Updates

I am back on Ancestry.com for a month and am trying to gather as much information and as many documents, records and US Census' that I can. As I'm doing this new information is being discovered for the family tree. I will add this information and any changes to the Disputes/Upadates tab as well as where it belongs on the blog. By adding this information to the Disputes/Updates tab you will be able to correct anything if you have started copying the family tree for yourself. I haven't been working on the blog in awhile, but I am still gathering information and working on the family tree. So make sure to JOIN the blog and check back regularly!

Page Glitch

There seems to be some glitch with the Gravestone Photo tab. It is showing the "Photo" tab on there instead. Not sure why this is, but hopefully Blogger will fix it soon :)  At least this is what I'm seeing when I view the blog....am I the only one? Anyway, just in case that's what you're seeing too, I wanted to let you know :)

Pictures

I am in the process of scanning and uploading photos. I have a few old pictures of some Edwards. One of the photos will be familiar to you, but there is some confusion as to who they actually are. We had some theories, but after looking at the ancestry, I'm not so sure. If you know for certain who people are, please tell me so I can identify every one correctly. I will title which ones are not certain, there are only 3. The rest are written on so I know who they are.
I have quite a few pictures that Lee Edwards (our great uncle Lee, Jerry Don's brother) had that his sister-in-law sent me after he had passed. She sent me quite a few things as far as pictures and documents, newspaper articles. The documents are not scanning quite as well as pictures, so those may take longer to post. But as always keep checking back :)

More information

As I've been logging info onto the blog, I've been searching the grave stones as well. That is also another good tool for finding ancestry and/or correct dates. If you haven't heard of it, you should go to findagrave.com (it is listed to the left under my fav links). You can find head stones of your ancestors. It is a big help for finding correct dates of birth and death. And if you're lucky, they will have parents, spouses and children listed with them. For example, when searching thru there last night, I found yet even more information to add to our tree :) As I'm still adding to the 7th Generation, I found more family ancestors belonging to 7-Martin Edwards b: 1806. So be sure to add the changes if you are writing this down. As I find headstones, if dates need to be changed, I will update you of those changes. So make sure to check back regularly for that :)


On a different note, I know that most of us know the abbreviations for all 50 states, or at least we think we do. I know that I have questioned a few of them even though I thought I knew them all. So even if you don't think you need this information, I'm going to post it anyway...just in case :)


50 United States Abbreviations:
Alabama - AL          Alaska - AK          Arizona - AZ          

Arkansas - AR          California - CA          Colorado - CO
Connecticut - CT         Delaware - DE          Florida - FL         
Georgia - GA          Hawaii - HI          Idaho - ID          

Illinois - IL          Indiana - IN          Iowa - IA          
Kansas - KS          Kentucky - KY          Louisiana - LA
Maine - ME          Maryland - MD         Massachusetts - MA
Michigan - MI          Minnesota - MN          Mississippi - MS
Missouri - MO          Montana - MT          Nebraska - NE
Nevada - NV         New Hampshire - NH         New Jersey - NJ
New Mexico - NM        New York - NY        North Carolina - NC
North Dakota - ND          Ohio - OH          Oklahoma - OK
Oregon - OR          Pennsylvania - PA         Rhode Island - RI
South Carolina - SC       South Dakota - SD      Tennessee - TN
Texas - TX          Utah - UT         Vermont - VT           
Virginia - VA        Washington - WA        West Virginia - WV
Wisconsin - WI          Wyoming - WY

Chugging along

I'm still adding the family tree, as I said it will take a little time. I've been working on it as much as possible the last few days. I have photographs and census forms and other documents to scan and post. My printer/scanner is on the fritz at the moment, so be patient as those will take longer. I do have some gravestone pictures that I am adding as I go, so be sure to check those out. Hope you are enjoying the information. And don't forget to join the blog to keep track of it easily :)

Names

Another thing to add when researching ancestry. Going back in history you will find that people named each other all the same names. For example, sons were named after their fathers, grandfathers, uncles. Daughters were named after mothers, grandmothers, aunts. This can make research very confusing and a lot of times make information incorrect. Altho we still use family names today when naming our children and there are still jr.'s, II and III's, you don't see it as much anymore. And when I say they named everyone the same, you'll see as you go thru the Family Tree.  It is especially bad when you have popular surnames as Edwards, Smith and Parker, etc. So keep this in mind when researching. This is another reason there is a Dispute Tab on here, if there is something I have found several different information on I will post it in case what my sources have are wrong. 

Getting Started - Read this first

Ancestry Lingo & how I do it


Okay, to let you know a few things, I'll update as I go if I think certain things might need explaining even tho they might not (so no offense if you know what it means). 

Example: Surname - this is referred to as our Last name, ie: Edwards


I will always post dates as: Month-Day-Year
I will post locations as: City, County, State (if applicable), Country (altho as locations become mostly USA, I won't post the USA anymore unless I feel it needs to be clarified)

I have the generation number next to the person's name. This helps keep track of people. There will be so many people that it will be hard to remember whom came from whom, but I'll figure out the best way possible to post it as I go. I have the tabs set up for generations right now, but I may change that if it needs to be different to navigate thru people. 

For the people with an * next to them, this is our direct line, so follow the * to find our direct descendant line. 

I've already posted our 1st generation, so Enjoy!! :)

About Me

I absolutely LOVE researching my family ancestry. I have been doing this for about 12 years now. I have found an phenomenal amount of information and I'm still going. This is a true passion of mine. Knowing who and where I came from is fascinating and something to pass on for generations :)


Most of you in the family know that I have been doing this and I get asked all the time to share what I have. It's hard with all the information I have to copy it all for everyone, or even load it onto the computer. But I thought this might be a great way to share all that I have and store it online forever as well. With the amount of information that I have this will take some time. But for those of you that are interested, you can come look whenever you want and copy whatever you would like. I will keep all of the "living relatives" private and only post us as "living" so don't worry about any private info out there. So lets get sharing!!