Category: Updates

  • Chumley Family Tree Table at the Genealogy Jamboree Oct 14-15, 2022

    Chumley Family Tree Table at the Genealogy Jamboree Oct 14-15, 2022

    Hello everyone,  I have finally gotten my ducks in a row and we are having a Chumley Family Tree table at the Genealogy Jamboree in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee this year.   Here is the link to their website:  https://cgtghg.org/genealogy-jamboree I have a lot of ideas about what to showcase at our table; old photos, charts, maps, family trees, etc.,…

  • Cumberland Gap, Tennessee the place to be this weekend October 10, 2020

    Cumberland Gap, Tennessee the place to be this weekend October 10, 2020

    This is the weekend to be in Cumberland Gap. Betty Russell and I will be selling our book on Saturday October 10th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Underwood Grove Missionary Baptist Church – The 125-year Journey for $30. Look for posters around local businesses for our location. I am excited to be in the…

  • July 2020

    More thoughts on Organization – Webster defines it as, 1a: the act or process of organizing or of being organized (the organization of his material into a speech).   b: the condition or manner of being organized (a group with a high degree of organization). May I expound on the word?  Did I hear, “Yes,…

  • June 1, 2020

    Since we last talked, so much has happened.  I am slowing getting my office and research materials in shape.  It is that work no one likes to do, but it sure makes better use of our time if we know where to find things.  I am still finding things I forgot I had or stumbling…

  • May 1, 2020

    May 1, 2020 The month of April was Crazy.  I am happy to say we are now putting the final touches on the 125-year History of Underwood Grove Baptist Church.  I am so excited how it has turned out.  The collaboration between Betty Russell and I was amazing.  Betty has done the grunt work, running…

  • April 1, 2020

    Update as promised: I must admit that getting started on the Chumley book has been overwhelming. I had to order a new computer, which was a downer. I am sure that 1990 called and wanted their computer back, as it was acting up and getting reallllllyyyy slow. I don’t have the patience for slow. When…

  • March 1, 2020

    February 28, 2020 Well it has been awhile since I initially started this blog and so much of “life” has gotten in my way, but the life events demand priority at times. I have worked sporadically on the research and organizing digital files as well as paper files.  I have learned that part of writing a…