Genealogy has been my passion since 1998.  I regret that my interest in my ancestors did not develop earlier in life.  How I wish I would have had the insight to obtain information from my grandparents and others of their generation before their passing.  Lost forever are their personal stories and memories.

Aside from the interest I have in my own ancestry, I have a desire to help others in their efforts to discover their past.  I've served as Vice President and President of the Woodford County Kentucky Historical Society.

Although I now reside in Kentucky, I was born in Shelby County, Illinois and the majority of my relatives live in the Prairie State.  My ancestors eventually settled in Illinois after migrations carried them from the east coast states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia. Several of my lines migrations took them to Knox County, Ohio and later down the National Road to Fayette County, Illinois. Other ancestral lines resided for periods of time in Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee.  A few of the family names I`m researching are Petty, Black, Riley, Wallace, Shrimplin, Cummins, Taulbee, Huffman, DeShazo, Craig, Hicks and Tucker.

Please realize there may be errors in this material and you should not rely solely on this information to further your research.  Much of the information was researched by others and I lack appropriate documentation of this data in many instances. If you see errors and have appropriate source documentation to assist in correcting the errors, please contact me.  I want to make sure this information is as accurate as possible.  Also, if you have information you wish to share, or would like to discuss information that I have, please contact me. Finally, please be judicious in your use of information on living persons found herein. Their privacy is important to me. Thanks for dropping by.  Before you leave my site, please take a moment to sign my guestbook. I`d love to hear from you.