-17 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/21/09
ALEX MARTIN - Pages TB 14-15 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/19/09
WASH NEWMAN - Pages TB 12-13 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/15/09
DOCK MASSEY - Pages TB 10-11 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/12/09
ROBERT GREY - Pages TB 8-9 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/7/09
JAMES HOWERTON - Pages TB 6-7 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/6/09
WILLIAM PERRIN - Pages TB 4-5 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/5/09
ELIZA A CLEMENCE - Pages TB1-3 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 4/2/09
SB Pages 10-11 and start of BOOK THREE Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/29/09
JOHN L BROWNING - Second Book Pages 8-9 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/26/09
JIM HALL - Second Book Pages 6-7 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/24/09
ARTHUR MILES - Second Book Pages 3-5 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/22/09
FAY HENRY CRUMP - Second Book Pages 1-2 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/18/09
JAMES W. TOWNS- June 4, 1901 Court RecordLyon County Lunatic Book 3/15/09
End of the book? NOT.....Lyon County Lunatic Book 3/15/09
BEN ROSSEN - Pages 222-224 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/15/09
NO NAME - Page 221 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/15/09
FRANK DAVIS - Pages 219-220 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/12/09
WILLIAM CALVIN DEAN - Pages 217-218 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/9/09
WILLIAM CALVIN DEAN - Pages 215-216 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/5/09
JIM WAGONER - Page 214 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 3/1/09
JESS DURHAM - Pages 212-213 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/25/09
B W SMITH - Pages 210-211 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/23/09
JOHN ISABELL - Pages 208-209 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/19/09
DAN WEBB - Pages 206-207 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/17/09
ORPHA McCOY - Pages 204-205 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/15/09
CHARLIE HARRIS - Pages 202-203 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/13/09
MACH BEVERLY - Pages 200-201 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/11/09
GEORGIA ANN BARNETT - Pages 198-199 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/10/09
BOB CRUMP - Pages 196-197 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/8/09
BOB CRUMP - Pages 194-195 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/6/09
TENNIE POWERS - Pages 192-193 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/4/09
ELLEN COBB - Pages 190-191 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/3/09
A F CHAMPION - Pages 188-189 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/2/09
JEFF EISON - Pages 186-187 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 2/1/09
MRS STELLA PERRYMAN - Pages 184-185 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/28/09
CHARLOTTE RICE - Pages 182-183 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/26/09
ROY DANIELS - Pages 180-181 Lyon County KY Lunatiac Inquest Book 1/24/09
HIRAM C POWERS - Pages 178-179 Lyon Count KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/22/09
M F DUNN - Pages 176-177 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/20/09
A F CHAMPION - Pages 174-175 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/19/09
FLORENCE CALHOUN - Pages 172-173 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/18/09
ELIJAH OSBORN - Pages 170-171Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/16/09
LUCY ELMORE - Pages 168-169 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/16/09
FOUNT TANKERSLY, AMOS BROOKS, EUPHRATUS HOLLAND - Pages 166-167 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest BookLyon County Lunatic Book 1/14/09
GEO. W. HOLLOWAY - Pages 164-165 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/13/09
GEO. W. HOLLOWAY - Pages 162-163 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/12/09
ELIJAH OSBORN - Pages 160-161 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/11/09
FLORENCE CALHOUN - Pages 158-159 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/9/09
ALICE BROWNING - Pages 156-157 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/8/09
SARDIS HART - Pages 154-155 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/7/09
MARK WADLINGTON - Pages 152-153 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/6/09
W H SEXTON - Pages 150-151 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/5/09
MARK WADLINGTON - Pages 148-149 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/4/09
JOHN L BROWNING - Pages 146-147 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/3/09
ROSA BYFORD - Pages 144-145 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 1/2/09
ALBERT REDD - Pages 142-143 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/31/08
SARAH K. WALKER - Pages 140-141 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/30/08
WM BOWERS - Pages 136-139 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/29/08
JOHN M GRAY - Pages 134-135 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/27/08
M F DUNN - Pages 132-133 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/22/08
CHERRY F. DUNN - Pages 130-131 Lyon County KY Lunatice Inquest Book 12/20/08
JAS. W. TOWNS - Pages 128-129 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/19/08
THOS PEEK - Pages 126-127 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/18/08
