Dona Amechia's Blog (8)

Friends & Family, Our Alabama Roots has moved to www.OurAlabamRoots.com! Please update your links. Cheers!:-) Meche Continue

Hello Family! I'm making plans to move the OAR site to its own domain - www.OurAlabamaRoots.com very soon & hope to follow-up with a complete redesign. The time is overdue for my digging deeper into the BARWICK family legacy & I even hope to get a summer trip in to Cincinnati to visit with my Great Aunts Hannah & Lena! I'll keep you posted!:-) Luckie. Continue

Here's believing that this year will be the year that I DIG DEEP into my Alabama ancestry! So much research... so little time!:-) Please keep up with Our Georgia Roots & Our Alabama Roots updates via Twitter - @OurGeorgiaRoots! Until the next time!:-) Cousin Mechie Continue

Today I chatted with my 88 year old Aunt Hannah {My Grandfather Willie C. Barwick's younger Sister}. Aunt Hannah & my Cousin Jamye {Daughter of Hannah & Willie's younger Brother, James} rode the train from Cincinnati to visit my Sister Gina in Washington, DC. What a true blessing it is for us to have an Aunt Hannah among us! While the young have to learn much about their phenomenal lineage by way of oral history & images, they have the blessing of enjoying Aunt Hannah NOW - right he… Continue

I am really just starting my Alabama Family research {my Georgia Genealogy research is much farther along!} but here are the Alabama mysteries I would LOVE to answer today! Heck, maybe there's a Barwick Ancestor or Angel out there who'd like to give my research effort a BOOST!:-) OAR Top 5 Family Mysteries: 1. Which Alabama BARWICK family owned my Ancestors? 2. Which Alabama MCKENZIE family owned my Ancestors?… Continue

Friends & Family, I received my COBB Family Bible! Let me tell you who I am... My Father is Don Ameche DANIELS. He is the only child born to William & Lovella {COBB} DANIELS {both deceased}. Lovella was Daughter to Williard Leroy & Myrtle {PERRY} COBB. Myrtle was Daughter to Richard & Charlotte PERRY. Williard was Son to George & Mary {MARTIN} COBB. From what I can tell all Families were originally from Kentucky & migrated across the bridge into Cincinnati, Ohio. The C… Continue

Greetings Friends, Please also visit OurGeorgiaRoots.com to read about my Georgia Ancestors for Washington-Wilkes! I've spent 10+ years gathering data on my WINGFIELD, DICKEY, CARTER, FAVER/FAVOR, DORSEY & WRIGHT Ancestors. Mechie Continue

My Alabama Surnames are: BARWICK, MCKENZIE, ROSS, MARTIN, HASTEY, WASHINGTON, MCRAE. My Maternal Grandfather, William Charles Barwick, was descended from the Barwick's of Dothan, Alabama. His Mother Lena Mae MCKENZIE married Raymond BARWICK. Her Mother Ella MARTIN married Joseph James MCKENZIE. Her Mother Caroline WASHINGTON married Levi MARTIN. Her Mother Rachel ? married George WASHINGTON. Raymond's Mother Laura ROSS married James BARWICK. Her Mother Jane ? married James ROSS. Any s… Continue