Index of Articles 2018-2019

2018 -2019 INDEX OF THE ANNUAL SURVEY OF HISTORY & GENEALOGY ARTICLES

Compiled by John L. Kiener

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     (Editor’s Note:   Below is a list of the columns the Herald & Tribune has published on the “GENEALOGY & HISTORY” page since July 4, 2018 through June 26, 2019.  Several of the articles cited were not on the “GENEALOGY & HISTORY” page but are cited because of their historical or family history context.)

 

                                                          CEMETERIES 

         

          BEYOND THE DASH (Police Officer Carl Lee);Digging for Your Roots; Beginning Your Family Research?; Local Students go back to 1892 – [LIFESTYLES page] By Marina Waters  (October 24, 2018)

          HISTORICAL TRUST LEARNS ABOUT DANIEL BOONE IN MISSOURI – By Nancy Ayres; 2017–2018 Annual index for history & genealogy articles;  Part II: Historical markers go up and much more – By John Kiener  (August 15, 2018)

         JONESBOROUGH DOCENTS GIVE INSIDE LOOK OF HISTORY – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part IV  (September 5, 2018)

          RAILROAD REMNANTS RECALL YESTERDAY – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VII; Jonesborough’s history marked by fires – By Allen Rau [Special Section]; Play to help fund maintenance at Old Jonesborough Cemetery – By Allen Rau [front page] (September 26. 2018)

 

 

                                           COUNTY HISTORY & RECORDS

 

    ALLIANCE BANQUET HOSTS 100 – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, February 14, 1894  (February 13, 2019)

     A LEGACY OF GIVING (Kiwanis turn dinner / dance into Chromebooks for students) – By John Kiener [LIFESTYLES SECTION]; JACKSON, SEVIER AND EMANCIPATION – By Miriam Fink Dulaney;  Digging for your Roots – S. Russell Hale Profile  (December 19, 2018)

     ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS (David Crockett Birthplace) –By John Kiener; Countdown to Heritage Fair; Digging for your Roots; 1B, Herald & Tribune, June 9, 1892 (May 15, 2019)

      AUTHOR SHARES THE BEGINNING OF A TOWN  – By Miriam Fink Dulaney; Digging for your Roots; Photos from the past: Family gathers together (Bales Family) – from Sammy L. Susong (December 12, 2018)

     BEYOND THE DASH (Police Officer Carl Lee);Digging for Your Roots; Beginning Your Family Research?; Local Students go back to 1892 – [LIFESTYLES page] By Marina Waters  (October 24, 2018)

     CARPENTRY, COLT PISTOLS AND FAVORITE SON — By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots” – Community Highlight: Boones Creek; 8B, Herald & Tribune, June 26,  1873;1B,  Family steps into the next chapter of historic home – By Marina Waters; 5B, Beauty remains secret of Early American houses – By John Kiener (June 26, 2019)

     CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR HOUSE HAS NEW ROOF; Society member creates a 220-year-old mill – By Chad Bailey; Digging for your Roots; Fall Branch School digs into history – By Marina Waters [front page]; Santa Train – By Donna Rea [front page] (November 28, 2018)

     ‘COLORS’ SWEEP THROUGH OLD JONESBOROUGH – By John Kiener [front page]; Digging for your Roots; Christmas greetings from 100 years ago – By John Kiener; Society participates in annual tree celebration (December 5, 2018)

     CONSTITUTION BELL RINGING SET FOR SUNDAY – By John Kiener; GUY SABIN – Town’s first fire chief memorialized – By Allen  Rau [Lifestyles, 1B]; Digging for your Roots;  2017-2018 Annual index for history continues, Part V  (September 12, 2018) 

      COOKBOOK INCLUDES  ADS, BAKING POWDER (Campbell, Installment III) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots;1B, New inactive play to begin at Chester Inn – By Lisa Whaley; 4B, Herald & Tribune, June 12, 1873 (June 12, 2019)

      1891 COOKBOOK INTENDED TO MAKE LIFE BRIGHTER (Campbell, InstallmentII)– By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5B, Herald & Tribune, June 5, 1873; Front page,  New Historical Marker designates home’s importance (Keebler-Keefauver House) – By Chad Fred Bailey; Editorial page, Paul Fink Remembered – By Bob Shanks (June 5, 2019)

