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Yes, it's been a very long time since I've touched this blog, and I can think of no way to ease back into it than by creating a Tombstone Tuesday entry!
You are looking at photos of the gravestone of my 3rd great grandmother, Susannah (Faris) Atkinson, daughter of William and Susannah (Curtis) Faris and wife of George Atkinson. They were taken in 1999 with a film camera.My husband and I were able to visit the cemetery because he was doing some work in Columbus, OH at the time. When we got there, we couldn't find the grave right away, but I did find some of Susannah's relatives near a fallen gravestone. I became convinced that the fallen stone was the one we wanted, so John and I propped it up with pieces of the base and found that I was right! This was one of my earliest graving expeditions, so I was very excited! Poor John, though, was not so much. There was poison ivy under the marker and it was soon obvious that John should have been wearing gloves. I'll always be grateful for his help and I hope he felt like it was worth it!
You can visit Susannah's memorial on Find a Grave.
Over at GeneaBlogie, Craig Manson has come up with a new meme related to genealogy surnames that he's calling,
I'll let him tell you about it:List the surnames you are researching and the general localities. Then tell the names of your “Most Wanted Ancestors,” that is, the ones you most want to find behind that brickwall. (You can tag people if you want; I’ve chosen not to do that here so that all readers are included). Let’s see your lists; maybe we can each help someone out!
I have dozens of names I could share because I try to research all my collateral lines, too, but I'll stick to my direct ancestors for this posting. You may notice that most of my ancestors didn't move around much. I'm going to split these up into groups based on my each of my paternal grandparents and then my mom's family. I also research my husband's family, but for now, I'm going to concentrate on my own blood relatives!My grandfather's family surnames- ATKINSON: Virginia/now West Virginia (Ohio County, Brooke County), Ohio (Delaware County), Pennsylvania (Washington County)
- McDAID: Pennsylvania (Greene County, Washington County), West Virginia (Marshall County)
- KIMMINS: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County, Washington County)
- WOLFE: NJ (probably Morris County), Pennsylvania (Greene County, Washington County)
- FARIS: Virginia/now West Virginia (Ohio County), Ohio (Delaware County)
- SUPLER: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County, Washington County)
- CHASE: Massachusetts (Barnstable County, Bristol County), Pennsylvania (Washington County)
- BROWN: Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Virginia/now WV (Ohio County)
- CURTIS: Virginia/now WV (Berkeley County, Ohio County)
- KIRK: Pennsylvania (Chester County, Washington County)
- MITCHELL [two lines possibly related to each other]: Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Virginia/now WV (Ohio County)
- CARROLL: Pennsylvania (Washington County)
- SHERMAN: Massachusetts (Bristol County), Rhode Island (Newport County)
My grandma's family surnames:- FIFE: Pennsylvania (Allegheny County, Washington County)
- SKILES: Pennsylvania (Washington County)
- McCONNELL: Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
- ADAMS: Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
- MORROW: Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
- McCORMICK: Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
And from my mom's family where my information is very sparse:- TOLBERT: Virginia (Carroll County), West Virginia (Raleigh County, Fayette County)
- SHREWSBURY: West Virginia (Raleigh County)
- WEBB: Virginia (Carroll County), West Virginia (Raleigh County, Summers County)
- COMBS: Virginia (Carroll County)
For the locations I show as "Virginia/now WV", those families were there before West Virginia was formed. If I labeled a place as "West Virginia" only, either the family moved there after WV was formed, or else I don't know when the family got there.My most wanted ancestor? Probably my orphan g-g-grandmother, Lydia (Lafferty) Skiles who I have written about previously at My Brickwall Ancestor: Lydia (Lafferty) Skiles 1850?-1904.Are you interested in sharing your family surnames on Twitter? Thomas MacEntree has created a Twitter Group called Genealogy Surnames and a new meme for sharing the names we're researching that he describes at Surname Saturday - A Twitter Meme. I'm planning to participate by posting one surname each week, along with it's link to my Rootsweb WorldConnect database. You can see my first tweet relating to my Atkinson surname here.I hope someone can make a connection to a name here, but at the least, I find these types of postings useful because you never know when someone might find me through Googling one of these surnames! And if you're reading this, please feel free to participate, too!
You are looking at photos of the gravestone of my 3rd great grandmother, Susannah (Faris) Atkinson, daughter of William and Susannah (Curtis) Faris and wife of George Atkinson. They were taken in 1999 with a film camera.My husband and I were able to visit the cemetery because he was doing some work in Columbus, OH at the time. When we got there, we couldn't find the grave right away, but I did find some of Susannah's relatives near a fallen gravestone. I became convinced that the fallen stone was the one we wanted, so John and I propped it up with pieces of the base and found that I was right! This was one of my earliest graving expeditions, so I was very excited! Poor John, though, was not so much. There was poison ivy under the marker and it was soon obvious that John should have been wearing gloves. I'll always be grateful for his help and I hope he felt like it was worth it!