DAVID HAMMOND - Pages 124-125 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/17/08
GEORGIA ANN BARNETT - Pages 122-123 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/16/08
B F WIGGINTON - Pages 120-121 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/15/08
JAMES P JONES - Pages 118-119 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/14/08
COLUMBUS JOLLY - Pages 116-117 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/12/08
BENJ. F. TIMMONS - Pages 114-115 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/11/08
EDWARD THOMSON - Pages 112-113 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/10/08
JEFF GRAY - Pages 110-111 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/9/08
JEFF GRAY - Pages 108-109 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/8/08
MRS. FLORENCE CALHOUN - Pages 106-107 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/7/08
OSCAR STALEY - Pages 104-105 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/6/08
ANNA ATKINSON - Pages 102-103 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/3/08
J C WOODS - Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 12/1/08
JAMES K. WALKER - Pages 98-99 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/30/08
FRANK TANKERSLY - Pages 96-97 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/28/08
AMOS BROOKS - Pages 94-95 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/27/08
THOS. PECK - Pages 92-93 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/26/08
FRANCIS MILLIGAN - Pages 90-91 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/25/08
L P DEATLEY - Pages 88-89 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/24/08
WILLIAM ROE - Pages 86-87 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/22/08
L P DEATLEY - Pages 84-85 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/21/08
WILLIAM ROE - Pages 82-83 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/20/08
EDWARD E THOMPSON - Pages 80-81 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/19/08
W B MILNE - Pages 78-79 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/18/08
B F TIMMONS - Pages 76-77 Lyon County KY LunaticBook 11/17/08
THOMAS J PEEK - Pages 74-75 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/15/08
EDGAR W ROGERS - Pages 70-73 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/14/08
JOHN HAWKINS - Pages 68-69 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/13/08
MRS. V T MACHEN - Pages 66-67 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/12/08
JOHN L BROWNING - Pages 64-65 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/12/08
ALICE BROWNING - Pages 62-63 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/10/08
WILLIAM SCOTT - Pages 60-61 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/10/08
ELIZABETH T. PARRENT - Pages 58-59 Lyon County Lunatic Inquest Book 11/8/08
CHARLES BROWNING - Pages 56-57 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/6/08
BENJAMIN F. TIMMONS - Pages 54-55 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/5/08
A CALLAWAY - Pages 52-53 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/4/08
EDGAR W RODGERS - Pages 50-51 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/3/08
W B MACHEN - Pages 48-49 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/2/08
NANCY SMITH - Pages 46-47 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 11/1/08
MARIA RICE - Pages 44-45 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/30/08
BILLY MANNAN - Pages 42-43 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/29/08
JOSEFU SCHACHEMERMIER - Pages 40-41 Lyon County Ky Lunatic Inquest Book 10/28/08
JAMES W TOWNS - Pages 38-39 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/25/08
NANNIE JOHNSON - Pages 36-37 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/24/08
JAS. R. STIFFEY - Pages 34-35 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/23/08
TANDY BRANHAM - Pages 32-33 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/22/08
FRED WILSON - Pages 30-31 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/21/08
WILLIAM LAWRENCE - Pages 28-29 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/20/08
JOHN SHAFER - Pages 26-27 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/19/08
PHELIX CURRY - Pages 24-25 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/18/08
VIRGINIA E SMITH - Pages 22-23 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/17/08
DRUCILLA JONES - Pages 20-21 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/16/08
JAMES W TOWNS - Pages 18-19 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/15/08
DRUCILLA JONES - Pages 16-17 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/14/08
CURTIS MITCHELL - Pages 14-15 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/13/08
MARY BUTNER - Pages 12-13 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/12/08
CHARLES D. PRINCE - Pages 10-11 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/9/08
DRUCILLA JONES - Pages 8-9 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/8/08
L J ALLEN - Pages 6-7 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/7/08
GORDON PERKINS - Pages 4-5 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/6/08
DAN BELL - Pages 2-3 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book 10/5/08
Monday, September 25, 2017
Genealogy TV Shows
I've already set my DVR for the "Finding Your Roots" TV show, but wondered when the other two, that I enjoy, will be coming back. I thought some others might want the info:
TV GENEALOGY SHOWS:
Finding Your Roots
New Season Starts October 3, 2017 [I've set MY DVR, have you?]