     EXHIBIT SPOTLIGHTS HOME GADGETS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VI (September 19, 2018)

   FIRST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE PROVIDES A WEALTH OF GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH  – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Fink condenses book’s history of Jonesborough – By Paul M. Fink; 4B, Herald & Tribune, February 16, 1893 (February 6, 2019)

   FACES IN HISTORY (A pictorial); “Digging for your Roots” (December 26, 2018)

   FIRST HERITAGE FAIR ATTRACTS 246 VISITORS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, May 27, 1896 (May 22, 2019)

   FIRST PLANNED COMMUNITY [Jonesborough History, Part III] – by Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 7A, Herald & Tribune, January 31, 1912 (March 20, 2019)

   THE H & T CHRONICLES THE END OF WAR – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VIII (October 3, 2018)

     HONORING A HISTORY  (Marcy Hawley at Rees-Hawley House)–  By Lisa Whaley; Article begins on front page; Curtis Buchanan Takes History Happy Hour Outdoors – By John Kiener (July 25, 2018)   

     HERITAGE FAIR TO REMIND US WHO WE ARE – By Chad Bogart; From Our Readers…The Old Mills – By Chad Bailey; Digging for your Roots; 8B, Herald & Tribune, April 17, 1895 (January 30, 2019)

     HISTORICAL TRUST LEARNS ABOUT DANIEL BOONE IN MISSOURI – By Nancy Ayres; 2017–2018 Annual index for history & genealogy articles;  Part II: Historical markers go up and much more – By John Kiener  (August 15, 2018)

       HISTORY’S JUST A ‘CLICK’ AWAY – By John Kiener; Abby, the Spoon Lady: From boarding School to hobo life – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots”; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part IX (October 10, 2018)

       HISTORY’S MONUMENTS – By John Kiener [front and GENEALOGY & HISTORY pages] Digging for your Roots; 1B, Herald & Tribune dated Oct. 16,1940 (January 2, 2019)

       IN 1918, VOTES BRING ABOUT BIG CHANGES – By John Kiener (August 1, 2018)

       JGS TO CELEBRATE 29 YEARS; Digging for your Roots; 10A, Herald & Tribune, April 25, 1872  (April 24, 2019)

       LOCAL AUTHOR TURNS PAGES OF HISTORY – By Miriam Fink Dulaney [Watauga Association]; Digging for your Roots; Musket Win Not First in Crockett’s History (November 14, 2018)

       LANGSTON BUILDING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN – By John Kiener [front page]; Wild Game Dinner honors local tradition – By John Kiener [front page]; Digging for your Roots; Researcher shares her story [African American Roots] – By Rose Tate; 5A, Herald & Tribune, September 29, 1892 (February 20, 2019)

     LOCAL CIVITAN DATES BACK TO 1947; STILL SERVING AREA COMMUNITIES – By John Kiener [Begins on Front Page] (July 18, 2018)

     MARCH MADNESS – Basketball  Team Pictures from 1913; More Heritage Fair trivia; Digging for your Roots;5A, Herald & Tribune, April 18, 2001(April 17, 2019)

      NEW CHESTER INN EXHIBIT SHOWCASES ‘THE GREAT OUTDOORS’  – By John Kiener; Digging for your roots – By Jonesborough Genealogical Society; 2017-2018 Annual Index [Part II: County History & Records]) August 22, 2018

       RAILROAD REMNANTS RECALL YESTERDAY – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VII; Jonesborough’s history marked by fires – By Allen Rau [Special Section]; Play to help fund maintenance at Old Jonesborough Cemetery – By Allen Rau [front page] (September 26. 2018)

        RECORDS COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 6D, Herald & Tribune, March 28, 1872;7D, Preservation continues to yield progress – By John Kiener (March 27, 2019)

         RESEARCH REVEALS TRUE JONESBOROUGH HERO [Alfred Martin Ray]; Digging for your Roots; 3A, Herald & Tribune, June 29, 1977 (February 27, 2019)

