New Websites for Research

Well, I am either never on here, or I have a lot to say and post almost every day it seems!

I have three websites which some of you may be interested in.

For descendants of the Crews family that left Hanover, Henrico, Charles City, and New Kent Counties and headed south, David Crews and some others have a nice website called Wiregrass Genealogy. There are some nice family histories of various families, but there are a lot of Crews histories on their page. This family migrated to the South Carolina area around 1800. These families are connected to our own families that came to Kentucky having come from the Quaker families around Tidewater Virginia. Ours went west into Kentucky, and those branches went south.

Another website of interest that I have found is Genealogy Wise. It is chock full of resources, web pages, web page links (like to Facebook pages), etc. Great resource for anyone starting out on their genealogy adventure or who has been doing it for a number of years. I have met some Crews cousins through this website and am hopefully going to be the recipient of information to round out some of the lines for my second Metes & Bounds book that I would otherwise not have uncovered.

Third, I have created a Facebook for The Descendants of John McQueen & Nancy Crews. This is for all those lines that include and descend from the Barclays, Beans, Taylors, etc. I will be posting some snippets and facts as well as answering questions or exchanging information. My goal is to locate and/or reconnect with as many of John and Nancy's descendants as possible now that the 3rd book in my Metes & Bounds series is nearing completion. (I have had to push the publication back to early 2015.)

Changes to Metes & Bounds II

In my last post I said I would detail some of the changes to the 2nd edition of Metes & Bounds II: David Crews, Ancestors & Descendants.

One of the major differences will be the listing of descendants. I will only detail five generations past David. First, I am concerned about the amount of information available and the risk of identity theft. This cutoff effectively eliminates anyone still alive. I also don't want to have to find everyone and get them to sign a disclaimer stating they are alright with having their information in the book. Twenty years ago those things weren't necessary. Today, unfortunately, they are.

Also, twenty more years is a lot to add to a book that is already almost 300 pages long. I am adding more information on the Stanleys (they now have their own chapter), rounding out David Crew's chapter (the father of David Milton), and adding quite a bit more on David Milton himself, including some more information on his Bedford County years, his Washington County years, his early years in Boonesborough, and his service in Forbes Expedition in 1758. That takes up space as well.

The information on the early Quaker families has been expanded, too. When I wrote the first book, I threw this stuff in at the last minute because I had just found it. I want to include it in a broader more readable context.

I will have more maps (Bedford County, Forbes Expedition movements, etc.), more pictures (which as of now are in color), a new numbering system (Microsoft Word makes it impossible to do an outline system like I did before), a new cover (see my previous post), and I will be producing a trailer which should be available in the next month for viewing.

In addition to all that, I am updating as much misinformation or adding to missing information as possible. I appreciate any and all help in that regard, and as always I will credit information to individuals even if it is in a footnote at the bottom of the page. I still believe in sourcing this information. (It's one reason I'm so frustrated with the Stanleys and early Crews families at the moment.)

More to come real soon! Keep checking back, or better yet, sign up to follow my page through email and you'll be notified of updates as they occur.