Showing posts with label Risner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Risner. Show all posts

January 28, 2013

a family journey

I love genealogy and family history. It has been a hobby of mine for years, though it fell to the wayside since having children....and the priorities therein. I recently found out my uncle has been working on information too since his retirement, and I have really enjoyed emailing him and learning more about the family.

We have a unique family history in that we have photographs dating back to the 1800s of family members and so much of our history has been captured visually. The side of the family I am currently researching is on my mother's side and they came from Kentucky.

Risner Family
My great-grandmother Carrie is in the middle row, second from the right. She was the oldest of eight siblings and after her family moved to Ohio, she lived in Tipp City.

Carrie's brothers Carl and Espy
It is so neat to see how people lived 150 years ago, and know the origins of a family. Here is the homestead in Bath County, Kentucky.

Homestead at Sherbourne, Bath County, KY
If you are interested in seeing more of our research as it progresses, check out our share site Kinfolk and Memories. We will be adding content over the course of the next several months, and I am so very excited to see this work come together.
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