Research Blog
Zeroing in on the right David Averitt (d. 1828)
Over the years, I've published several posts about items as I found them in the search for more information about…
Craven County Genealogical Society: An Example of a Civil War Pension Record, and Where to Find Them
I've already written on this blog about the Civil War Pension Application for my 3rd-great-grandfather, Levi Morris, but this presentation…
Jonas Anderson and Sarah Acklin are NOT your ancestors
If you've been researching the Anderson family of Swift Creek in Craven County, North Carolina, there's a good chance you've…
1786 Swift Creek Tax List
In April 2014, I ran a copy of the 1786 Swift Creek Tax List as it appeared in the Pitt…
Samuel Wiggins of Craven County (father of Alexander, Joseph, Dennis, and Frederick)
I recently received an email from a descendant of Dennis Wiggins who had seen that on FamilySearch, some trees claim…
Levi Morris – Civil War Pension Application
First of all, I'd like to thank Gopher Records for this incredible service that they offer. It's not free to…
1844 Lenoir County, NC Tax List
I was so happy to find this on the NCDCR site. First time I've ever seen my ancestor Eli Cox's…
Family Tree Fact Check: Elial Edwards, son of Emanuel Edwards
There is a persistent error on Ancestry and elsewhere that is conflating two Elial EDWARDS from Beaufort County, North Carolina.…
Family Tree Fact Check: War of 1812 Pension Records are further proof that William Holmes and family are from Beaufort County, NC.
For some reason, misinformation persists on Ancestry and other sites about William Holmes of Beaufort County, NC who removed with…
Captain Cannons District – 1775 Pitt County Census
Thank you to Joyner researcher Aimee McCall for providing this. Aimee emailed me last month after finding some useful Joyner…
Are these the parents of Nancy Morris? And is Nancy Morris even her real name?
Update – 31 August 2026. I am no longer treating Nancy Morris, wife of Emanuel Edwards, as Serenia Averitt. X-DNA…
Beaufort County, NC – House Cemetery Records now available
Good news for researchers with roots in Beaufort County, NC. The Beaufort County Genealogical Society's House Cemetery Records are now…