       RESEARCHERS ASK THE QUESTION: ‘WHO WAS RHEA WELLS?’– By John Kiener; Digging For Your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual Index, Part III (August 29, 2018)

          SCHUBERT CLUB CONTINUES LEGACY  – By John Kiener [Lifestyles, p. 1B];Writings reveal details of historic buildings – By Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 3A, Herald & Tribune, March 2, 1893 (March 6, 2019)

          SHAKESPEARE AND TWAIN (Two Giants of Literature) – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots” – Community Highlight: Bethany; 4B, Herald & Tribune, January 8, 1874; and Front page: RAISE THE ROOF– Celebration planned at Christopher Taylor House (June 19, 2019)  

          SPRING CLEANING UNCOVERS TREASURES (Pieces of the Past) – By John Kiener; Community Highlight: Antioch; Digging for your Roots; 5B, Herald & Tribune, June 3, 1880 (May 29, 2019)

         ‘THE SECRET HISTORY OF RDX IS LOCAL HISTORY’  By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885; Front page, Alliance gets ready for Digitization Day –By Lisa Whaley and Dulcimer Days offers week of music, learning – By John Kiener (May 8, 2019)

     SISTER SHARES JONESBOROUGH HISTORY (Paul & Miriam Fink) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Sharing my story: The  Bowers of Tennessee – by Terry Patrick (October 17, 2018)

     SOUNDS OF BOONES CREEK GRAND OPENING CELEBRATED – By John Kiener; Young poets recognized for literary work (July 4, 2018) 

      THE H & T CHRONICLES THE END OF WAR – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VIII (October 3, 2018)

        TIPTON-HAYNES BRINGS ‘VISIONS OF CHRISTMAS’’; Digging for your Roots; Carter

Mansion ready to ring in holiday (November 21, 2018)

        TOWN CLOCK TO RECEIVE A TUNE-UP;  Searching the map; Digging for your Roots; p. 5B, Herald & Tribune dated Dec. 22, 1897 (January 9, 2019)

        VOLUNTEERS PLAY VITAL ROLE [Betty Jane Hylton, Georgia Greer & Janette Guinn at the County Archive] – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Turning the page [Frances Lamberts – front page story] – By John Kiener; p. 5A, Herald & Tribune dated Jan. 15, 1920  (January 16, 2019)

         VACATION VENUE FEATURES GROVE PARK INN – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885; Front page,  Heritage Fair to showcase Washington County’s history (May 1, 2019)

       VOTERS CHOOSE CHANGE IN PIVOTAL YEARS [1918 Tennessee Election] – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Burlington employees united for reunion; Storyteller shares tale with Boones Creek Trust, H&T readers – by John Kiener [front page]  includes Story of Kathleen Hall by Rebecca Keefauver Alexander (October 31, 2018)

          THE WATAUGA ASSOCIATION [The History of Jonesborough and Its Houses, Part II] – by Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 24 1873  (March 13, 2019)

           WOOLY DAY AND GARDEN ARTS FESTIVAL; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 18, 1894; front page, Telford Ruritan ready to continue the work – By Marina Waters (April 10, 2019)

          WOODCARVER WORKS TO PRESERVE HISTORY (Joe Pilkenton) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 4B, Herald & Tribune, April 4, 1872;1B, ‘Working On The Railroad’ [Exhibit spotlights the tools of the trade]– By John Kiener  (April 3, 2019)

 

 

 

                                                                       FAMILIES

 

      A LEGACY OF GIVING (Kiwanis turn dinner / dance into Chromebooks for students) – By John Kiener [LIFESTYLES SECTION]; JACKSON, SEVIER AND EMANCIPATION – By Miriam Fink Dulaney;  Digging for your Roots – S. Russell Hale Profile  (December 19, 2018)

     AUTHOR SHARES THE BEGINNING OF A TOWN  – By Miriam Fink Dulaney; Digging for your Roots; Photos from the past: Family gathers together (Bales Family) – from Sammy L. Susong (December 12, 2018)

     BEYOND THE DASH (Police Officer Carl Lee);Digging for Your Roots; Beginning Your Family Research?; Local Students go back to 1892 – [LIFESTYLE page] By Marina Waters  (October 24, 2018)

