#genealogyfreak

[thegenealogyfreak]

My 5th Great-Grandparents lived inside a large hollow tree as newlyweds. Photo from clinefamilyassosication.com . . . . #hillbillyheaven #genealogyfreak #lawrencefamily #clinefamily #logancountygenealogist #logancountywvgenealogy #familyhistory #familyhistorian #mountsfamily #genealogy #researcher #history #wv #familytree #findyourfamily #digyourroots #thegenealogyfreak #dna #ancestry #ancestrydna #grandparents #directdescendant https://www.instagram.com/p/B2FlGNYnTmu/?igshid=1o6hnes0ovu9y

[nevaticca]

MOST OF MY FAMILY DOES CRQZY THINGS BUT THIS ONE TAKES THE CAKE! 🛫 William C. "Wild Bill" Hopson: A WWII pilot...He flew airmail routes for 8 years, often earning the "Wild Bill" nickname. He was well known by most in airmail pilot circles, and by many outsiders as well. 🛩 One of his better known escapades involved the need to get to a particular city for a date with a young lady. Unable to secure another means of getting there, Wild Bill clung to the outside of another pilot's airplane - laying on the wing and hanging on to the wing's guy wires for the duration of the two hour flight.... 🛬 Wild Bill died in 1928, when the Airmail Plane he was piloting exploded in mid air. His cremated remains were recovered inside the charred plane. . . .#wildbillhopson #genealogyfreak #genealogy #genealogicalresearch #familyhistorian #genealogist #familytree #ancestors #ancestry #hopsonfamily #ww2pilot #planecrash #dna ##genealogistsofinstagram #genealogyblogger #genes #familyhistory (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1YQTbrn1jJ/?igshid=cu8q3v9j1lwv

[redclovermama]

Take a peek at what I unearthed today while helping out at a yard sale... #genealogyfreak #vintage #oldoldphotos

[thegenealogyfreak]

My mother, Carolyn Sue Lawrence when she was approximately 7. This photo was taken around 1965, in Logan County, West Virginia. . . . #findyourfamily #ancestry #telltheirstory #familiarfaces #familyhistory #familyphotos #vintagephotos #oldphotos #wvhistory #logancountygenealogist #clevelandroots #genealogyfreak #mymom #childhoodphotos #familyhistorian #genealogist #lawrencefamily #lawrence #scrapbooking #olddays (at Logan County, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6zeslYpaKc/?igshid=bed85zp5lxq6

[thegenealogyfreak]

It's so exciting to stumble across a book about the lives of your relatives. Sometime in the future, a descendant will be hoping to find something on you and those around you. Write that book. Let it be your gift to the future generations. Write the book you would want to read. They will love you for it. . . #telltheirstory #tellyourstory #familyhistory #historian #familyhistorian #chasingancestors #genealogy #chasinghistory #tracingancestors #biography #autobiography #recordinghistory #familyrecords #stories #genealogyfreak #wvhistorian #wvgenealogist #logancountywv (at Amherstdale, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6XDGg3p7OU/?igshid=68yz7j17qfcz

[thegenealogyfreak]

My Great-Grandpa Evans had a cousin who was a passenger on the RMS Titanic. We call her Edith but you know her by the name "Rose". Unfortunately, there was no giant door for her to claim all to herself and there was no happy ending. 🌬🌊🚢🌙 If you would like to read her in depth story and see documents and news clippings about her, message me for the link to my blog. Instagram won't let me post the address to it for some reason. 🌊🚢🌙 . . .#findyourfamily #telltheirstory #wvgenealogist #wvgenealogy #genealogyfreak #logancountygenealogist #ancestors #titanicvictims #evansfamilyhistory #evansfamily #familyhistorian #familyhistory #familytree #family #reallifeheroes #artimmitateslife #truestory💯 #myfamousfamily #history #historian #research #atlanticocean #shipwreck #lostatsea #buriedatsea #gonebutnotforgotten #edithcorseevans #titanic #rmstitanic (at RMS Titanic) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3WODalpRo_/?igshid=12xyxc4zl4ee7

[thegenealogyfreak]

Despite the smiles, today marked a sad day for WV: the last Rocket Boys Festival. Whether you know Homer personally, got to know him through his memoir The Rocket Boys, or related to him through Jake Gyllenhaal in the movie October Sky, if you were a WV coal camp kid, Homer inspired you. Personally, he has been a great inspiration for me over the years and played a role in my going to Film School. It meant a lot to me to be able to share the memory of the last of something that has meant so much to so many people in our community. #rocketboys #rocketboysfestival #capecoalwood #octobersky #inspirationalpeople #inspire #homerhickam #genealogyfreak #wv #wvkids #shootforthestars #storytelling #authors #storyteller #memoir #biopic #hillbilly (at TAMARACK: The Best of West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B28jhmClArC/?igshid=1rsur47podb7q

[thegenealogyfreak]

Meet Theodore Roosevelt Hopson Sr., my Great Grandfather. (His son was Harmon who robbed the train and loved on the cemetery.) This is his story... I don't know Myrt's side of it but I probably don't blame her. Hopson men are mean and a lot to put up with. It's hard to say what he said or did to trigger the outcome. I'd love to know. . . . #genealogist #genealogyfreak #genealogyblogger #familyhistory #familyphotos #telltheirstory #findyourfamily #wvgenealogist #wvgenealogy #logancountygenealogist #blacksheepofthefamily #murder #hillbilly #familystory #oralfamilyhistory #newsclipping (at Iaeger, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B223uGKJ0--/?igshid=sr8y4gow1n4d