PBS Page for Finding Your Roots: http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/home/
Wikipedia page with info on each episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Your_Roots
Facebook Page: Finding Your Roots - or: @FindingYourRootsPBS
Ancestry Trailer for new season: http://www.ancestry.com/cs/finding-your-roots
Full episodes of previous seasons can be found on YouTube.
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? has been renewed for the US by TLC and will premiere in spring 2018
TLC US Series - Who Do You Think You Are: https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-you-think-you-are/
Wikipedia - Episode listings and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_(U.S._TV_series)
Facebook: Search for - Who Do You Think You Are - or: @wdytya
YouTube: Search for - Who Do You Think You Are USA - to see US episodes
YouTube: Search for - Who Do You Think You Are BBC - for British episodes
Genealogy Roadshow:
Season 4 is yet to be announced by PBS but seems to be in the works.
Info: https://premieredate.news/tv-series/3288-genealogy-roadshow.html
Facebook Page: Genealogy Roadshow - or: @GenealogyRoadshowPBS
PBS Page: http://www.pbs.org/show/genealogy-roadshow/
Can find full episodes on YouTube
Wikipedia Page listing all episodes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy_Roadshow_(U.S._TV_series)
TV GENEALOGY SHOWS:
Finding Your Roots
New Season Starts October 3, 2017 [I've set MY DVR, have you?]
PBS Page for Finding Your Roots: http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/home/
Wikipedia page with info on each episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Your_Roots
Facebook Page: Finding Your Roots - or: @FindingYourRootsPBS
Ancestry Trailer for new season: http://www.ancestry.com/cs/finding-your-roots
Full episodes of previous seasons can be found on YouTube.
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? has been renewed for the US by TLC and will premiere in spring 2018
TLC US Series - Who Do You Think You Are: https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-you-think-you-are/
Wikipedia - Episode listings and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_(U.S._TV_series)
Facebook: Search for - Who Do You Think You Are - or: @wdytya
YouTube: Search for - Who Do You Think You Are USA - to see US episodes
YouTube: Search for - Who Do You Think You Are BBC - for British episodes
Genealogy Roadshow:
Season 4 is yet to be announced by PBS but seems to be in the works.
Info: https://premieredate.news/tv-series/3288-genealogy-roadshow.html
Facebook Page: Genealogy Roadshow - or: @GenealogyRoadshowPBS
PBS Page: http://www.pbs.org/show/genealogy-roadshow/
Can find full episodes on YouTube
Wikipedia Page listing all episodes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy_Roadshow_(U.S._TV_series)
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Useful Links for Learning to Use the Results of Your DNA Tests
I wanted to post these in a specific Facebook group in answer to a question, but my links always come out "funny" on Facebook, so I'll just post a reference in Facebook to this blog entry.
So many people are new to DNA testing or are doing a new type of test and are confused. There are four main testing companies: Ancestry, Family Tree DNA, MyHeritage and 23andMe. Which companyyou use depends on what you want to learn from DNA testing. For instance, if you want to trace your father's surname, you need to have him (or a brother or another male in the same line with, supposedly, the same surname) take a Y-DNA test and the only company offering that type of test is Family Tree DNA. All the other companies AND Family Tree DNA offer autosomal testing. Some of the following links will explain the differences in the testing types. Some of the following links, blogs, pages, FaceBook Groups and YouTube recommendations should help you LEARN about the WHAT, WHY and HOW of DNA testing. There is another site that should definitely not be overlooked by anyone doing DNA testing. That's GEDMATCH.COM. It is a free site, to which anyone who has had their DNA tested at any of the four companies listed previously should upload their raw DNA data. The analysis tools are fantastic in helping you understand your matches and the site makes it easy for you to contact the administrator of those matches. I also want to put in a plug to anyone doing DNA testing. PLEASE upload a GEDCOM file to accompany your posted DNA. If I match with someone and it's a mediocre match and they don't have a tree accompanying their data, they get skipped by me. If you're doing the DNA testing ONLY because you saw the guy in the commercial wearing a kilt instead of whatever he wore before his DNA test, and your DNA matches someone looking for a first cousin or second cousin to determine their birth parents, you may face a pretty high learning curve to be able to do some real family research and create some sort of tree to make your data useful and helpful to yourself or someone else. There ARE times when the heritage only data can rule out things or help you confirm things, but in general it works a whole lot better with real information you dig out of census records, birth records, death records, property records, wills and other real records than just a heritage percentage or someone else's undocumented tree.
