I am currently researching my fifth-great-grandfather James Dial who was born around 1780 and died sometime between 1850 and 1860 in Lawrence County, Tennessee. I have created the below records timeline to help trace James and hopefully find new leads on his parents and family. Timeline for James Dial 1780 - James Dial's approximate birth …
Calling all Dial family descendants! Please join my Dial Family Facebook group. This group is for all descendants of Rebecca "Becky Ann" and William Dial from Green Hill, Lauderdale County, Alabama. Click here to go to the Dial Family from Green Hill, Alabama Facebook group. Questions for me? Email downhomegenealogy@gmail.com.
As I have heavily documented already, I have been searching for the parents of my great-great-great-grandmother, Rebecca Ann (married name Dial). Her great-granddaughter agreed to do an AncestryDNA test for me. I believe I have narrowed down the grandparents of Rebecca Ann. I already knew Rebecca was connected to the Thomas Goff family through other …
Last updated: April 20, 2018 Rebecca and William Dial were my third great-grandparents. William lived his early years in Lauderdale County, Alabama and Lawrence County, Tennessee, but made his home with Rebecca in Green Hill, Lauderdale County, Alabama right over the Tennessee state line. No one knows his wife’s real last name or her parents. …
It's not uncommon for a DNA ethnicity test to come back with a surprise. However, I might have underestimated how surprising my mom's results were. It's been about nine months since my mom's Ancestry DNA test results came back. I highly recommend the test, by the way. I have found so many cousins, along with …
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