Archives Surnames A-M

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Adams

Surname Resources:
Adams Family Genealogy Forum
Adams Surname DNA Project
Johnson M. "Uncle Bud" Adams Family

Adkins/Atkins

Surname Resources:
Adkins/Atkins Surname DNA Project
Sand Mountain Melungeons
Train from Kentucky to the Chickasaw Nation *NEW*

Allen 

Surname Resources:
Early Lower Troublesome Creek Settlers Breathitt County
Allan/Allen Surname DNA Project

Alley

Surname Resources:
The Biography of Peter H. Alley his mother was Rebecca Williamson
The Capture of Jane Whittaker and Polly Alley

Alred

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Amyx

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Anderson 

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Arnett   

Surname Resources:
Arnett Family Genealogy Forum
Arnett Forest
Arnett Surname DNA Project
Descendants of David Arnett
Journal of Harrison Gregory Arnett
Paula's View *April 2006 Free Resources Excellence Award Winner*
 

Auxier & variations

Surname Resources:
Auxier Family includes info on 2005 Reunion in Paintsville, Kentucky & lots of resources
A Journey of Courage & Convictions The Axer/Oxer/Auxier Family

Back

Surname Resources:
Henry Back Will 1871 Letcher County
Miles Back Cemetery Located in Quicksand, top of the hill behind Robinson Station
Montgomery-Back Cemetery Right-hand Middle Fork, Seitz, Magoffin County, KY
Montgomery-Back Cemetery Pictures

Bailey

Surname Resources:
Bailey Message Board
Bailey Genealogy Forum
Bailey Surname Y-DNA Project

Photo Resources: *NEW*
Nancy (Carpenter) Bailey & Children
Ora, Millard & Luther Bailey

Baldridge  Ernest Hazel  Jahaza

Surname Resources:
Baldridge, Hazel (Risner) Site Dedication
Robert Baldridge (1811-1878)

Barnett

Surname Resources:
Barnett Y Chromosome DNA Project
Descendants of Joshua Barnett
Early Lower Troublesome Creek Settlers

Belcher

Surname Resources:
Bailey Belcher & Alsie Lawson Family
Belcher Blues
Belcher Family Genealogy Forum
Belcher Last Name Meaning, Surname Origin & US Distribution
Belcher Y-DNA Project

Photo Resources:
George & Matilda (Deaton) Belcher *NEW* Breathitt County, KY

Bennett

Surname Resources:
The Early American Bennett DNA Project
Newborn Baby Found Near Pineville, 1921

Bentley

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Billiter

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Blackburn

Surname Resources:
The Blackburn Family Association
Blackburn Surname DNA Project

Blair   

Surname Resources:
The Blair DNA Project

Blankenship 

Surname Resources:
Train from Kentucky to the Chickasaw Nation *NEW*

Blanton

Surname Resources:
George & Martha Shepherd Blanton of Johnson County. This is a beautiful and informative site created by Sheila Bradley Tackett
John Blanton Murder Court Proceedings in Harlan County, Kentucky

Blevins   

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Sand Mountain Melungeons

Bolen / Bolin / Bolling / Bowling & variations   

Surname Resources:
The Bolling Family Association
Core Melungeon DNA Project
Bolling DNA Project all variations of the name are included
Melungeon Heritage Association
Historical Melungeons
Bolling Reunion 2007

Boone

Surname Resources:
The Adventures of Daniel Boone
Boone DNA Testing Project
Boone Family Resources from KyGenWeb

Borders

Surname Resources:
Appalachia Crossroads by Clayton R Cox, 1977
Borders Family Genealogy Forum
Borders Family History
Borders Message Board
Borders Y-DNA-12 Test Group

Bowman   

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Bradley

Surname Resources:
Bradley DNA Project

Brown

Surname Resources:
Paula's View
Sand Mountain Melungeons

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Rozelia (Brown) Manns

Burchett

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Caldwell   

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Cantrell

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Carpenter

Surname Resources:
Carpenter Land Grants in Breathitt County, KY

Photo Resources: *NEW*
Nancy (Carpenter) Bailey & Children

Carter

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Carty

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Carver

Surname Resources:
Carver Families from VA to Northeastern KY and Southern OH

Caudill

Surname Resources:
Appalachia Crossroads by Clayton R Cox, 1977
Caudill Cousins Exchange
Paula's View

Chandler   

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Cheek

Surname Resources:
Cheek Cemeteries
Cheek DNA Project
Cheek Family Genealogy Forum
The Cheek Family of Allegheny, NC
The Early Cheek Family

Clark   

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Clemmons / Clemons

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Click

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Coffee / Coffey & variations

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Cobb   

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Coldiron

Surname Resources:
The Coldiron Family in America including the Harlan County, KY Coldirons
Coldiron Family Genealogy Forum

Cole

Surname Resources:
Morgan Co. High School, West Liberty, Class of 1928  RE: Nell Cole photo

Coleman

Surname Resources:
Newborn Baby Found Near Pineville, 1921

Collins 

Surname Resources:
Bio of W.C. Collins of Pendleton County, KY
Core Melungeon DNA Project
Melungeon Heritage Association
Historical Melungeons

Collinsworth

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Combs  

Surname Resources:
Ancestry of former Governor Bert Thomas Combs
Bastardy Warrant Annie Combs vs. William F. Combs Russell Co., VA
Combs Families of Magoffin County, Kentucky
Combs Family Killed and Captured in New Garden, Russell County, Virginia
Combs Family Research of Clay, Lincoln & Perry Counties including Danger Nick Combs & Soldier John Combs
Combs Genealogy & History
Early Lower Troublesome Creek Settlers Breathitt County
Ira Combs includes info about him and Dave Maggards, preachers of eastern KY
Napolean Bonaparte Combs of Perry, Breathitt & Owsley Kentucky counties

