A few years ago I came across the Army Corps of Engineer files for the relocation project when they moved the graves from multiple cemeteries to the Kimball Cemetery, so that they could construct the Whitney Dam in 1948. I saved the ones that I needed personally, but bookmarked the link back in case I…
Author: Bethany
Revolutionary War / List of Family Members
Below are family members that were part of the Revolutionary War. Not all of them were soldiers but did their own part to aid the country in winning the war. As you can see, this is a work in progress and will be updated as researched. CORPORON Henry Bailey Greenwood – Patriot recognized by SAR…
Corporon line for Daughters of the Republic of Texas
I have been researching the Jenkins line for the last few days and have come to Daniel Milton Larrison. (Chester Miles Corporon > Carrie Lee Jenkins > Freeland Lawrence Jenkins > Sarah Emmaus Larrison > Joel Greenwood Larrison > Daniel Milton Larrison) He came to Texas around 1820, first settling in the Red River area…
Czech Immigrant Database
I came across this nice list of Czech immigrants compiled by the The Moravian Heritage Society when I did a quick Google search for my grandmother Margaret’s grandparents. Thought I’d share real quick, as well as not lose it! CzechUSA.com – Immigrant Database
The Corporon Family Photo Collection
After Chester and Margaret (Grandma and Grandpa) passed, their son Charles (Dad) inherited their collection of family photo albums, or some of it. I copied them and posted them to an account at Shutterfly. I soon plan to get them copied over to this site. For now, many of them are not named, but I…
Payne DNA Project update
I’m so excited to see that (finally) the Payne DNA Project has a new administrator! We might be able to connect to some more family with John’s DNA kit at FTDNA. The new administrator is Fallon Payne. She is also looking to reach her goal of gathering 50 Payne’s who have done DNA testing, in…
My dad and husband are 10th cousins! (aka The French Connection)
Mark the day, because today is the day (well, actually yesterday, as I was distracted in the middle of posting this) that I found that my husband and my father are related – 10th cousins! You can see just how in the image below. Cruz Jr is my husband’s father and Chester is my grandfather. …
Our Journey into DNA
We have both tested at Ancestry.com, and mom has tested at FamilyTreeDNA.com. She is also waiting on results from 23andMe.com. (See Our Family’s DNA Links) WHICH IS BETTER? While I like the simple look and feel of Ancestry, mom likes the more detailed setup at Family Tree DNA (FTDNA). She is able to see all…
From Bethany and Judy
Welcome to Our Family Forest. Here you will find our families. The names include McCollough, Walker, Corporon, Payne, Figueroa, Longoria, plus many more. We have worked MANY years collecting information and tracking down leads to
Why we LOVE Ancestry.com
This is THE website for us. While we use others, this website has been invaluable to us in our family research. We have been paid members for quite a few years and feel it is worth every penny. While we occasionally think it would be nice to reach the end some day, they keep coming…