You never know where you will find new places to help with your genealogy research. Yesterday while checking the news online on at local station I found an article about Marriage Records online for Hamilton County. http://countyclerkanytime.com/onlinesvcs.htm At this link you can sign in and check the records by groom or bride. If you don't have a really common surname check by just last name and check out all the names that come up. You may spot some relatives.
They have the records for 1856 - 1919 and 1985 - 2008 online now. When the project is finished they will have 1920 - 1984. The records for 1819 - 1856 were destroyed when the Courthouse burned in 1910. If you think some of your ancestors married in Hamilton County, Tennessee check this out.
There is more information on the newer records than the older ones. The older records just have names and date of marriage, but if you don't have this information then this is a GREAT find.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Records Ordered from state of Tennessee
I ordered the death record from the state for my great, great grandmother Newby (Lydia Newby). I hope that on the record there maybe some information, was she married, widow, or divorced. This would help to find her husband King H Newby who seems to have disappeared after the 1880 Census.
I also ordered the Land Grant records for Brumley. The family has long believed that William
Brumley owned land in Marion Co. Tennessee through a Land Grant, but don't know this for a fact. Thought this would help to know if this land was fact or wishful thinking.
Hope to soon have this information from the state. I'll update later.
I also ordered the Land Grant records for Brumley. The family has long believed that William
Brumley owned land in Marion Co. Tennessee through a Land Grant, but don't know this for a fact. Thought this would help to know if this land was fact or wishful thinking.
Hope to soon have this information from the state. I'll update later.
Snowflake background
I hope that we have some snow this winter so I'm changing to the snowflake background. Looks like all we are going to be getting is rain, rain and more rain.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Christmas Eve
What a great Christmas Eve gift! I had sent off about a week ago for copies of obituaries for some ancestors. They came today. Now I'm trying to see who all I have, my great great grandparents on the Long side, my great great grandmother Newby. My husband's great great grandmother Green. Some that I'm not sure how they will or if they fit into the family tree. Got to get busy with Christmas cooking.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Graves relocated by TVA
We have for some time thought that some of my husband's family that lived near the Tennessee River in Marion Co. Tn may have been buried in cemeteries near the River. We know that some of the graves were relocated when the dams were built along the Tennessee River by TVA. We found a link to TVA's listing of the graves relocated by them. http://www.tva.gov/river/landandshore/culturalresources/cemeteries.htm From this you can view in pdf or excel. You may get lucky and find some of your ancestors. The list has the name of the orginal cemetery and the new cemetery where the grave was moved to. There were some that were not moved because the family did not wish to have their ancestor 's grave moved, those are now under the Tennessee River.
We were not lucky in our search there were no Brumley graves moved.
Unless they were moved when the Hale's Bar Dam was built which was before TVA.
These were not included in the TVA list.
We were not lucky in our search there were no Brumley graves moved.
Unless they were moved when the Hale's Bar Dam was built which was before TVA.
These were not included in the TVA list.
Monday, December 15, 2008
My Three Wishes
On several genealogy blogs I have seen My Three Wishes, which is pretty cute.
Three things I wish my ancestors had passed down to me.
Dear Genea-Santa,
l. One picture of each of my ancestors. Would this count as more than one?? I'm going to count as one.
2. Just one of the letters that Jacob Ziegler wrote to his wife Annabelle during the Civil War.
3. A chance to go through the house that my Great grandparents lived in, in North Chattanooga
one more time before it was sold. I got a wooden basket that my great grandfather used in his store but I saw an old wooden box that said Philadelphia Cream Cheese. It was just out of my reach. We went back the next day, I thought my husband could reach it. It was gone!
It is hard to pick only three. There are so many other things I have thought of while typing this.
Three things I wish my ancestors had passed down to me.
Dear Genea-Santa,
l. One picture of each of my ancestors. Would this count as more than one?? I'm going to count as one.
2. Just one of the letters that Jacob Ziegler wrote to his wife Annabelle during the Civil War.
3. A chance to go through the house that my Great grandparents lived in, in North Chattanooga
one more time before it was sold. I got a wooden basket that my great grandfather used in his store but I saw an old wooden box that said Philadelphia Cream Cheese. It was just out of my reach. We went back the next day, I thought my husband could reach it. It was gone!
It is hard to pick only three. There are so many other things I have thought of while typing this.
Girton / Brumley Union
While doing genealogy research sometimes I wonder how a couple found each other. One such couple is Mary Elizabeth Girton and George Paul Brumley.
Mary Elizabeth Girton is the daughter of John Girton and Mabel Cooke. John was born in Wisconsin and moved to Franklin County, Tn with his family. At some point he moved to Chattanooga, maybe to work, he married Mabel Cooke. They had four daughters Mary Elizabeth, Louise, Helen, and Hazel.
The Brumley's lived in Marion County, Tn around the Aetna Mountain area.
Then one day while looking at the 1920 Census for the Girton family I noticed there was a John Brumley family listed not far from the Girton's. George Paul had a brother named John but based on the age of the John on the Census this would have to be a brother to Seaborn Brumley ( George Paul Brumley's father). So a possible way they found each other was through a relative that lived near the Girton's.
Mary Elizabeth Girton is the daughter of John Girton and Mabel Cooke. John was born in Wisconsin and moved to Franklin County, Tn with his family. At some point he moved to Chattanooga, maybe to work, he married Mabel Cooke. They had four daughters Mary Elizabeth, Louise, Helen, and Hazel.
The Brumley's lived in Marion County, Tn around the Aetna Mountain area.
Then one day while looking at the 1920 Census for the Girton family I noticed there was a John Brumley family listed not far from the Girton's. George Paul had a brother named John but based on the age of the John on the Census this would have to be a brother to Seaborn Brumley ( George Paul Brumley's father). So a possible way they found each other was through a relative that lived near the Girton's.
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