Category: St Clair

• May 3, 2010

  Just saw the William Phillips property

  Just got back from Etowah/St Clair county and got a chance to see the William Phillips and Zachariah Phillips land. Great trip overall. I was able to actually photograph the likely area that the Sweet Gum tree lived, and the little Canoe Creek, And my grandmother Anna (Copeland) Phillips (died Anna Sanders) grave! I’m now…
• April 20, 2010

  How to use Google Earth with genealogy

  2020 update – I’ve discovered overlays!  I plan on producing some content on how to use google earth to track relatives.   Well, I’ve stumbled on a “new” (I use quotes because I’m sure that someone else has thought of it) tool to use with genealogy. When looking at deed records, they can be very…
• April 12, 2010

  Getting to visit the family land

  Well, I’ve been corresponding with Vicki Kirksey and she has informed me a great deal about our family. She appears to have quite a bit of pictures and actual deed records from the land William lived on. It appears that Byers and Rowan (two men who bought and sold a lot of land) tried to…
• March 9, 2010

  Review of my trip yesterday

  According to the Phillipsdnaproject.com, the next grandfather on my Phillips line is a William Phillips who either married a Sarah Hays or Sarah Burleson. I’m not quite sure why there is a debate, since no one can produce a marriage license for either woman! Still, I’m very sure that he is the right person to…