A Few of the Best DNA Blogs:
1. https://dna-explained.com/ - DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy - Blog by Roberta Estes
2. https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/ - The Genetic Genealogist - Blog by Blaine Bettinger
3. http://blog.kittycooper.com/ - KittyCooper's Blog - Blog by Kitty Cooper
A Few of the Best DNA Resource Pages:
1. https://isogg.org/ - International Society of Genetic Genealogy*** Read this group of pages to learn the basics. Each of the testing companies also have pages to teach you the basics of DNA testing.
2. http://www.cyndislist.com/dna/ - Cyndis list of DNA resources
3. https://socialmediagenealogy.com/genealogy-on-facebook-list/- A list of ALL Groups on Facebook - See the DNA category
Very Useful DNA Facebook Groups [there are MANY more - see the link just before this title]:
1. GEDmatch.com User Group
2. Autosomal DNA-Gedmatch-FTDNA-23andME-Ancestry-MyHeritage
3. GEDmatch Lazarus Tool
4. DNA Detectives
5. Genetic Genealogy Tips & Techniques
6. Kentucky DNA and Genealogy [this is one to which I subscribe. Check the list of DNA groups, above, to see if there's one for the states of your interest.]
Useful charts and methods to help in determining relationships from DNA:
1. https://dna-explained.com/2017/09/21/shared-cm-project-2017-update-combined-chart/
2. https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2017/08/26/august-2017-update-to-the-shared-cm-project/
3. http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2017/03/19/guest-post-the-mcguire-method-simplified-visual-dna-comparisons/ - The McGuire Method
4. http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2008/12/21/unlocking-the-genealogical-secrets-of-the-x-chromosome/ - X-Chromosome inheritance charts
5. https://isogg.org/wiki/Paths_of_DNA_inheritance - Y and Mitochondrial (mtDNA) inheritance
6. http://www.borninneworleans.com/how-to/what-is-a-mirror-tree/ - Mirror Trees
7. https://dna-explained.com/2017/07/29/concepts-mirror-trees/ - More on Mirror Trees
YouTube has MANY videos on Getting Started with DNA Research
Example: If you on YouTube for: DNA Bettinger, you'll see several interviews and classes by Blaine Bettinger.
So many people are new to DNA testing or are doing a new type of test and are confused. There are four main testing companies: Ancestry, Family Tree DNA, MyHeritage and 23andMe. Which companyyou use depends on what you want to learn from DNA testing. For instance, if you want to trace your father's surname, you need to have him (or a brother or another male in the same line with, supposedly, the same surname) take a Y-DNA test and the only company offering that type of test is Family Tree DNA. All the other companies AND Family Tree DNA offer autosomal testing. Some of the following links will explain the differences in the testing types. Some of the following links, blogs, pages, FaceBook Groups and YouTube recommendations should help you LEARN about the WHAT, WHY and HOW of DNA testing. There is another site that should definitely not be overlooked by anyone doing DNA testing. That's GEDMATCH.COM. It is a free site, to which anyone who has had their DNA tested at any of the four companies listed previously should upload their raw DNA data. The analysis tools are fantastic in helping you understand your matches and the site makes it easy for you to contact the administrator of those matches. I also want to put in a plug to anyone doing DNA testing. PLEASE upload a GEDCOM file to accompany your posted DNA. If I match with someone and it's a mediocre match and they don't have a tree accompanying their data, they get skipped by me. If you're doing the DNA testing ONLY because you saw the guy in the commercial wearing a kilt instead of whatever he wore before his DNA test, and your DNA matches someone looking for a first cousin or second cousin to determine their birth parents, you may face a pretty high learning curve to be able to do some real family research and create some sort of tree to make your data useful and helpful to yourself or someone else. There ARE times when the heritage only data can rule out things or help you confirm things, but in general it works a whole lot better with real information you dig out of census records, birth records, death records, property records, wills and other real records than just a heritage percentage or someone else's undocumented tree.
