Shaking Family Trees

Shaking Family Trees

 
 

   
  

    
    by  Myra Vanderpool Gormley

    
     
 

   
  

    
    I'm a retired
    professional genealogist, former editor of the RootsWeb
    Review and syndicated columnist and feature writer for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate 

    now tracing, compiling and pruning ancestors in my family trees.
    

     
    

    

    
      
        
        
        
          Tracing the descendants of 

          Abraham VANDERPOOL (1766-1831) and

           Phoebe
          ISAACS (ca 1773-1833)

          who married ca 1793 in probably Wilkes County, North Carolina. 

          They
          both died in Marion County, Indiana. 
 

    

 
    
  They
          had two sons and five daughters.

   

          Surnames include VANDERPOOL, BAIRD, SWIFT, LEWIS, et al.
          



        


          

           Rachel Vanderpool
          Beach, a granddaughter, ca 1864
    

          

          
          Abe and
          Phoebe's Family Tree


          
        
            

            
        

    

        
      
    
    

    

      

    
      

      
       

      

      Other family lines I'm actively researching:
      

      
Awtrey/Autry, Bankston, George,
      

       Isaacs, and Kimbro
      
      
      (a German-American line)

      
      

      (all of these are Colonial American lines, 

      found
      primarily in North Carolina, South Carolina

       Tennessee and/or Georgia)

      

      
      

      


         ISAACS. Scanned image of the will of Elijah Isaacs (Pendleton County, South Carolina) in PDF in two parts. Recorded in Book C, page 173, 24 June 1799.
        Part 1
        Part 2


        If you do not have the PDF (free) reader, get it here:

        
 



 Free Adobe Acrobat Reader


      
      
      

    



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Some of my
genealogical-related  articles you might enjoy:



In Ancestry magazine:




  
    Going
    Fishing
  
    Wanted!
    On the Trail of an Outlaw
  
    Prospecting
    for Genealogical Gold Out West
  
    Vinegar
    Pie, Cat Eyes, and the Tales from Grandma's Kitchen
  
    Scrutinizing
    Broken Limbs on Family Trees
  
    Scratching
    on German Branches


  

          Other of my articles you might find of interest:
   
    
      
        Tying the
        Knot: English Style

      
        Family
        Legends: Facts or Fantasies?
    

   






 Books
by Myra Vanderpool Gormley

    

   

     

    



              
            
             
      
          

    

    



   
    
      
    Kansas Gunsmoke:
    A History of the Garden City Police Department is available from Jacobus
    Books,  Stephenville, TX. 
          

        Cherokee
          Connections and Family Diseases are available from Genealogical
          Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. 

           

          

          The Official Guide to RootsWeb.com is available from Ancestry.com
          Store
          

      You
      may be able to find these books at your local library or via
      Amazon.com and other online new and used book sources.
          

  

   

 
          

   


      
    

   




    
    
 
    
    
    
    
 
    
   
 
   


    

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I no
longer accept clients for genealogical research

     projects and  I am unable to offer personal advice of this nature.

Thank you for not asking.

I am always interested in hearing from cousins and others researching the same ancestral lines, especially the pre-1850 Vanderpools, Bankstons and Autrys/Awtreys in America.




    
    
    © 1997-2012

   

 Myra Vanderpool Gormley