New Photos

February 28th, 2010 § Comments Off on New Photos § permalink

New photos are posted. They are of John Delk, George Washington Delk, John Henry Delk, Elmer Delk, Theodore Delk, Fernandis Delk, Priscilla Delk, Franklin Delk, Charles Wesley Delk, Sarah (Delk) Maitlen, and her daughters, Martha and Harriette. Speaking of the Maitlens, I will be working on that line this week. For those who do not know, my Great-grandfather, Elmer, married his first cousin, Martha. Martha’s mother, Sarah (Delk) Maitlen, is John Delk’s sister. And no, I do not have an unnatural tick because my Great-grandparents are first cousins. To help visualize all of this, I am working on a descendant chart for all of the family members. I will also start adding  a third category, documents, such as obituaries, newspaper articles and similar items.

If anyone is having problems with any of the pages, or if you notice some mistakes, please drop me a line at delkbrian@earthlink.net. And to add to that, if you have anything you want posted, let me know and I will get it put in.

Letters update and correction

February 4th, 2010 § Comments Off on Letters update and correction § permalink

I have now finished, for now, updating letters between the various family members. A picture is starting to form on how close knit the family was. Fernandis, or Nan, Theodore, and Elmer traveled west and back. Theodore’s son died at an early age. And the girl’s wrote about romance. I also stand corrected about having pictures of all of Ethelred’s children. We do not have one of Isaac or Isabelle. Isaac died in 1864, so it is doubtful we will ever find one of him, and Isabelle we can not make a definite identification. On the other hand, we have one of all of John’s children.

Speaking of photos, now that I have batch of letters done, I am now going to start on some photos and setting up a second family, The Maitlen’s, who would be my Great-grandfathers wife, Martha Maitlen. They were also kissing cousins. More on that later.

Photo Update

January 31st, 2010 § Comments Off on Photo Update § permalink

Mary (Delk) Beanblossom photo is updated. I hope I am correct in saying this, but I believe we have at least one photo of all of Ethelred’s children. I need to check that. Letters are also updated.

More Letters

January 30th, 2010 § Comments Off on More Letters § permalink

More letters have been posted. They are for Martha Maitlen, Elmer Delk, F.O. Delk, and more. Will have many more soon.

One of the great things about letters and documents is that they not only shed light about the correspondents lives, but also the community in which they live in. I hope that people looking for information on other families in the Weldon, Iowa area, or Pikesville, Ohio area, find their ancestors and let’s me know.  Who knows, maybe my relatives are in their letters.

Letters

January 24th, 2010 § Comments Off on Letters § permalink

Updated Sarah Delk, she received a letter from her niece, Sarah Althea Delk, Daughter of Joseph Oen. In general, the letter details Joseph’s death and the move to Pittsburgh, Ohio. This letter is also posted with Joseph Oen. Nancy Byers biography has also been updated.

Ethelred Delk

January 2nd, 2010 § Comments Off on Ethelred Delk § permalink

Just updated Ethelred Delk’s biography. He is the starting point for the Delk family tree. If anyone can add to this biography, please let me know.

Revised site is up!

January 2nd, 2010 § Comments Off on Revised site is up! § permalink

After nine years of my same old, mundane, generic family genealogy site, I have decided to revise and update it. As I was doing this I realized that I really never updated my site. I just sort of put it together and then walked away from it. And it showed. But this time it will be different. My dad and I are working together to tell the story of the Delk Family and those who were and are a part of it. He will be doing the writing while I will be doing the multimedia. Everyone’s input is welcomed. And please leave some tidbits about your own research into your Family History.  Personally, I think I had information overload. With everything that was available and becoming available on the web, I found myself overwhelmed and not knowing where to begin. Genealogy is not for the easily intimidated.

Right now, not everything is up and working correctly. I also only have one family showing. My goal is to have both of my parents and my wife’s side as well. I look forward to sharing everything with everybody and hopefully will be able to have good discussions with anyone else who is diving into the world of genealogy.

Happy New Year,

Brian

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