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Using DNA to solve a mystery: Who was Nancy Catherine Watson, the third wife of Eli J. Cox?
In March 2014, I wrote a lengthy post about the mystery of my 3rd great-grandmother Nancy Catherine WATSON, the last wife of Eli J. COX of Craven and Lenoir Counties. I had questions about so many things: Was she really 18 when she married 59 year old Eli, or was she possibly even younger? Were…
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Genetic Genealogy Basics: Ethnicity Reports, Autosomal DNA, mtDNA, Y-DNA and DNA site comparisons 🌳
A lot of people have all kinds of questions about DNA tests and family tree research. Genetic genealogy has exploded over the last 15 years or so. In…
NC GENEALOGY TREASURE TROVE 100% FREE at FamilySearch – Learn to search the UNINDEXED CATALOG
The best free genealogy resource online is FamilySearch.org, and in particular, their free online catalog. A lot of people get intimidated by it or they don’t even know…
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True Stories from Colonial North Carolina
I was recently asked by Wake County Public Libraries to give a virtual Zoom presentation on fascinating but little known facts about…
NC Tax Lists at NC Digital Collections
It’s always a good idea to look at original records yourself. More than once, I’ve seen a transcription that gets a name…
1779 Craven County Tax List
Below is a transcription of names found on the 1779 Tax List. These original scans can be found here at the NC…
The Muddle that is John Vendrick, Sr.
The Reverend Joshua Kocherthal baptized John Vendrick in New York on 25 Aug 1710 (The Book of Names: Especially Relating to the…
John Vendrick, his wife, and his mother
About a week ago, I was poking around in Currituck County land records. I don’t even remember why. While skimming through the…
Genealogy on YouTube
If you’re like me, you spent more time watching YouTube in 2020 than you had previously. Some of those months when so…
East Carolina Roots Family Trees Update
The East Carolina Roots Family Trees section of the site uses genealogy database software and it is sorely in need of some…
