A few years ago my husband and I took a ghost town hunting trip to southeast Oklahoma. Perfect for a Halloween weekend. This part of Oklahoma is unlike any other part of the state. Choctaw County and Pushmataha County include the Kiamichi Mountains. It’s a beautiful …
Click here for PDF of Henry Lewis Pesterfield I descendants. I have hit several brick walls in my genealogy research, however, Henry Pesterfield I is my most obstinate brick wall. Family lore tells us that he came from Hanover, Germany and anglicized his name …
I was in Knoxville, Tennessee recently conducting research into several of my family lines. One family in particular-the Pesterfield’s, my most stubborn brick wall. Read more about my Pesterfield line here. I’m stuck on Henry Pesterfield b.ca 1790, so I’m trying to research all of …
What’s in Your Closet? I feel the need to warn you that when you start researching your ancestors you WILL find a skeleton in the closet. More than likely you’ll find several. I’m going to drag one of my skeletons out, dust him off and …
Some of the best memories can be made simply by getting off the highway and going down the back roads. Begin without an agenda or specific destination and get going. Simply put: Coddiwomple Have you ever heard the term? It is slang and means “To …
Make memories on the back roads Recently we decided to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway. I planned our trip, had all the must-see places mapped out, the whole nine yards. Then we got there. Somewhere in all my planning I didn’t account for the parkway …
I’m a taphophile and a tombstone tourist. It’s a hazard of being a genealogist. It’s not as creepy as it sounds. It just means I like to visit graveyards and cemeteries. As a genealogist, one of my ideas of fun is visiting cemeteries and graveyards. Not …
