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Every Family Has Stories - Have You Shared Yours?

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                            Every Family Has Stories       Yesterday Mom and I were discussing sharing family history before it is lost. I get focused on names, dates, and hundred years old court records. She reminisces about childhood adventures on her parents' farm in Kentucky. While we talked it came up that even within our nuclear family, not all stories have been shared even with the siblings that had not participated in events.          In 1962, when I was only 5 yrs old, we had just moved into a new home. In fact, the telephone company had not connected our phone yet. One evening, there was a knock on the door and naturally, against all rules, I immediately opened the door. A man stood there asking for my father. My dad was there pushing me behind him then, recognizing this man, the conversation went something like "well hello, what's up?  Grady, they need you t...

List of crimes found in Virginia early court records

  This James Burk is an interesting character I will write more about later.  The mother of Grandma (Watkins) Turner (1899-1975) was Canzada (Gregory) Watkins (1874-1956).  Her great grandmother was Jane Burks. Tracking Jane's line led me to find this very interesting abstract.   List of crimes found in Virginia court records  Roanake, Virginia area mid -century 1700's                    DISCORDS IN THE MORAL TONES OF THE COMMUNITY " George Campbell was fined for absence from divine worship, Robert Cunningham for being drunk, James Burk for swearing, Humberton Lyons for adultery, Stephen Holston for breaking the peace, Patrick McDonald for being drunk and drinking the Pretender's health, John Graham for abusing Rev. John Hindman, John Flanagan for horse stealing, Samuel Hulls for breaking the Sabbath by singing profane songs, Daniel Evans for not providing for his children in a "desent" christian manner. John...