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Genealogy

Bledsoe ancestor emigrated from England to Virginia

The Bledsoe name is not that common in the Covington County area at this time, but several descendants of this family currently reside in the ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:20 am

Genealogy

Costen family settled in Red Level community during early 1900s

The English name of Costin has varied along the way from the original to Coston and Costen. The immigrant ancestor of the Costin descendants who ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, November 7, 2015 12:00 am

Genealogy

Roberts descendants settled in Florala

Descendants of the Roberts family appeared in Covington County, Ala., circa 1850. Several began to purchase land from the government during the early 1850s. In ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, October 31, 2015 1:23 am

Lifestyles

Harper family descendants settled in Opp circa 1850

The earlier generations of one of the Harper families, which resided in Covington County, Ala., were presented in last week’s column. Today’s writing will be ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, October 24, 2015 12:00 am

Genealogy

Harper descendants claim English ancestry

According to Ancestry.com Bannister Harper was the immigrant ancestor of this Harper family, which eventually settled in Covington County, Ala. He was a native of ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:42 am

Genealogy

McDavid descendants arrived on horseback in early 1800s

Today’s writing resulted from a search for information related to the McDavid family that resided in Andalusia during the first quarter of the 1900s. A ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, October 10, 2015 1:19 am

Genealogy

Kelley moved family here from South Carolina

Today’s column will feature the Kelley ancestry of Mary Elizabeth (Kelley) Burke, the Arrant descendant identified in last week’s story. Her parents and relatives lived ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, October 3, 2015 1:20 am

Genealogy

Ancestor Julianna Arrants immigrated to Maryland

The Burke family was featured in an earlier column, which included Mary (Kelley) Burke and her descendants. Today’s writing is to focus on her Arrants ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, September 26, 2015 2:22 am

Genealogy

Dean family settled in Dozier, Covington County

The later generations of the Dean family resided mostly in Crenshaw County, Ala., but some began to move into Covington County and other western locations. ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, September 19, 2015 1:44 am

Genealogy

Evers descendants served area through business, health care, education

As was stated at the beginning of last week’s column, which introduced the Evers family, when hearing the Evers name, people of Covington County are ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Saturday, September 12, 2015 2:02 am

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