Mountain Genealogists

While I fully understand the thinking behind making it difficult, if not impossible, to obtain full SS-5's from the Social Security Admi...

According to an article in US NEWS titled " U.S. Government Still Pays Two Civil War Pensions ", by Lauren Fox , the following po...

Floyd Ersatus Beane and Family

LUCINDA Wife of S.S. HONAKER DIED AUG. 29, 1869 AGED 42 Yrs 7ms __dys Luinda Honaker was the daughter of William and Rachel Bean. She was...

Monroe County, [West] Virginia 1856/ Line 39 Andrew Gastin - Slave - Owner: William Been [sic]- Male - Location: PottsCreek - Cause of Dea...

I have been working on both my family tree as well as my husband's for many years. And there are a number of brick walls we have yet to...

I am sure I am not alone when I say I collect the photographs of my family. I have, literally, thousands. And, of course, along the way, the...