On my recent genealogy road trip I visited The Homeplace in Stewart County, Tennessee. It’s a recreation of a 1850s farm situated in the Land Between the Lakes recreational area. We arrived on an outstandingly beautiful spring day that only enhanced the charm of the location. The location is just …
Thinking about what to give Mom? How about the gift of genealogy? I’m offering an author’s coupon for $10 off of Pryor Wives: Stories of Family, Fortune, and Fiasco–now through May 12, 2025. The book is also available on Amazon.com (the coupon can not be used on Amazon). MOTHER’S DAY …
My recent genealogy road trip was “bookended” with research in Nashville, Illinois (Washington County) and in Nashville, Tennessee. Before heading out I prepped for the trip so I knew what I was looking for at each location and I had reasonable expectations of what I would find. One stop in …
On my recent genealogy road trip we crossed the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois and we visited the gravesite of a Frances (Hooe) Pryor, a wife featured in my book Pryor Wives. The Confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi River We drove around areas in Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee that …
A new article, “Freeman Modglin or Truman Modglin? One Man, One Name, and A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Error,” is now available in print and an online in the Tennessee Genealogical Society’s Ansearchin’ News. Our man Modglin moved from North Carolina to settle in Wilson County, Tennessee. This last week I took an …