       CARPENTRY, COLT PISTOLS AND FAVORITE SON — By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots” – Community Highlight: Boones Creek; 8B, Herald & Tribune, June 26,  1873;1B,  Family steps into the next chapter of historic home – By Marina Waters; 5B, Beauty remains secret of Early American houses – By John Kiener (June 26, 2019)

     ‘COLORS’ SWEEP THROUGH OLD JONESBOROUGH – By John Kiener [front page]; Digging for your Roots; Christmas greetings from 100 years ago – By John Kiener; Society participates in annual tree celebration (December 5, 2018)

     CONSTITUTION BELL RINGING SET FOR SUNDAY – by John Kiener; GUY SABIN – Town’s first fire chief memorialized – By Allen  Rau [Lifestyles, 1B]; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018Annual index for history articles articles continues, Part V (September 12, 2018) 

      FACES IN HISTORY (A pictorial); “Digging for your Roots” (December 26, 2018)

      1891 COOKBOOK INTENDED TO MAKE LIFE BRIGHTER (Campbell, InstallmentII)– By John Kiener;Digging for your Roots; 5B, Herald & Tribune, June 5, 1873; Front page,  New Historical Marker designates home’s importance (Keebler-Keefauver House) – By Chad Fred Bailey; Editorial page, Paul Fink Remembered – By Bob Shanks (June 5, 2019)

      HAPPY HOUR SPOTLIGHTS BRISTOL SESSIONS – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots,” ‘Colors of Christmas’ to return for historic holiday [page 5A]  (November 7, 2018)

      HISTORICAL TRUST LEARNS ABOUT DANIEL BOONE IN MISSOURI – By Nancy Ayres; 2017–2018 Annual index for history & genealogy articles;  Part II: Historical markers go up and much more – By John Kiener  (August 15, 2018)

      HONORING A HISTORY  (Marcy Hawley at Rees-Hawley House)–  By Lisa Whaley; Article begins on front page; Curtis Buchanan Takes History Happy Hour Outdoors – By John Kiener (July 25, 2018)  

      RESEARCH REVEALS TRUE JONESBOROUGH HERO [Alfred Martin Ray]; Digging for your Roots; 3A, Herald & Tribune, June 29, 1977 (February 27, 2019)

      RESEARCHERS ASK THE QUESTION: ‘WHO WAS RHEA WELLS?’– By John Kiener; Digging For Your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual Index, Part III (August 29, 2018)

      SISTER SHARES JONESBOROUGH HISTORY (Paul & Miriam Fink) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Sharing my story: The  Bowers of Tennessee – by Terry Patrick (October 17, 2018)

       VACATION VENUE FEATURES GROVE PARK INN – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885; Front page,  Heritage Fair to showcase Washington County’s history (May 1, 2019)

      VOLUNTEERS PLAY VITAL ROLE [Betty Jane Hylton, Georgia Greer & Janette Guinn at the County Archive] – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Turning the page [Frances Lamberts – front page story] – By John Kiener; p. 5A, Herald & Tribune dated Jan. 15, 1920 (January 16, 2019)

      VOTERS CHOOSE CHANGE IN PIVOTAL YEARS [1918 Tennessee Election] – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Burlington employees united for reunion; Storyteller shares tale with Boones Creek Trust, H&T readers – by John Kiener [front page]  includesStory of Kathleen Hall by Rebecca Keefauver Alexander (October 31, 2018)

 

 

 

                                                            GENEALOGICAL HELP

 

      ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS (David Crockett Birthplace) –By John Kiener; Countdown to Heritage Fair; Digging for your Roots; 1B, Herald & Tribune, June 9, 1892 (May 15, 2019)

      BEYOND THE DASH (Police Officer Carl Lee); Digging for Your Roots; Beginning Your Family Research?; Local Students go back to 1892 [LIFESTYLES page]  – By Marina Waters  (October 24, 2018)

     JONESBOROUGH DOCENTS GIVE INSIDE LOOK OF HISTORY – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part IV  (September 5, 2018)

     ARCHIVE ANNEX TO BE RENOVATED; ‘Digging for Your Roots’ to be revived — By John Kiener; Museum openings highlight historical activities — By John Kiener; The Old Logmill [Lifestyles, page 1B] (August 8, 2018)

