New Blog - Rooted in the Rolling Plains and Leonard Genealogy Services

    I hope researchers can use the information I posted about my ancestors in this blog. I no longer post here for now. But I may in the future! You never know. 

    My new blog is ROOTED IN THE ROLLING PLAINS 

    The link to my professional genealogy website is LEONARD GENEALOGY SERVICES

    Happy Ancestor Hunting! 

    - Revis

Tuesday's Tip - Now What? from DNAeXplained

 

 

You've read about the FDA's

order/letter to 23andMe by now,

I'm sure if you are at all interested

in DNA testing.

 

Here's a link to Roberta Estes' blog

DNAeXplained

explaining what you might want to

do now with your results and information:

 

DBAeXplained - Now What? - 23andMe and the FDA

 

Happy Hunting,

 

Revis

 

Motivation Monday - You Put off DNA Testing!

 

Okay, are you one of those who have been

debating on whether DNA testing would help

in your quest to break brick walls, etc. in your

genealogy research?  If you think you might

want to test at 23andMe, read this post by

 Roberta Estes of DNA-eXplained

regarding 

"FDA Orders 23andMe to Discontinue Testing".

Why test, you would probably ask me or others?

 

Andrew Jackson Festervan

 

For me, testing was to meet cousins and learn

about ancestors I knew nothing about.

 

Before I tested, I did not know

many of my Grandmother Neoma

Kolb Cauble's mother's family.

 

I match in atDNA with members of

Andrew Jack Festervan's family.

Andrew Jack was my Grandmother's

great-uncle, a brother to her Grandmother

Martha Ann Festervan/Festervand Martin Beasley.

Though I have yet to meet them in person, in 2014

my plan is to join them in Louisiana, if possible. 

 

Get motivated and test - if you want to!

 

Happy Hunting!

 

Revis

 

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday - Nancy Cooksey Musgrove of SC and Neshoba Co. MS

Nancy Cooksey Musgrove 

b. 1805-SC

1850 U.S. Federal Census (Union Co. SC)

d. 20 Sept 1870-Neshoba Co. MS

[my 4th great-grandmother]

Nancy Cooksey Musgrove Find a Grave

Happy Hunting, 

Revis

[and yes, I know it's 

not completely

wordless!!]

Remembering Our Veterans 2013

This VETERAN'S DAY, I say "Thanks"!

Happy Hunting,
Revis

Thankful Thursday - James Monroe Stuart family of Fisher County, Texas

I am "Thankful" for a whole

lot of things.  One of them is a 

strong sense of family and love of

country.  

James Monroe Stuart was born

26 Jan 1863 in Neshoba County, MS

and died 13 Feb 1947-Fisher County, TX.

My Stuart family of 

Fisher County, Texas and

the Stuart's of Neshoba County, MS

have continually kept in touch and

visited over 123 years since "Monroe" 

brought his family to OK and TX.

This picture is a get-together of

Monroe's daughter-in-law, 

Mamie TEEL STUART, and

her family near Roby, TX.

Mamie is the lady at the

front right of the picture -

with her apron on. 

We called her "Mama Stuart". 

Happy Hunting,
Revis

Travel Tuesday - Orange, Texas postcard

 

Orange County Court House, Orange, Texas

 

 

Oran Martin Dennis, my great-grandfather, 

was born in Caldwell

County, Texas and later

lived in Tom Green County, Texas.

 

One of his younger half-brothers,

Marion William Dennis,

and his family lived at Orange, Texas.

 

No writing on the back, unfortunately!

Card is in my possession and

was part of the albums of

Nina Ada Baldridge Dennis,

Oran Marion Dennis' wife.

 

Happy Hunting,

Revis