It’s Been A Long Time Coming!

I feel a bit like Sam Cooke crooning, with the announcement of Our Alabama Roots going live – it’s been a long time coming!:-)

I’ve talked about moving my Alabama research {Surnames: BARWICK, MCKENZIE, ROSS, MARTIN, WASHINGTON & MCRAE} ahead for several years, but it seems life just kept getting in the way!

But like George Geder, I too believe that we are guided by the Ancestors, so when they “nudged” me to get their online home up, I quickly obliged!:-)

The Barwicks of Alabama {by way of Cincinnati, Ohio} are my Mother’s, Father’s  – William Charles BARWICK, family line.

Pictured above are my Paternal Great Great Grandparents, James {b. 1860} & Laura ROSS BARWICK {b.1858}.

The gene-trail looks like this – Luckie > Geraldine BARWICK > Willie C. BARWICK  >  Raymond BARWICK > James & Laura BARWICK.

The Barwick clan is known for living long… both my Great Grandmother, Lena MCKENZIE BARWICK & my Great Great Grandmother,  Ella MARTIN MCKENZIE, lived to be over 100 years old!

I have two Great Aunts, Lena & Hannah still going strong! Both are in their early 90s, with keen memories that I need to take advantage of! I am definitely feeling it’s time for a Cincinnati road-trip to enjoy my much-loved White Castle hamburger & some much needed family bonding {and picture scanning}!

So stay tuned friends, there is MUCH more to the Barwick story to tell!:-)

Lest we forget…

Luckie.