     FIRST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE PROVIDES A WEALTH OF GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH  – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Fink condenses book’s history of Jonesborough – By Paul M. Fink; 4B, Herald & Tribune, February 16, 1893 (February 6, 2019)

     FIRST HERITAGE FAIR ATTRACTS 246 VISITORS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, May 27, 1896 (May 22, 2019)

     HISTORICAL TRUST LEARNS ABOUT DANIEL BOONE IN MISSOURI – By Nancy Ayres; 2017–2018 Annual index for history & genealogy articles;  Part II: Historical markers go up and much more – By John Kiener  (August 15, 2018)

     NEW CHESTER INN EXHIBIT SHOWCASES ‘THE GREAT OUTDOORS’  – By John Kiener; Digging for your roots – By Jonesborough Genealogical Society; 2017-2018 Annual Index [Part II: County History & Records]  (August 22, 2018)

       RESEARCHERS ASK THE QUESTION: ‘WHO WAS RHEA WELLS?’– By John Kiener; Digging For Your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual Index, Part III (August 29, 2018)

       ‘THE SECRET HISTORY OF RDX IS LOCAL HISTORY’  By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885; Front page, Alliance gets ready for Digitization Day –By Lisa Whaley and Dulcimer Days offers week of music, learning – By John Kiener (May 8, 2019)  

           SISTER SHARES JONESBOROUGH HISTORY (Paul & Miriam Fink) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Sharing my story: The  Bowers of Tennessee – by Terry Patrick (October 17, 2018)

       VACATION VENUE FEATURES GROVE PARK INN – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885;Front page,  Heritage Fair to showcase Washington County’s history (May 1, 2019)

 

 

                                                              MISCELLANEOUS

 

    ARCHIVE ANNEX TO BE RENOVATED; ‘Digging for Your Roots’ to be revived — By John Kiener; Museum openings highlight historical activities — By John Kiener; The Old Logmill [Lifestyles, page 1B] (August 8, 2018) 

    1891 COOKBOOK INTENDED TO MAKE LIFE BRIGHTER (Campbell, InstallmentII)– By John Kiener;Digging for your Roots; 5B, Herald & Tribune, June 5, 1873; Front page,  New Historical Marker designates home’s importance (Keebler-Keefauver House) – By Chad Fred Bailey; Editorial page, Paul Fink Remembered – By Bob Shanks (June 5, 2019)

     HAPPY HOUR SPOTLIGHTS BRISTOL SESSIONS – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots,” ‘Colors of Christmas’ to return for historic holiday [page 5A]  (November 7, 2018)

     HISTORY’S JUST A ‘CLICK’ AWAY – By John Kiener; Abby, the Spoon Lady: From boarding School to hobo life – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots”; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part IX (October 10, 2018)

       LOCAL AUTHOR TURNS PAGES OF HISTORY – By Miriam Fink Dulaney [Watauga Association]; Digging for your Roots; Musket Win Not First in Crockett’s History (November 14, 2018)

     LOCAL CIVITAN DATES BACK TO 1947; STILL SERVING AREA COMMUNITIES – By John Kiener [Begins on Front Page] (July 18, 2018)

        RECORDS COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 6D, Herald & Tribune, March 28, 1872;7D, Preservation continues to yield progress – By John Kiener (March 27, 2019)

        ‘THE SECRET HISTORY OF RDX IS LOCAL HISTORY’  By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885; Front page, Alliance gets ready for Digitization Day –By Lisa Whaley and Dulcimer Days offers week of music, learning – By John Kiener (May 8, 2019)

      SCHUBERT CLUB CONTINUES LEGACY  – By John Kiener [Lifestyles, p. 1B];Writings reveal details of historic buildings – By Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 3A, Herald & Tribune, March 2, 1893 (March 6, 2019)

      WOOLY DAY AND GARDEN ARTS FESTIVAL; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 18, 1894; front page, Telford Ruritan ready to continue the work – By Marina Waters (April 10, 2019)

 

 

 

             BOONES CREEK HISTORICAL TRUST, FRIENDS OF THE ARCHIVES, HERITAGE ALLIANCE & JONESBOROUGH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, ROCKY MOUNT, TIPTON-HAYNES & STORYTELLING

