Tag Archives: Mecklenburg County N.C.

2024: 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks: Week 17 (April 22 – 28) War Ancestors in My Family…

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

This is my 9th year of writing in the annual April A to Z… and I changed my topic a few times until settling on DNA. I’m also writing again in my 3rd year of 52 Weeks 52 Ancestors this … Continue reading →

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2021: W – Mama in Photos… Where Oh Where Were These Photos Taken

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

2021: W – Mama in Photos… I’m back for my sixth year (2021)… can you believe it… of participating in the yearly April A to Z challenge… and I’ve had quite a time in deciding on my “theme.” I had a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021: A to Z - Mama in Photos, Daily Writings and funnies... | Tagged A to Z Challenge 2021, farm, farm bell, Mecklenburg County N.C., N.C., photos, Siloam Georgia, Union Point Georgia, West Haven CT | 10 Comments

Family Stories: Good Samaritan Cleans McKinley Gravestones

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

Good Samaritan Cleans McKinley Gravestones at Steele Creek Cemetery Steele Creek Cemetery and Steele Creek Church is located at 7407 Steele Creek Rd, Charlotte, North Carolina; it was founded in 1760. Surnames buried there connected into my family lines of … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Writings and funnies..., Family Stories | Tagged Beatty, Margaret McKinley, McKinley, Mecklenburg County N.C., Steele Creek Cemetery, William McKinley | 2 Comments

2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 43 (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27): Transportation

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 43 (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27): Transportation I “first” joined Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on its “first” year in 2014… and what a whirlwind year that was… writing, editing and researching daily for 365 … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Daily Writings and funnies..., Family Stories | Tagged 2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Bryan, Covered Wagon, Fall Line Road, Great Wagon Road, Greene County Georgia, McKinley, Mecklenburg County N.C., mules, Putnam Co. Ga., Tillman D. Gooch, Transportation, Upper Road | 1 Comment

2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 11 (March 11 – 17) Large Family

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

2019: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – Week 11 (March 11 – 17) Large Family Edgar L. McKinley and Rossie L. Sharp I have several grandparents who had a large family… so it was a toss of the coin that … Continue reading →

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Family Stories: True or False

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

Family Stories: True or False It’s the family stories that often draws me in… sometimes you can only read so much of pedigrees and census counts. The family stories passed down through generations build the character of the family, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Writings and funnies..., Family Stories | Tagged Askew, Boone, Bryan, Cicily Evans Askew, Family Tales, Goochland County Virginia, John Askew, McKinley, Mecklenburg County N.C., Morgan Bryan, President William McKinley, William Jennings Bryan | 5 Comments

DNA: Like Mother Like Daughter: DNA – COMPARISON

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

Finally, I Received Mama’s DNA Today January 23, 2017 Now to Compare… While mama has more European West DNA – 51% to my 48%, my Irish roots are higher than hers at 35% to her 25 %. The one region … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Writings and funnies..., DNA: My Results are in | Tagged Beaty, Bryan, DNA, Goode, Kittrell, Mapp, McKinley, Meadows, Mecklenburg County N.C., Mitchell, Owsley | 9 Comments

Road Trip: Steele Creek Church – Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C.

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

Steele Creek Church: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Road Trip: October 15, 2016 Steele Creek Church is one of the first seven churches established in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina by the Scotch-Irish settlers and where my McKinley ancestors worshipped and buried. … Continue reading →

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Family Stories: Day 1: 2016 Vacation – Genealogy Road Trip

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Jeanne Bryan Insalaco

Vacation – Genealogy Road Trip Day 1 – October 14, 2016 Friday Day 1: No trip to visit mom in my home state of Georgia is without a hint of genealogy, but this trip was just a few pinches … Continue reading →