A Few of the Best DNA Blogs:
1. https://dna-explained.com/ - DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy - Blog by Roberta Estes
2. https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/ - The Genetic Genealogist - Blog by Blaine Bettinger
3. http://blog.kittycooper.com/ - KittyCooper's Blog - Blog by Kitty Cooper
A Few of the Best DNA Resource Pages:
1. https://isogg.org/ - International Society of Genetic Genealogy*** Read this group of pages to learn the basics. Each of the testing companies also have pages to teach you the basics of DNA testing.
2. http://www.cyndislist.com/dna/ - Cyndis list of DNA resources
3. https://socialmediagenealogy.com/genealogy-on-facebook-list/- A list of ALL Groups on Facebook - See the DNA category
Very Useful DNA Facebook Groups [there are MANY more - see the link just before this title]:
1. GEDmatch.com User Group
2. Autosomal DNA-Gedmatch-FTDNA-23andME-Ancestry-MyHeritage
3. GEDmatch Lazarus Tool
4. DNA Detectives
5. Genetic Genealogy Tips & Techniques
6. Kentucky DNA and Genealogy [this is one to which I subscribe. Check the list of DNA groups, above, to see if there's one for the states of your interest.]
Useful charts and methods to help in determining relationships from DNA:
1. https://dna-explained.com/2017/09/21/shared-cm-project-2017-update-combined-chart/
2. https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2017/08/26/august-2017-update-to-the-shared-cm-project/
3. http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2017/03/19/guest-post-the-mcguire-method-simplified-visual-dna-comparisons/ - The McGuire Method
4. http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2008/12/21/unlocking-the-genealogical-secrets-of-the-x-chromosome/ - X-Chromosome inheritance charts
5. https://isogg.org/wiki/Paths_of_DNA_inheritance - Y and Mitochondrial (mtDNA) inheritance
6. http://www.borninneworleans.com/how-to/what-is-a-mirror-tree/ - Mirror Trees
7. https://dna-explained.com/2017/07/29/concepts-mirror-trees/ - More on Mirror Trees
YouTube has MANY videos on Getting Started with DNA Research
Example: If you on YouTube for: DNA Bettinger, you'll see several interviews and classes by Blaine Bettinger.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Where is my head lately? It's in the DNA WORLD!!
I've been doing genealogical research since about 1977 (Roots was the impetus). However, I've been REALLY working with DNA information for the last couple of years. It's been made even more interesting, lately, when two of my male Y-DNA testers have proven to be descended from surnames other than the one they've owned since birth. The switch seems to have come about eight generations ago for one and a whole lot further for the other, so I may have a chance of finding the change in surname for the first but probably not the second. I'm going on the assumption that my paper research is missing a gggggrandmother that married Surname1 first, had kids with him, Surname1 husband died, and she married a second time to Surname2 (the surname I have on the paper trail) who promptly adopted the Surname1 child. If the DNA/Name change was due to something other than a second/subsequent marriage, I'll have very little chance of finding it, so I'm going on the first assumption. During these interesting searches, I've learned a LOT about DNA research. The types of tests you need to take; the tools you can use to analyze the data; how to contact your matches; on and on. I've shared many links with my local Tennessee Genealogical Society group that met once a month, but since the new group leader begins tomorrow, I guess I'll try to remember to share here. There are EXCELLENT blogs and Facebook groups and Wikis with very knowledgeable group leaders. If you find a match, how do you tell if they're a first or second or third cousin? How do you know if the match is on your paternal or maternal side? If you come from a small county (like my Lyon or Caldwell counties in Kentucky) where your families have been there for generations and those families have married each other MANY times over the generations, you need to become familiar with the term ENDOGAMY if you are doing DNA research and are coming up with matches from those little, much married, counties. It means that your DNA matches will look like they're more closely related to you than they really are because of the DNA duplication.