[thegenealogyfreak]

This thought came to mind when I passed a cemetery this morning. Every stone stands for a person who was the very reason someone else breathed. They were the love of someone's life, someone's mentor, someone buried somewhere else became a better person just for meeting the people beneath those stones. That's beautiful beyond words. It left me choked up, to say the least. . . . #findyourfamily #telltheirstory #genealogyblogger #genealogy #research #remember #love #genealogyfreak #wvgenealogist #familyhistorian #logancountygenealogist #gravestones #cemetery #headstone https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ux8LlpChY/?igshid=17knj0ihybxj4

[thegenealogyfreak]

Every minute is a moment and every moment is a memory. I can think of no better gift than memories.❤️ . . #genealogist #genealogy #familyhistory #makememories #wvgenealogy #wvgenealogist #genealogyfreak (at Amherstdale, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fYfZuH0qt/?igshid=1rgzgivhichz5

[thegenealogyfreak]

My grandpa, Harmon Sr., despite being a railroad worker himself, arm robbed a train for $1.25 with a shotgun. He was arrested and placed in Huttonsville, a minimum security prison. About a year later, built a bomb, which allegedy blew a guard's ear off but did not kill anyone, and he escaped. While on the run, he fled to a cemetery and set up camp. In those days people could not be arrested from sacred spaces such as churches and cemeteries, so he knew as long as he stayed there, he could not be captured. He lived on the grave yard for a month and something, with my grandma bringing him food and clothes, until the weather started getting cold. It was then that he told her "Tell them come get me." He turned himself in to authorities as a fugitive and was subsequently placed in Moundsville, a maximum security prison. . . . #genealogist #genealogy #genealogyfreak #genealogyblogger #blogger #grandfather #familyfugitive #hopsonfamily #wvgenealogist #wvgenealogy #historian #familyhistorian #familyresearcher #research #newsclipping #prisonescape #ancestors #telltheirstories #blacksheep #findyourfamily #familytales (at Wharncliffe, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2KCLnRnR3T/?igshid=1r8s744yizcmf

[thegenealogyfreak]

I have kept lots of things from my childhood, including clothes, my first doll and my Atari 1 & 2 (and they both still work)! 😀 What cool blasts from the past are you passing down? . . . #timecapsule #handmedowns #heirloom #childhoodtoys #childhoodmemories #oldtoys #blastsfrommypast #genealogyfreak #genealogy #familytree #ancestry #wvgenealogist #logancountygenealogist #memories #keepsakes (at Amherstdale, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2F8zaznXN6/?igshid=1vh3yidqqy8xq

[thegenealogyfreak]

I have every letter ever written to me in class from kindergarten to graduation. I keep EVERYTHING because you never know when some little nothing might end up being the 1 something that means everything to someone. . . . #genealogy #wvgenealogist #familyhistorian #familyhistory #familyhistoryblogger ##ancestors #ancestry #timecapsule #findyourfamily #telltheirstory #thegenealogyfreak #genealogyfreak #blogger #handmedowns #heirloom #keepsake #packrat #research #history #hopechest (at Logan, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B12hwe8J6WZ/?igshid=vnxdzebocuq7

[nevaticca]

My Great-grandmother, Dora Smith, washing clothes by hand outside in Accovile Hollow, deep in the mountains of Logan County, West Virginia. . . . #genealogist #genealogyfreak #genealogistsofinstagram #genealogyblogger #familyhistoryblogger #familyhistory #familytree #vintagephotos #research #wvgenealogy #history #wvhillbilly #smithfamily #evansfamily #wvroots #wvgenealogist (at Accoville, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1njIdmn_Wa/?igshid=172ni9sogkwgu

[nevaticca]

My Great-Grandma, Pearl May Daniels. This photo was taken in the early 1950s in McDowell County, WV. She was a mean, rough, gun-toting lady who didn't take no attitude from anybody. I met her only a couple times when I was little. Her funeral was the first I ever attended. I remember her wearing a purple dress with little pink flowers all over it. Most people look peaceful in their coffins but ... she still looked like she had a chip on her shoulder. . . . #familyhistorian #findyourfamily #genealogyfreak #genealogy #genealogist #genealogyblogger #genealogistsofinstagram #blogger #familyhistory #familyhistoryblogger #greatgrandma #hopsonfamily #danielsfamily #mcdowellwv #wvgenealogy #wvgenealogist #directdescendant #ancestry #ancestors #digyourroots #telltheirstory #vintagephotos (at McDowell, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1mOX3knOKJ/?igshid=etxchddlwx57

[nevaticca]

My Nanny and my mom's older sister, Aunt Jenny #evansfamily #lawrencefamily #genealogy #genealogyblogger #genealogist #familyhistory #history #research #familyresearcher #findyourfamily #genealogyfreak #blogger #familyblogger #lifestyleblogger #historian #familyhistorian #family #digyourroots #familytree #ancestry #ancestors #dna #ancestrydna #wvgenealogist #wvblogger #whatsyourstory #telltheirstory #theirstoryisyourstory (at Man, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1i3UQ1HEnK/?igshid=jefxqutu2slj