Family Tree Nuts
Love, Loyalty and Friendship. Those three powerful words make up the meaning of the ring worn throughout five different centuries, by millions of Irish, and those of us with Celtic ancestry. Even if you haven’t had one yourself, chances are you have seen someone wearing one, or at least seen the image somewhere. It has…
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It’s one of the most popular castles in the world and certainly in Ireland. Its magical mysticism and legends draw us into its colorful history making it a place of pilgrimage over the ages just to share in its blessings. The locations name is associated with fairy’s, witches, biblical characters, royalty, medieval battles, knights, dungeons,…
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For centuries they stood on the deck of countless ships and took their last few looks at Paddy’s green shamrock shore. Some of them were excited about the new adventure and the fortunes that they would soon find. Others eyes were filled with tears as they left their loved ones and all they have ever…
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The main things that most people want to know about their ancestors and family tree is, where did we come from, and when did we emigrate to the United States. Finding out these answers tells us what nationality, or nationalities that we will take pride in and begin to better understand ourselves. Once we find…
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President Abraham Lincoln said, “I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky”. During the Civil War, Kentucky was an important border state that was heavily fought over by both north and south. The state supplied thousands of men for both sides and a few key battles determined its fate. Many…
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The Scots-Irish are a unique group of people that have their roots in Lowland Scotland, who emigrated to Northern Ireland, often mixing with the native Irish, and then around a quarter million of them emigrated to the United States, usually to the back country of Appalachia. This article is a transcript of a lecture given…
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Jenny Wiley is a name that is very well known in Appalachian folklore and her story while shocking, is unfortunately true. On October 1, 1789, on Walker’s Creek, Bland County, Virginia, the Wiley cabin was attacked by a mixed-tribe band of Native Americans. Jenny’s brother and three of her children were immediately killed, and she…
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We were so excited to have finally found it; the grave of my Great-Grandfather who had been a Civil War POW while serving with Morgan’s Raiders. The day we found the cemetery was a very important day to me personally because I had spent about a year looking for it. It is a cemetery that…
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As time passes and family members die off they often take with them the family stories and the history of how we got here. As children grow up they often move away and set roots in a new location and each generation becomes more distant to an area’s first settlers. Eventually, most of our ancestors’…
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He was known as “The King of the Wild Frontier”, a soldier, a politician, a state representative, a United States congressman, a prolific storyteller, a wild game hunter, and an Indian fighter. Who else could it be, but the legend, Davy Crockett, the original Tennessee Volunteer. Who remembers on Sunday nights watching Fess Parker as…
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