Hey guys. Just felt like sticking' my head in and saying "hey"!

I was researching some of my ancestors and found one (relatively) recent one that was shot and killed by Rube Burrow, a well known gunslinger in his day from Alabama.
He's buried in Blount County, Alabama where most of my clan is from.

Any of you folks got any neat ones you found like that?

Post 'em up!

I'm sure some of you here have some real gee-whiz ones.

Chuck Yeager. WAY on down the line.

I've always wanted to do the ancestry thing.Figured it would be neat to see who all you're actually kin to way down the line.Only present person of any interest I'm kin to is Taylor Hicks but it's distant cousins.

This is like....way far back....but I have an ancestor on my moms side that was Martin Luthers right hand man. He was imprisoned for the whole 95 thesis thing. For someone that studies theology, I think thats pretty cool. Mom always jokes that I need to be a Lutheran instead of a Southern Baptist.

Welcome back stranger

Jonathan L Russell
14th South Carolina, Co.K
Army of Northern Virginia

One of the easiest ways to find your recent ancestors for the uninitiated like me is "Find a Grave" for your county. It has pictures of the headstones and relatives listed with links to their graves. It also has a search option to show all graveyards with your surname.

One of my forefathers was an early school master in Chilton County and lived with a local family. He married a 14 year old student who was also a daughter in the family he was living with. You'll have to use your imagination to fill in the rest. He was one of the early Chandlers in Chilton County.

Thanks Swampy!

Glad to see you back Deadwood.

one of my anscestors was hung for stealing a horse in England.....

mothers mother(from Maryland) were close related to Lees of Virginia ..like Robert E, and 'Lighthorse" Harry Lee of Revolutionary War fame. Richmond Pearson Hobson of Spanish American fame, owned a house in Greensboro Al on my dads side.

A whole bunch that fought on both sides in the Civil War, several of them killed in action.

One of my cousins had a BIG family tree book researched and printed in 1952 er so, I have a copy I look at pretty regular.

3 Family members that fought in the revolutionary war. One was a major (for the good guys) and his son was enlisted. They were my great great........grandfathers. First of my great greats to live in the state was 1816 and lived about 6 miles from where I live now. Earliest I've found was in the early 1600s and I have copies of the boat log where he came over from England. Still same last name as mine.

We are cutting a tract of timber now that has a small graveyard in it, about 15 or so graves. Several of them you can read easily, about the 1900 date of death. Is there a place you need to call so they can be documented?

Rube Burrows was my great great great uncle, train robber/gunslinger from Lamar County, many escapes from posseys, shot by a store keeper in Monroe or Wilcox Co. I've never looked at my family tree just know this from stories told by my Grandparents.

Pleasure to visit again!

William Barrett Travis distantly, and Colonel William Edward Travis of the Tennessee 5th, CSA. My mother has pretty good records of the Travis Family going back to Jamestown.

I've never checked into mine. A guy I work with has really dug into his ancestry. He had a whole list of interesting people and things. He is related to the Bush family and it wasn't as distant of a relation as you would have imagined.

My fiance is a Travis, Some of her family was from Tennessee and other parts of the country(military family). I wonder if it's all part of the same family

Just me.

He shot William Penn Woodard, a tracker, who was my ancestor.
I'm not mad about it anymore, FYI.