It's not uncommon to have limited information when trying to find your ancestors. I typically start with records and then use DNA testing to back up what I find. My mom took an Ancestry DNA test and it's been helpful to confirm relatives and find "new" ones. Thanks to mom's DNA test, I have a …
I feel like I am trying to put together a puzzle that has just one missing piece. Do you have the missing piece or know where I can find it? My fifth great-grandmother was named Margaret but went by Peggy. She was born March 7, 1801 to unknown parents - that's the problem. She was …
My second great-grandfather Edgar Doke Pigg was a bit of a troublemaker. While I don't know much about him, Alabama Convict Records list him being in jail for illegally making liquor and having a still in his possession, and that was when he was in his early 50s. His arrest was after prohibition (1920 - …
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Lucretia Bryant, my fifth great-grandmother, has long been a mystery to me as well as other Dyer family researchers. We know a few pieces of information, but don't know who her parents are, or the reason for her seemingly "random" move across Tennessee with two young sons and probably a daughter or two. Let's start …
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