Category Archives: Rittenberry

Ancestry DNA – DNA Story

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Don Taylor

One of the kits I manage, I’ll call “JS,” has received his Ethnicity Estimate and he now knows he is 88% descended from England, Wales, and Northwestern Europe, 10% from Ireland and Scotland, and two percent from Germanic Europe. Pretty … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – Ruby Foster Wilmoth (1912-1966)

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Don Taylor

Rittenberry Project Rittenberry-Shoemake-Wilmoth By Don Taylor Names fascinate me. When I was a child, I had a pastor whose name was Joyce. Since then, I’ve encountered other men with names that were unusual for men to have, such as Nancy … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Bio – Willie Hayes Shoemake (1905-1962)

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Don Taylor

52 Ancestors – Week 2018-11 By Don Taylor Willie Hayes Shoemake was born, grew up, married three times, and died – all in Putnam County, Tennessee. He was too young to have been drafted into World War I and too … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Bio – Dora Effie Jane Chism

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Don Taylor

Rittenberry Project By Don Taylor Today, I look at the Rittenberry family and the life of Dora Effie Jane Chism Rittenberry Johnson of Tennessee. Rittenberry Project 2017 – Ancestor #5 List of Grandparents Grandmother: Dora Effie Jane Chism [Rittenberry] [Johnson] … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Bio – Dee Rittenberry

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Don Taylor

By Don Taylor I was really excited when one of my grandchildren indicated that she was interested in her family history. In particular, she wondered about her paternal grandmother’s family, the Rittenberrys. I knew very little about them, so I … Continue reading →

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