My family roots today. I talked with some of the older folks in my family and asked them about what they knew about my grandparents, mostly because both of my grandpa's died before I was born and I was about ten when dad's mom died and about the same age when my other grandma went into a comatose state. And I didn't really know much about them I have seen a picture of my dad's father but not my mom's. And I found out today that my aunt has one picture of him and when I get paper for my printer, copier, scanner she is going to let me make a couple of copies of it.
I had always known we was of Irish and Native American descent but wasn't sure what else well I found out that they were the only nationalities that made up my family tree. It doesn't really matter other than its nice to know where you come from. My grandpa on mom's side was half Irish and half Chaktaw (sp?) Indian and that her mother was Irish and Cherokee, which I always knew that but I remember Grandma because she used to take care of me.
I found out that my dad's family is mostly Irish and a very small amount of Native American. I don't remember his mother at all she died when I was ten and I wasn't around her that much anyway.
My mom's grandma, her dad's mom, actually had a big part in the history of this area of Kentucky. Her name was Penny Riley and she used to own the land that the Pennyrile state park now sits on and some other land around it. There is a Native American graveyard on the land that has my ancestors buried there and I intend to find out where its at I think it would be neat to find out where my history lies. I wish we had pictures of her I am thinking of looking into checking out the library but I can't spell Chaktaw correctly and I think I will need to look into the history of them in this area and I want to know more about my ancestors anyway.
I am so excited about finding these things about my family out I believe I remember my uncle telling me about Grandma Penny but I was pretty young and I guess I had not been as interested in it at the time.
I was wondering if anyone here knows how to do a family tree. I atleast have a start into it but on my dad's side there is so much mixed up stuff not sure how far I can go back. Its a pretty bad history there.
I had always known we was of Irish and Native American descent but wasn't sure what else well I found out that they were the only nationalities that made up my family tree. It doesn't really matter other than its nice to know where you come from. My grandpa on mom's side was half Irish and half Chaktaw (sp?) Indian and that her mother was Irish and Cherokee, which I always knew that but I remember Grandma because she used to take care of me.
I found out that my dad's family is mostly Irish and a very small amount of Native American. I don't remember his mother at all she died when I was ten and I wasn't around her that much anyway.
My mom's grandma, her dad's mom, actually had a big part in the history of this area of Kentucky. Her name was Penny Riley and she used to own the land that the Pennyrile state park now sits on and some other land around it. There is a Native American graveyard on the land that has my ancestors buried there and I intend to find out where its at I think it would be neat to find out where my history lies. I wish we had pictures of her I am thinking of looking into checking out the library but I can't spell Chaktaw correctly and I think I will need to look into the history of them in this area and I want to know more about my ancestors anyway.
I am so excited about finding these things about my family out I believe I remember my uncle telling me about Grandma Penny but I was pretty young and I guess I had not been as interested in it at the time.
I was wondering if anyone here knows how to do a family tree. I atleast have a start into it but on my dad's side there is so much mixed up stuff not sure how far I can go back. Its a pretty bad history there.
