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Somewhere in Time - A Genealogy Story
I got bit by the genealogy bug after I discovered my mom's family had my grand father's papers from where he had come from Polestina Italy to the United States in the early 1900's. He came though Ellis Island, New York. This got me to thinking about where did my other grandparents come from originally and how did they end up in West virginia. In the past ten years of research I've discovered alot about where my other grandparents come from.
Most of the them came out of Pennsylvania,Maryland,Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. I couldn't have done all this reserch by myself over the past the ten years without the help of other people. One is my sister Patty who has put up with me going off in twenty different directions at the same time at the state archives. The other two people who have helped me with the research on my Dad's side of the family are cousins I found on the internet fall of 2000. They are Carol Setliff and Celia Hartmann...
This first set of Surnames for my mother's side of the family. This group has been a major brick wall for me for a long time. I meet another cousin online in 2000 and we have worked on them for the last 4 years together. Her name is Teri and helps with Boyd Co. Ky webpage off Rootsweb.com .
Most of these people came out of Virginia and Ohio. Most of them settled in two counties located in the Eastern part of Kentucky. Those two counties are Carter and Lawrence. Here is a list of surnames Im looking for:
John Lunsford m. Millie Ann Sexton in Carter County. (mid 1860's-early 1900's)
John Osburne m. Mary Margaret Lunsford in Carter County (mid 1880's-early 1900's
Moses Loar m. Melvina (unknown) (from 1860-early 1900's)
Aaron Loar m. Margaret Lunsford (1882-mid 1900's)moved to Whitley Co. Kentucky. Charles Lunsford and Alice Osburne (1882-ky and came to Wv around 1910 and settled in Raleigh and Greenbrier Counties.
On my dad's side of the family most of the them came out of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, settled in present day Lincoln County, West Virginia.
Here is a list of some of the names Im looking for at the moment.
Archibald Egnor m. Susan Carpenter (1850-early 1900's)
Effie M.Egnor m. Peter Marshall Adkins (mid 1900's-late 1980's)
Charles Adkins m. Nora May Chandler (late 1890's- mid 1900's)
Jacob Adkins m. Lucinda Rebecca Holton (mid 1870's- early 1900's)
James Whitten m. Mary Francis Mays (early 1800's-1900)
Joseph Carpenter m. Ann Miller (unknown at the moment)
Lucinda Margaret Beckett and Peter Jackson Chandler. *Still trying to find out if they were married or not to each other.*So if any of these names sound fimilar drop me a line and lets chat about them.
All the informattion on this page and next two are still being worked on and proven out with more research and documents. So Check with me first before you copy it to make sure its been proven out.Thank you. All the material on these pages is copyright.Thanks alot...updated May 2004
Below are links to my genealogy pages.
