Having gone down the rabbit hole that is ancestry.com over the last year I have accumulated a mountain of information about those that came before me. This is where all that information will be shared.
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It’s a Wonderful Life
My husband did a DNA test for ancestry so we could use the results to add to the tree through the new feature they have that helps you map your DNA matches to your tree. He has hundreds, maybe thousands of matches I’m wading through. The other night I added a 4th cousin 2x removed……
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Grandma Hendricks and Deer Creek
I drove through Deer Creek today, as I have hundreds of times, on my way to Washington from Carlock. I like to drive Main Street because I remember Grandma Carroll telling me her grandma, Grandma Nannie Hendricks, lived on Main St. Today I looked up the census records so I would know exactly which house……
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Henry “Lace” Hoots
Henry Hoots, my 5x great grandfather, was born about 1827 in McMinn County, Tennessee. McMinn County is northeast of Chattanooga southwest of Knoxville. He was the third son of David and Hannah (Welch) Hoots’ 14 children. David was a farmer, born in Deep Creek, Surry County, North Carolina in 1804, raised mostly in Cumberland county……