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My Thoughts On Genealogy
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Genealogy for me has been a project for over 20 years and will always be a constant ongoing project. I'm an avid genealogy book fan who's collected several hundred books over the years and I'm constantly looking for more. Books are great sources. But one should always back it up with a record obtained from a County Courthouse - Public Library - State Archives - National Archives - Cemetery. What this means is over years you can pile up mountains of document's. I put mine by surname into 3 ring binders with index tabs for the various counties. Lot's of info is out there on the internet and it's a source, but there is also that percent that is incorrect. For instance my own personal history was out there with huge mistakes and still is. Several people had plastered my family history all over the genealogy sites. One gentleman went so far as to create his own dates & places of birth for me and my children. One should always be respectfull of living family members and their personal information. And always thank those who share with you. This is was why I decided to put my Hicks heritage online. Genealogy is just that a family history and it's ours and we should be proud to share it with others.
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My Hearfelt And Sincere Thank You's For Sharing Family Information
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1.My Grandparents The Late Cody & Edith (Walker) Hicks
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2.My Parents The Late Reginald & Cleo (Sebert) Hicks
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3.My Aunt's - Lois (Hicks) Dooley & Nina (Hicks) Dooley
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4.My Aunt & Uncle - John Harrison Sebert & Jessie (Beam) Sebert
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5.My Great Aunt - Margaret (Hicks) Garten - Her Daughter Jean (Garten) Elder - Her Grandchilren Patricia Sue (Godby) McKeague & John Godby
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6.Great Aunt Burlie (Hicks) Given's Daughter Inlaw Mary Louise Given
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7.Great Aunt Mary (Hicks) Dahmer's Son Eugene Dahmer
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8.Aunt Lowa (Sebert) Groves's Daughter Hilmaleen (Groves) Rader
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9.My Mom's First Cousin William Carl Sebert
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10.My Mom's 2nd Cousin Ronald Sebert
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11. Owen Hicks's Great Grandson's - Avon & J. L. Hicks
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12. Lonnie Foster - Son of Lola (Fitzwater) Foster and Grandson of Lewis Squire Fitzwater
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13.Kermit Edmund Grose Jr. Son of Almira (Fitzwater) Grose, Grandson of Rev. John Roger Fitzwater, & Great Grandson of Lewis Squire Fitzwater
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14. Mrs. Shirley Grindstaff - We connect several ways Wiseman - Ramsey - Bailes
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15.Mrs. Gretta Van Allen - For Information on Jesse Hicks her Logan Co. Line of the Hicks family in West Virginia
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16.Sharon (Day) Yates - For info and photo's for her great grandfather Owen Hicks and his son William Bell Hicks her grandfather.
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17.Rock Foster - For his photo's and shared interest in Nicholas County W.Va. History. He has a great book "When Gauley Ran Blood." Grandson of Okey Foster who was a close friend and relative of my grandfather Cody Hicks.
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18.Carol Rose for her information on the family of Prussia (Stackhouse) Carper - Prussia was the daughter of Margaret (Greathouse) Stackhouse Simpson and granddaughter of Nancy(Hicks) Greathouse.
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19.Mrs. Tina Vandal for information on the family of Glendora (Dory Hicks) Cox. Dory was the daughter of Owen Hicks.
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20.Judy Hildreth for her info on the WPA Record Roane Co. W.Va
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A huge thank you to the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Located in the East Tennessee Historical Center, Knox County Public Library System - Street address: 314 West Clinch Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2203: They are one of the biggest genealogy libraries in the Eastern United States and has been my second home for the past 15 years. - Phone Number (865) 544-5744
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The National Archives - I've spent a small fortune their pulling out military records. Which have become some of my most cherished items.
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Archives and History Library, Department of Culture and History, The Cultural Center Capitol Complex, Charleston West Virginia 25305 - The Greatest place to research in West Virginia and one of my favorite places.
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West Virginia Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 172 Elkview, WV 25017 - They have done a wonderfull job publishing books on West Virginia History.
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Virginia State Library, 11th Street at Capitol Square, Richmond, Va. 23219-3491 - A great place, West Virginia has a lot of missing records that are located here.
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West Virginia Collection, West Virginia University Library, Colson Hall Morgantown, W.Va. 26506 - They also have a lot of missing records that are not in county courthouses.
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A big thank you to the Nicholas County Courthouse, Summersville, West Virginia. As I am a desc. of a great many Nicholas County Pioneer Settlers. This was frequently another one of my second homes.
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I would also like to thank the following West Virginia County Courthouses and Libraries for allowing me to ramble thru their records. - Fayette - Monroe - Greenbrier - Kanawha - Wirt - Jackson - Roane - Calhoun - Braxton - Logan - Pocahontas - Pendleton - Wirt.
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The following County Courthouses & Libraries in Virginia - Wythe - Bland - Tazewell - Montgomery - Bedford - Botetourt - Augusta - Rockingham - Frederick - Rockbridge - Cumberland - Hanover (Just For Hicks alone many other counties for different surnames.)
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The LDS branch libraries in Knoxville & Sevierville Tennessee
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Jefferson County Tenn. Courthouse - Dandridge, Tenn.
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Sevier County Tennessee Library, Sevierville, Tennessee
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Daughters OF The American Revolution - They Are Great
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The Following people for taking time to write books on West Virginia History - Wes Cochran & Pauline Haga. I have tons of their books. They do a great job.
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Terry Lowry for writing wonderfull books on the Civil War in West Virginia. My favorite is September Blood The Battle of Carnifex Ferry, Nicholas County West Virginia.
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The National Historical Society. My favorite's are the massive volume's of the Offical Records Of The Civil War.
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