      ALLIANCE BANQUET HOSTS 100 – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, February 14, 1894  (February 13, 2019)

     A LEGACY OF GIVING (Kiwanis turn dinner / dance into Chromebooks for students) – By John Kiener [LIFESTYLES SECTION]; JACKSON, SEVIER AND EMANCIPATION – By Miriam Fink Dulaney;  Digging for your Roots – S. Russell Hale Profile  (December 19, 2018)

       ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS (David Crockett Birthplace) –By John Kiener; Countdown to Heritage Fair; Digging for your Roots; 1B, Herald & Tribune, June 9, 1892 (May 15, 2019)

       ARCHIVE ANNEX TO BE RENOVATED; ‘Digging for Your Roots’ to be revived — By John Kiener; Museum openings highlight historical activities — By John Kiener; The Old Logmill [Lifestyles, page 1B] (August 8, 2018)

      BEYOND THE DASH (Police Officer Carl Lee);Digging for Your Roots; Beginning Your Family Research?; Local Students go back to 1892 – [LIFESTYLES page] By Marina Waters  (October 24, 2018)

       CARPENTRY, COLT PISTOLS AND FAVORITE SON — By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots” – Community Highlight: Boones Creek; 8B, Herald & Tribune, June 26,  1873;1B,  Family steps into the next chapter of historic home – By Marina Waters; 5B, Beauty remains secret of Early American houses – By John Kiener (June 26, 2019)

      CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR HOUSE HAS NEW ROOF; Society member creates a 220-year-old mill – By Chad Bailey; Digging for your Roots; Fall Branch School digs into history – By Marina Waters [front page]; Santa Train – By Donna Rea [front page] (November 28, 2018)

      ‘COLORS’ SWEEP THROUGH OLD JONESBOROUGH – By John Kiener [front page]; Digging for your Roots; Christmas greetings from 100 years ago – By John Kiener; Society participates in annual tree celebration (December 5, 2018)

     CONSTITUTION BELL RINGING SET FOR SUNDAY – by John Kiener; GUY SABIN – Town’s first fire chief memorialized – By Allen  Rau [Lifestyles, 1B]; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles articles continues, Part V (September 12, 2018) 

      COOKBOOK INCLUDES  ADS, BAKING POWDER (Campbell, Installment III) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots;1B, New inactive play to begin at Chester Inn – By Lisa Whaley; 4B, Herald & Tribune, June 12, 1873 (June 12, 2019)

      1891 COOKBOOK INTENDED TO MAKE LIFE BRIGHTER (Campbell, InstallmentII)– By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5B, Herald & Tribune, June 5, 1873; Front page,  New Historical Marker designates home’s importance (Keebler-Keefauver House) – By Chad Fred Bailey; Editorial page, Paul Fink Remembered – By Bob Shanks (June 5, 2019)

      EXHIBIT SPOTLIGHTS HOME GADGETS – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots” 2017-2018  Annual index for history articles continues, Part VI (September 19, 2018)

      FACES IN HISTORY (A pictorial); “Digging for your Roots” (December 26, 2018)

      FIRST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE PROVIDES A WEALTH OF GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH  – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Fink condenses book’s history of Jonesborough – By Paul M. Fink; 4B, Herald & Tribune, February 16, 1893 (February 6, 2019)

       FIRST PLANNED COMMUNITY [Jonesborough History, Part III] – by Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 7A, Herald & Tribune, January 31, 1912 (March 20, 2019)

      HAPPY HOUR SPOTLIGHTS BRISTOL SESSIONS – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots,” ‘Colors of Christmas’ to return for historic holiday [page 5A]  (November 7, 2018)

     HERITAGE FAIR TO REMIND US WHO WE ARE – By Chad Bogart; From Our Readers…The Old Mills – By Chad Bailey; Digging for your Roots; 8B, Herald & Tribune, April 17, 1895 (January 30, 2019)

     FIRST HERITAGE FAIR ATTRACTS 246 VISITORS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, May 27, 1896 (May 22, 2019)