Photo Resources: *NEW*
Mary (Fletcher) Combs

Conley

Surname Resources:
Conley Biographies
Conley Corner
Crockett Area Grade School Abt. 1910-1915 Morgan County, RE: photo includes Orville & Gracie Conley
Jerry Conley's Genealogy Site

Cottle

Surname Resources:
The Life and Times of Joseph Cottle: c1834 m. Nancy Nickell

Couch

Surname Resources:
Couch Surname DNA Project

Cox 

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Crace

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Crager

Surname Resources:
Crager Family of Lawrence County, KY

Craft   

Surname Resources:
Craft Family Genealogy Forum
Recollections of John Henderson Craft b.1834 from the John J. Dickey Diary

Cress  

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Dalton

Surname Resources:
Dalton American DNA Project
The Dalton Gang Letters

Davis   

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Durham

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Elam

Surname Resources:
Catharine Elam appointed Guardian of Infant Children of Francis M. P. Isaacs (Russel Co., VA)
Elam Cemetery MANY other East KY names here, too and also has a photo of the cemetery. This graveyard is located in Breathitt County on a point above where Fletcher Fork
empties into Hunting Creek, at Bays.
Elam Veterans
The Elam Exchange

Estep   

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Evans   

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Eversole 

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Fannin 

Surname Resources:
Crockett Area Grade School Abt. 1910-1915 Morgan County, RE: Walter, Clarence, Cecil, Linnie, Cora and John D. Fannin photo
Morgan Co. High School, West Liberty, Class of 1928 RE: Joe and Mae Fannin photo

Ferguson   

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Fields

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Fitzpatrick

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Fletcher 

Surname Resources:
2006 Fletcher-Salyer Reunion in Salyersville, Magoffin Co., KY
Fletcher DNA Project
Fletcher Family Genealogy Library
Fletcher Family Genealogy Forum
Fletcher Website
Killing of Ambrose Fletcher's Wife and Children
Shedrick "Ted" Fletcher 

Photo Resources: *NEW*
Mary (Fletcher) Combs

Floyd 

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Fugate

Surname Resources:
Blue Fugates very interesting
Early Lower Troublesome Creek Settlers Breathitt County

Gentry 

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Gibson / Gipson & variations

Surname Resources:
Core Melungeon DNA Project
Gibson Family Frontline's Gibson family feature on the blurred racial lines of famous families
Gibsons and Ancestors a wonderful Yahoo group
Melungeon Heritage Association
Historical Melungeons

Green

Surname Resources:
Prelude to Feuds, The Green-Hargis Affair 1874 RE: Rowan & Carter Co., Kentucky

Goins   

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Gray   

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Gullett 

Surname Resources:
Gullett Family Genealogy Forum
Morgan Co. High School, West Liberty, Class of 1928  RE: Stanley Gullett photo
Train from Kentucky to the Chickasaw Nation *NEW*

Hackney   

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Hackworth

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Hager

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Hall

Surname Resources:
Hall Family Genealogy Knox, Floyd, Perry, Letcher, Knott and Rowan Counties
The Isaac Hall Murder Case of Morgan County, KY

Haines   

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Hall   

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Hamilton 

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Hammond 

Surname Resources:
Train from Kentucky to the Chickasaw Nation *NEW*

Hargis

Surname Resources:
Prelude to Feuds, The Green-Hargis Affair 1874 RE: Rowan & Carter Co., Kentucky

Harris   

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Harvey

Surname Resources:
Early Lower Troublesome Creek Settlers Breathitt County
Martha "Patsy" (Harvey?) Whitaker Memorial photos and tribute

Hatfield   

Surname Resources:
Hatfield-McCoy Feud Article from Blue Ridge Country featuring background, photos, timeline and a map of feud sites
Hatfield-McCoy Feud History
Hatfield-McCoy Feud Photo Gallery 12 pages of awesome photos from the West Virginia Division of Culture & History
Hatfield-McCoy Feud Photos more photos
Hatfield-McCoy Interprative Tour  from the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce
Hatfield-McCoy Reunion Festival  in Matewan & Williamson, WV and Pikeville, KY
Where: Mingo County, West Virginia and Pike County, Kentucky
Libby's Genealogy Hatfield & McCoy info, articles, photos, feud casualties and participants & reunion info *March 2006 Free Resources Excellence Award Winner*
The Love of Rosanna McCoy  a poem
Roseanna: Juliet of the Mountains  RE: Roseanna McCoy and Johnse Hatfield

Haywood

Surname Resources:
Haywood Surname DNA Project

Hibbitts

Surname Resources:
Hibbitts Genealogy Forum
My Little Cabin in the Mountains

Hill 

Surname Resources:
Henry Hill Bible Pendleton County, Kentucky *NEW*

Hixson 

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Holiday   

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Hollingsworth 

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Hoover   

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Hornsby 

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Howard   

Surname Resources:
Sparks/Howard Family Reunions in Pedro, Ohio
Deed of Gift, Nancy Cowan to Nancy Howard Russell Co., VA
Howard & Allied Families Howard Cousins from all over the world!
Howard Kentucky Marriages to 1850
The Will of Hiram Howard of Russel Co., VA
The Will of Johnston Howard of Russel Co., VA
Train from Kentucky to the Chickasaw Nation *NEW*
Turner-Howard Feud

Hughes  

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Hurley   

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Hurt  Stanley

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Husband 

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