Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):1) Do you have a photograph of yourself with one or more of your …
Category: Briles
Friday Finds
As I was going thru my RICKETTS notebook and files, I came across some research that Betty Wasmer did for me in Woodson County Kansas records. Since this research is primarily a transcription from the indexes, I checked FamilySearch to see whether the actual records were available. I did not find anything on FamilySearch for …
John Briles
John Briles was born before 1775 He filed land entry papers on 31 Mar 1791 in Randolph County, North Carolina. [1–2] with the State of North Carolina for land being 100 acres on the waters of the Caraway for 30 shillings Between 1800 and 1855, he was Methodist in Randolph, North Carolina, United States. [3] …
Sourcing Events
Do you typically attach sources to events (facts) you have for an individual? For an 'old fogey' like myself, this has been an evolving process. My first foray into researching my family history worked with family group sheets where the birth marriage and death dates and places were recorded for members of a family. I …
Friday Finds
Have you ever looked thru your old files and been reminded of the help a family member provided to get that document? That was my situation as I was updating sources for my 4th great grandfather, John Briles. While I have quite a few facts regarding the sale and purchase of land, it was the …
Friday Find
Buried in the notebook of BRILES items received from Mildred Barby are photocopies of obituaries. Since these may not be available online, I’m sharing one of them here. ObituaryLeonidas Harrison BrilesLeonidas Harrison Briles was born May 18, 1885 at Neodesha, Kansas to Nathan and Susan Hatler Briles, the second of eleven children. Only one remaining …
Friday Find
Buried in the notebook of BRILES items received from Mildred Barby are photocopies of obituaries. Since these may not be available online, I’m sharing a page of them here. MemorialBrilesWilliam Earl Briles, eldest son of Nathan and Susan Briles, was born October 5, 1882 at Fredonia, Kansas, and died August 9, 1945 at his home …
Friday Find
In the notebook of BRILES items shared with me by Mildred Briles Barby is a handwritten ‘genealogy’ of the Rush Family. Mildred and I are double cousins. My 2nd great grandfather, Alexander Briles was the uncle to her great grandfather, Branson Briles. Our common BRILES ancestor is John Briles, son on Conrad Broyles (Briles) of …
Friday Find
To California and Back Today's find comes from that notebook of Briles items given to me by cousin Mildred Barby. This document is a typed version of an article, Saga of John Briles, that was published in The Randolph Tribune of Asheboro, Nort Carolina. The story is about John Briles and his wife Annis Briles. …
Friday Find
The notebook of BRILES / BROYLES items given to me by fellow researcher, Mildred Barby is yielding another find. This time, it is a typed copy of the will of Adam Broyles. Unfortunately, I don’t know which Adam Broyles. The will identifies the following children: Moses Broyles -first born son Aaron Broyles Joshua Broyles Milla …