I’m pleased to announce the publication of my latest article: “A Forfeited Recognizance Bond and 118 Signatures: An 1805 Legislative Petition Fills Gaps in Anderson County Records.” This article is in the Summer 2026 issue of The Tennessee Genealogical Society Ansearchin’ News. A Juicy Story Often an interesting tale is …
I’m pleased to announce the publication of my latest article, “Tailor, Saloon Keeper, Grocer: Nashville Native John ‘Oly’ Eckhardt (b. 1860).” It appears in the Winter edition of the Tennessee Genealogical Society’s Ansearchin’ News. Starting with a photograph of the dapper Oly Eckhardt, this biographical sketch tells the story of …
I’m pleased to announce that my latest research article, “Five Families from Hawkins County, Tennessee: Their 1850s Migration to Pulaski County, Kentucky,” has been published in the Tennessee Genealogical Society‘s Ansearchin’ News. My search for one person–virtually a needle in a haystack–stumbled upon a mass migration in the 1850s. East …
I’m happy to announce that my article “Two Doctors and A House: Dr. Andrew J. Harris and Dr. Clara E. (Olds) Harris, Osteopaths in Nashville, Tennessee” has been published in the Tennessee Genealogical Society‘s journal, Ansearchin’ News. A Family Artifact Leads to Genealogical Research As genealogists, we’re always drawn to …
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 …
