Morgan-Knighton Kith 'n Kin

Science can solve most problems, but can it solve Genealogy problems? Can it tear down some of the brick walls that frustrate us to no end?

Maybe.

I have paid for DNA testing through Ancestry.com and through FamilyTreeDNA.com. I did the more expensive tests on both. The Advanced Paternal Lineage Test (Y-Chromosome 46) on Ancestry.com. Then the Y-DNA67+mtDNAPlus on FTDNA. I have spent over $600 between the two tests!!!

Is it worth it?

Well honestly if you asked me that a month ago, I would have said no. The Ancestry.com test has yielded no matches. In fact the closest match from there is a...

You've probably read here that Marc Morgan has been making plans to go to Coosa County, Alabama to photograph the Fish Pond Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery and do some research at the courthouse in Rockford, hoping to locate the graves of our Morgan ancestors. You've probably also read the letter from Franklin Pierce Morgan in 1918 and know that it is the source of information about Morgans being buried in that cemetery.

Well, yesterday we Morgans had a set back. Bobby Meadows, who lives in Opelika, AL, has been photographing the cemetery (mostly in reference to his Meadows ancestors)...