I understand about the fusteration about brickwalls. I was butting my head on a few until a very nice person by the name of Bruce York  helped me along. Also I was devastated to find out that DNA only showed the male connections. My most rewarding find was  by pure luck. I was working on my husbands Cabell line I see the name Rebecca Pocahantas Bolling.  I thought to myself OH Bother why would some name a child that.  Well I went back and found that she was the great grand daughter of John Rolfe and POCAHANTAS Rebecca Powhanttan. So never skip any names even if they are female. This clued me into not ignoring any female names and that lead me back to Augustin Hermann in Maryland who was not only my husband's ancestor but mine also. The only regrett I have is that Carroll Co. TN doesn't have as good of database that Overton/Fentress Co. have.  My maternal line springs from there Susie McFarland Lemin, Back Home in Texas, "LOVE: is when the happiness of another is essential to your own" Robert Anson Heinlein from the book "TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE" ----- Original Message ---- From: Stan Arney <arney9thgeneration@yahoo.com> To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, December 29, 2010 5:00:45 PM Subject: [TNFENTRE] A question about your research I have a Q? for all of you, about your genealogy research. When you began tracing your family surname, did you only concentrate on that surname, therefore only the men, who could carry on the family name? I will be honest, I have never taken a single course or workshop, on the hobby of genealogy.  I never had anyone, sit me down, and show me, step-by-step, just how to go about all of this, the correct way.  I know there is no perfect plan to research your family, but it would have been nice to have some pointers. How did I begin, I asked my paternal grandmother about our family, and she handed me a small sheet of paper with some names on it.  She also told me, I might want to write a distant cousin, whom she knew who was into genealogy, and see what he could tell me.  Well, he sent me a hand-drawn family tree, it wasn’t complete mind you, but it was a great start.  Hey, at least I wasn’t starting from scratch.   I knew my family was basically in Tennessee, so I began looking up some of the names in the US Federal Census microfilm rolls.  Wow, that was a joke, at first no one told me they had index books to check first, so I spent hours rolling through page after page of microfilm, and getting frustrated that a person, next to me, suggested looking in the index books, first. The problem with only using the US Federal Census, is it doesn’t give you the maiden names of any of the wife’s. I began my research back in the mid-1970’s, and I still have so much more to learn, and need to know.  “Brick walls”, as they are know by, in the genealogy community, are the most frustrating.  Especially, when you feel you are all alone, trying to solve that mystery. I only concentrated, on the men, the ones who carried on my family surname, from one generation to the next, disregarding the women, basically altogether. After all, they do not carry on the family surname, so why keep track of them, right? I have come to learn, as this year comes to a close, that my way of thinking, genealogy wise, has been way too narrow.  After all, if I want to know “where do I come from?”  I come from both a father and a mother.  I’m a mix of their blood.  My mother’s family blood is just as much a part of me, as my father’s family blood is.  So, that means my mother’s relatives, are (excuse the expression) relative to genealogy research.  After all, if my mother’s family has Native American blood in them, then so do I, or if my father’s family has Asian American blood in them, then so do I.   There is an added benefit to keeping an eye on, what I call “non-surname carriers” and that is they may lead you to information on a “surname carrier” that you haven’t been able to find. Has anyone else, made this same error of judgment, in their research? Stan ArneyWichita, KS       http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I love the input from everyone! I also descend from the Rolf/Pocahantas line. My brick wall is my maternal greatmother who was said to be Cherokee indian. She was married to Joshua Oliver from Hazzard KY. My grandfather Joe Oliver lived in Jamestown TN. He was was married to Vera Delk. Vera's mother was a Patton. Actually, Milly and I are related.   My other brcik wall is my paternal grandfather. My grandfather was James Arthur Eldridge from Cookeville TN. Any help would be appreciated! Ciao, Brenda Kaye Corbett (nee Eldridge) --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Susie Lemin <slemin46@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Susie Lemin <slemin46@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] A question about your research To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Received: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 5:18 PM I understand about the fusteration about brickwalls. I was butting my head on a few until a very nice person by the name of Bruce York  helped me along. Also I was devastated to find out that DNA only showed the male connections. My most rewarding find was  by pure luck. I was working on my husbands Cabell line I see the name Rebecca Pocahantas Bolling.  I thought to myself OH Bother why would some name a child that.  Well I went back and found that she was the great grand daughter of John Rolfe and POCAHANTAS Rebecca Powhanttan. So never skip any names even if they are female. This clued me into not ignoring any female names and that lead me back to Augustin Hermann in Maryland who was not only my husband's ancestor but mine also. The only regrett I have is that Carroll Co. TN doesn't have as good of database that Overton/Fentress Co. have.  My maternal line springs from there Susie McFarland Lemin, Back Home in Texas, "LOVE: is when the happiness of another is essential to your own" Robert Anson Heinlein from the book "TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE" ----- Original Message ---- From: Stan Arney <arney9thgeneration@yahoo.com> To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, December 29, 2010 5:00:45 PM Subject: [TNFENTRE] A question about your research I have a Q? for all of you, about your genealogy research. When you began tracing your family surname, did you only concentrate on that surname, therefore only the men, who could carry on the family name? I will be honest, I have never taken a single course or workshop, on the hobby of genealogy.  I never had anyone, sit me down, and show me, step-by-step, just how to go about all of this, the correct way.  I know there is no perfect plan to research your family, but it would have been nice to have some pointers. How did I begin, I asked my paternal grandmother about our family, and she handed me a small sheet of paper with some names on it.  She also told me, I might want to write a distant cousin, whom she knew who was into genealogy, and see what he could tell me.  Well, he sent me a hand-drawn family tree, it wasn’t complete mind you, but it was a great start.  Hey, at least I wasn’t starting from scratch.   I knew my family was basically in Tennessee, so I began looking up some of the names in the US Federal Census microfilm rolls.  Wow, that was a joke, at first no one told me they had index books to check first, so I spent hours rolling through page after page of microfilm, and getting frustrated that a person, next to me, suggested looking in the index books, first. The problem with only using the US Federal Census, is it doesn’t give you the maiden names of any of the wife’s. I began my research back in the mid-1970’s, and I still have so much more to learn, and need to know.  “Brick walls”, as they are know by, in the genealogy community, are the most frustrating.  Especially, when you feel you are all alone, trying to solve that mystery. I only concentrated, on the men, the ones who carried on my family surname, from one generation to the next, disregarding the women, basically altogether. After all, they do not carry on the family surname, so why keep track of them, right? I have come to learn, as this year comes to a close, that my way of thinking, genealogy wise, has been way too narrow.  After all, if I want to know “where do I come from?”  I come from both a father and a mother.  I’m a mix of their blood.  My mother’s family blood is just as much a part of me, as my father’s family blood is.  So, that means my mother’s relatives, are (excuse the expression) relative to genealogy research.  After all, if my mother’s family has Native American blood in them, then so do I, or if my father’s family has Asian American blood in them, then so do I.   There is an added benefit to keeping an eye on, what I call “non-surname carriers” and that is they may lead you to information on a “surname carrier” that you haven’t been able to find. Has anyone else, made this same error of judgment, in their research? Stan ArneyWichita, KS       http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message