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Category: History

June 2, 2022

Discovering My Link to The Old Stone House

Thomas and Dinah Kennedy settled Covington, KY and ran a ferry. They lived in the Old Stone House.

May 28, 2022

Blown Into Atoms: Locomotive Dashes Headlong Into Freight Train

A C&O train ran headfirst into a Kentucky Central freight train loaded with blasting powder. From Louisville Courier-Journal

April 2, 2022

John & Margaret Hollearn in America

John and Margaret Barry Hollearn, Irish immigrants, raised their family in the Montgomery County, KY area during the late 1800s.

Photo by Ning Shi on Unsplash
July 19, 2021

Private Thomas Watkins Role in Defeating the Elite Tory Army

Ancestor Bio: Thomas Watkins (1751-1854) This Kentucky family story actually begins in North Carolina during the American Revolution. My sixth great-grandfather, Thomas Watkins, served…

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Southerners are known for being obsessed with clinging to the past, to our traditions, and to our family. When I was younger, I would…

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Tricia Aanderud
Tricia Aanderud

Since 2008, genealogy has been a hobby. This year I am getting serious about it. Follow me on my journey.

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