Carol: I am descended from Nortons in Grant Co. Which one are you talking about? Ben Carol Osborne wrote: > > Teresa Carter <tacarter@surfsouth.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm looking for Turner,Steers,Stephenson, Penick, Ashcraft, > Clark, Norton. From late 1700's, 1800's to the present. > > > It's funny, I grew up in Kenton County, KY until 1972 when I moved to Boone > County, KY, and all my ancestors are in Boone Co., but when you give your > surnames, I know many Turners, I had a friend named Mary Lou Steers in Owenton > and DeMossville (Owen/Grant Counties and her father's name was Earl), my > husband's grandmother who died in 1982 at age 96 was nanny for Stephensons in > Boone County near Big Bone, I had a teacher in Kenton Co., named Dave Penick > who lives in Boone Co. now, Ashcraft's lived across the street from my home > when we first moved into Boone county and now they live in Grant County or > Owen County. Seems like I know just about every surname being listed in the > Grant Co. list. My company used to have a warehouse here and most of the > people who worked there were from Grant Co. so I know Beach's (Beech's), > Jump's, Covey's, and many more. The person who is researching Milner's: my > best friend has Milner's from Grant Co., and I have been forwarding any emails > on this surname to her. She is an O'Neill from Grant Co. and just started > this past weekend looking at your messages so if she finds any connection, > she'll contact you. > > I had a Finnell cousin from California tell me that it must be amazing that > everywhere I go in Boone County, I must run into cousins, some that I know and > others that I may never know. Some of my friends I have discovered are > distant relatives that I would never have guessed! > > My surnames that I am researching: > > Griffith (Boone Co) > Finnell (Boone Co) > Jackson (Boone) > Carpenter (Boone) > Osborne (Grant, Owen, Carroll) > Jump (Grant) > Lyons (Grant) > > We're getting a new Library in Boone which is much bigger than the Covington > Library and I am hoping that they will increase the information for genealogy > to cover the surrounding counties. I will pass this library every day and I > hope that it will give me an excuse to get there more often. As it is now, I > don't have time to do lookups, but would love to do so. Those of you who are > doing the lookups, you are wonderful people! > > Carol (Griffith) Osborne > > ==== KYGRANT Mailing List ==== > Beware of the Genealogy Bug; It's bite can be addictive! > Genealogy is contagious - seldom fatal!