The Root Digger Genealogy

Welcome To My Root Digger Genealogy Blog!!!

I appreciate that you have taken the time to stop by and check out my Genealogy Blog. Anything that has to do with my own Ancestry will be found on this blog. I also love orphan photos, so I take the time to post those as often as possible. UPDATE: I have started another blog on Blogger to share in a more personal manner my ancestry from all four family trees…My Adopted and Birth. They are so much a part of me and I want my readers to connect with me through my journey. Come check me out at The Ancestors Have Spoken.

The surnames I am researching have some relations to my ancestry, either through direct family ties, Collateral ties, or because various individuals had direct interaction with my ancestors. I find that knowing more about the people that lived and interacted with my ancestors reveals a greater picture of their lives. “Man does not live on an island unto himself.”

Some of the Surnames that I am researching are: Anderson, Bacon, Battle, Becton, Berry, Blackledge, Braddock, Bradley, Brown, Buggs, Bunn, Busby, Cannady/Canidy/Canady, Carter, Chadwick, Clough, Collins, Cully/Culley, Dove, Ellis, Espinoza, Fenner, Fischer/Fisher, Foreman, Frazier, Gaudette, George, Gilliam/Gillam, Godette, Gray, Gravely, Green, Hairston/Hariston, Harkley, Harp, Hartley, Higgins, Hodge, Howard, Humphrey, Howard, Kennedy, Laughinghouse, Loftin, Millikin, Mitchell, Moore, Munoz, Nelson, Peters, Porter, Rodriguez, Scott, Singleton, Tatnall, Taylor, Wharton, Willoughby, Wilson, and Whittington.

This is not a complete listing of surnames, however they are a bulk of my research, and as time goes on I may update this list.

The areas of my research are: North Carolina (Craven Counties such as New Bern, Havelock,), Winston-Salem, Massachusetts (Worcester, Boston, Cambridge) Mississippi, Virginia (Henry Counties), St. Louis, Missouri; New York, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, and many more.

My hopes for this blog is that it connects me with individuals searching for the same ancestors. Please do not hesitate to contact me and let me know if you found something interesting or that you think we might be family. Please leave a comment on the comment page for me and I will return a response.

Happy Researching!!!

Tombstone Tuesday: Greenwood Cemetery : San Diego CA

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Yvette Porter Moore

Greenwood Cemetery Section: Hawthorne 20-21

I went to the Greenwood Cemetery in San Diego, California a few days ago. It was not really planned, but the weather was changing. It was a windy and cloudy day and I thought it would be cool to take some pictures in the cemetery before it began to rain. Once I arrived at the cemetery, I drove until I felt moved to stop. I know this is not necessarily an organized way of taking photos and then posting them on find-a-grave, as some of the headstones may have been photographed already…however, I felt that I would let the spirit move me in the right direction.

So I came upon this tree at Hawthorne at section 20-21 and pulled over:

Tree at the Corner of Hawthorne

Section 20-21 marker

I found that spending time at the cemetery was a spiritual event. Looking at each headstone in the area I was snapping photos revealed that there were many infants and children who died young. It confirmed in me that we are so blessed to be alive as we can continue to do those things that we are purposed to do. These souls now buried deep beneath the earth were amongst the living…No matter how long they lived there was purpose be it for a second, a minute, an hour, days, weeks, months, a few years or many years, there was a reason.

There were many headstones that stood out to me, but the few I will include in the post are below. I am posting my photos or making memorials for each one on find-a-grave so that they will never be forgotten.

Jaime Thomas Sims

Christopher Douglas Thompson

Marquith A Hughes

These little one’s will never grow up. I could never imagine losing a little one. Praying that their families are comforted by their memory of the one they loved.

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My 3rd Year Anniversary with Blogging !!!

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Yvette Porter Moore

I cannot believe I am celebrating my Third Year Anniversary!!! My first post was on April 14, 2010! Where has all the time gone? I started off very slowly as I was researching my mother’s life in Sugar Hill, New York, and the more I began digging and traveling, the more I kept finding. This all had a snowball effect.
I have moments when I don’t blog…and it is not because I have nothing to write about, but that sometimes I feel that I need a break. I research mostly every day.

Over this past year, I completed the Boston University Certificate Program, and now I am on the “Clock” to getting my Genealogy Board Certification.

I want to thank every last one of my readers for stopping in and checking out my blog. I love comments, and I love to share my family history, as well as read others. Please add me as one of your blogs to read, and I will return the courtesy.

So now I say, Let’s begin a New Year of Blogging!!!

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Root Digger Daily Journal: Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Yvette Porter Moore

Today was a very amazing day of genealogy. I connected with a lady by the name of Betty who is president of her Genealogy Society in her city. We were introduced online and we will be roommates for the National Genealogical Society Conference in Las Vegas. I checked out both of her websites…They were very resourceful. Her emphasis are in telling family stories and recording them.

Then I connected with Mary, who contributes to Find-a-grave, like I do. She saw my blog post about “Joseph” Baby Cully who was buried in Hope Cemetery in Worcester, MA. She volunteered to take a picture of his headstone. She also requested me to write a list of some of my other relatives buried at Hope Cemetery, so she also take pictures of theirs. Wow! I told her she was heaven sent! She said I was too because I had given her the idea to connect with Professor Falco at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in MA. Mary has a Great Uncle, like I do who was a musician in New England and in Mass…Professor Falco and Chet Williamson interviews and researches on Jazz musicians from Massachusetts and puts their information in an online archive. I had been interviewed by both of them, and I informed her that they might want to research her Uncle.

Today I blogged on both of my blogs. However I spent a lot of my time going through genealogy documents on my computer, so I could begin to organize them. I am planning on citing and documenting all of my genealogy papers. I didn’t do this in the beginning, and sometimes I feel very disorganized.

I downloaded RootsMagic 6 to my computer so I can begin to put together an offline family tree.

Then I was on facebook and one of my Hairston cousins was interested in finding information on her grandfather, Tom Tyler Hairston…and to find out what became of him. I located information and began to build a family tree around Chester Hairston. I also downloaded documents of other family members for analyzing. This took me quite awhile, so I guess tomorrow will be another day of analyzing and researching.

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Wedding Wednesday: Bride & Groom Lost to History

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Yvette Porter Moore

Here are two lovely wedding photos lost to history. I purchased these two proof photos on e-bay. If you know who this couple is, please leave a comment.

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Treasured Orphaned Photos: Raynor Family Post #3

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Yvette Porter Moore

These are 3 of 8 photos of one of the Raynor Babies. The photos were taken when the child was 11 months old. Such an adorable baby being photographed during one of her milestones.