A good place to start in learning about DNA is the Wiki by the International Society of Genetic Genealogy: https://isogg.org/wiki/Genetic_genealogy
You'll learn about the different tests and why you should take each and MUCH more.
If you want to read blogs and Facebook groups on DNA, you couldn't do any better than:
Roberta Estes' blog: https://dna-explained.com/
A good place to start in learning about DNA is the Wiki by the International Society of Genetic Genealogy: https://isogg.org/wiki/Genetic_genealogy
You'll learn about the different tests and why you should take each and MUCH more.
If you want to read blogs and Facebook groups on DNA, you couldn't do any better than:
Roberta Estes' blog: https://dna-explained.com/
Blaine Bettinger's blog: https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/
There are charts to help you figure out if a DNA match is a 2nd cousin, a 3rd cousin or a 2nd cousin once removed......
Two recent entries from the above listed blogs will help you with those charts:
There are Facebook groups to help adoptees find their biological parents using DNA. There are Facebook groups on GEDMATCH and the analysis tools contained there. There are Facebook groups on the DNA testing companies.
Just jump in and read, read and read some more.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
I WAS there. Now I'm HERE!
Must be the time of year I think about restarting my blog. I last entered a "place holder" one year and one day ago. We've moved from Tennessee to Arkansas. We added a new grandchild to the family the last week of February. We now live four doors down from out daughter. Our sons still live in St Louis.
Things I've learned:
From the grandchildren:
I've held a monthly genealogy/technology class at the Tennessee Genealogical Society since 2009. It's time for some new ideas and some new "blood" for the group, so I'm going to hand it over to someone else. I know I'll miss the group but I think it's time.
All the boxes are unpacked but the pictures are not all hung and everything may not be where it will eventually end up and I need a few area rugs and the grass is show to come up outside but the office is "done" so all is well with the world.
Good Night.
Things I've learned:
- Moving gets harder the older you are.
- Downsizing is difficult. Mother loved that "thing" but the kids don't or they don't have room for it either, so maybe someone else will like it if we give it away.
- There's not enough time to do the genealogy research I want to do.
- Our new house is more than 1000 square feet smaller than the previous house in which we lived for sixteen years.
- We lived in Collierville for 34 years. That's the longest we ever lived in one town.
- There are a LOT of corn fields in Marion Arkansas
- Marion is like the small towns in which I grew up. The furniture store owner, my new dentist, my realtor, my builder..... all now know my life history. They're interested in people and where you're from and how long did you live there and where did you go to school..... Just like me. Maybe it's a good move. People who have never lived in a small town might now understand that.
From the grandchildren:
- Don't take your eyes off the Easter bunny. Not ... for... one... minute.
- What's the secret a three year old whispers to her 6 week old baby brother? "Run Away!!" hmmmm.
- One of my grandchildren will be a senior in high school this fall.
- I picked up the three year old at daycare. She wanted to go to the Shake Shack for strawberry ice cream. We decided that she should finish the second half after her dinner. That evening she asked her Mommy to take a picture of her eating the rest of the ice cream and to tell me she loved me. <3 li="">
- My daughter said "yestertime" when she was three. Her three year old said "yestermorrow".
- The three year old was asked this question: What do you want to be when you grow up? Her answer: "Sleeping beauty and a lawyer with a crown and pink heels. And a pink dress with no shoes."
I've held a monthly genealogy/technology class at the Tennessee Genealogical Society since 2009. It's time for some new ideas and some new "blood" for the group, so I'm going to hand it over to someone else. I know I'll miss the group but I think it's time.
All the boxes are unpacked but the pictures are not all hung and everything may not be where it will eventually end up and I need a few area rugs and the grass is show to come up outside but the office is "done" so all is well with the world.
Good Night.
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