"In The Mountains,
We Forget To Count
The Days..."Appalachian Heritage Group
Over the past 24 years, Linda has been researching her roots... her maternal grandparents are from SW Virginia and SW West Virginia. We have a large genealogy group that
researches the middle Appalachian Mountain areas...
Our family surnames are, (but not limited to): BLANKENSHIP, CANADAY / KENNEDY, COOPER, LESTER, STACY, ROWE, GARDENER, BREEDING, HACKNEY, HATFIELD, COLLINS, EVANS, ASBURY / ASBERRY, CHRISTIAN, KELLY / KELLEY, WHITT, RIFFE / RIFE, ARTHUR, TRENT, MUSICK / MUSIC, HARRISON, DRAKE, HARMAN / HARMON, BLANKINSHIP, SCAGGS, TONER, McKINNEY, ROBERTS, BELCHER, HINCHEY / HINCHER, STUMP, SAULS, DYE, BALL, RAY, TODD, HUBBARD, MORRIS, STURGILL, STEAGALL, WALKER, HANDY, CLARK, FRENCH, PACK, ELLEDGE, SHUMATE / SHOEMATE, CARROL, HUFFMAN, JUSTUS, JUSTICE, ADAMS, GRIZZEL, WOLFORD, McGRAW, PRESNELL
and more.... Most are of these families from the McDowell, Co., Mercer Co., West Virginia, Buchanan Co., Washington Co., Russell Co., Virginia, Pike Co., Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and many, many other areas… Come join our group! ...and make your self right at home!
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We are the families of the Middle Appalachian Mountains. This is a place where family and friends can gather to work on genealogy, family and local & family history, photographs, traditions, stories, recipes, mnt ways, mountain nature or just catchin up on things...
We look forward to seeing you... Happy Tree Climbing!
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Adam & Louvinia (Cooper) Blankenship & Family
Some of the children here are from Adam's first wife Betty Wolford, who died in childbirth.Blackey, Virginia
Adam Blankenship Cemetery
(this links will take you off our site)
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MORE ON THESE FAMILIES...
...If you are interested in more information about any of these folks. And if you have information you'd like to share or if you would like to swap photos...
please feel free to EMAIL US!
Also, for more information on Blankenships all over the world, check out BLANKENSHIP Research Web Site (Jim Blankenship).
Linda's New England & European ancestors:
French & French Canadian lines from Massachusetts, New Foundland, Vermont, Quebec, Montreal, and France.
FORAND, FORRANT, BRODEUR, JOLY / JOLLY, FAVREAU, LAFONTAINE, ST. GERMAIN, BRICAULT/BRICOT, VAUDRY, BOYER, PARIS, VALLEAU, AUTHIER, BRUNELLE, MICHAUD, BLOSSE, NORTHROP, McGRATH, NIELSEN, GIRAUD, GIRARD, LOISELLE, ANGERS...
Irish lines from Massachusetts, County Kerry and County Clare Ireland:
COSTELLO, SULLIVAN, GALIVAN, SHEA, McKAY, JOYCE, BRASSIL, MORAN, CAIGER, MEEHAN, MEHAN, COUSOULE ROBINSON, WHITE, BENCH, REAGAN, BOLSTER, PRENDERVILLE, PERCY, PERRY, CUNNINGHAM, FAHY... MORE ON THESE FAMILIES...
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(photo courtesy of Ed & Jo Hooker)
Dan & Vic (Asbury) Kennedy
This is my Great Great Grandfather Dan
and his second wife.
My gr gr grandmother Pheobe Asbury
was Dan's first wife...
Vic was her sister. Pheobe died of the Mumps.
Bradshaw Mnt, West Virginia EMAIL US...
for a copy of Dan, Vic & Pheobe's children in a group picture.
(Less Hammond Kennedy, who had just passed away when the photo was taken in 1920.) .
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