     HISTORICAL TRUST LEARNS ABOUT DANIEL BOONE IN MISSOURI – By Nancy Ayres; 2017–2018 Annual index for history & genealogy articles;  Part II: Historical markers go up and much more – By John Kiener  (August 15, 2018)

      HISTORY HAPPY HOUR TO TAKE A LOOK AT WOODWORKING [Front page article] (July 11, 2018

     HISTORY’S JUST A ‘CLICK’ AWAY – By John Kiener; Abby, the Spoon Lady: From boarding School to hobo life – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots”; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part IX (October 10, 2018)

      HISTORY’S MONUMENTS – By John Kiener [front and GENEALOGY & HISTORY  pages] Digging for your Roots; p. 1B, Herald & Tribune dated Oct. 16,1940 (January 2, 2019)

       HONORING A HISTORY  (Marcy Hawley at Rees-Hawley House)–  By Lisa Whaley; Article begins on front page; Curtis Buchanan Takes History Happy Hour Outdoors – By John Kiener (July 25, 2018)   

        JGS TO CELEBRATE 29 YEARS; Digging for your Roots; 10A, Herald & Tribune, April 25, 1872  (April 24, 2019)

        JONESBOROUGH DOCENTS GIVE INSIDE LOOK OF HISTORY – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part IV  (September 5, 2018)

       LANGSTON BUILDING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN – By John Kiener [front page]; Wild Game Dinner honors local tradition – By John Kiener [front page]; Digging for your Roots; Researcher shares her story [African American Roots] – By Rose Tate; 5A, Herald & Tribune, September 29, 1892 (February 20, 2019)

       MARCH MADNESS – Basketball  Team Pictures from 1913; More Heritage Fair trivia; Digging for your Roots;5A, Herald & Tribune, April 18, 2001(April 17, 2019)

      NEW CHESTER INN EXHIBIT SHOWCASES ‘THE GREAT OUTDOORS’  – By John Kiener; Digging for your roots – By Jonesborough Genealogical Society; 2017-2018 Annual Index [Part II: County History & Records]  (August 22, 2018)

       RAILROAD REMNANTS RECALL YESTERDAY – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VII; Jonesborough’s history marked by fires – By Allen Rau [Special Section]; Play to help fund maintenance at Old Jonesborough Cemetery – By Allen Rau [front page] (September 26. 2018)

         RECORDS COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 6D, Herald & Tribune, March 28, 1872;7D, Preservation continues to yield progress – By John Kiener (March 27, 2019)

          RESEARCHERS ASK THE QUESTION: ‘WHO WAS RHEA WELLS?’– By John Kiener; Digging For Your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual Index, Part III (August 29, 2018)

           SHAKESPEARE AND TWAIN (Two Giants of Literature) – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots” – Community Highlight: Bethany; 4B, Herald & Tribune, January 8, 1874; and Front page: RAISE THE ROOF– Celebration planned at Christopher Taylor House (June 19, 2019)  

           SPRING CLEANING UNCOVERS TREASURES (Pieces of the Past) – By John Kiener; Community Highlight: Antioch; Digging for your Roots; 5B, Herald & Tribune, June 3, 1880 (May 29, 2019)

           ‘THE SECRET HISTORY OF RDX IS LOCAL HISTORY’  By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885; Front page, Alliance gets ready for Digitization Day –By Lisa Whaley and Dulcimer Days offers week of music, learning – By John Kiener (May 8, 2019)

         SOUNDS OF BOONES CREEK GRAND OPENING CELEBRATED – By John Kiener; Young poets recognized for literary work (July 4, 2018)

         SISTER SHARES JONESBOROUGH HISTORY (Paul & Miriam Fink) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Sharing my story: The  Bowers of Tennessee – by Terry Patrick (October 17, 2018)

          THE H & T CHRONICLES THE END OF WAR – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VIII (October 3, 2018)

          TIPTON-HAYNES BRINGS ‘VISIONS OF CHRISTMAS’’; Digging for your Roots; Carter Mansion ready to ring in holiday (November 21, 2018)

          TOWN CLOCK TO RECEIVE A TUNE-UP;  Searching the map; Digging for your Roots; p. 5B, Herald & Tribune dated Dec. 22, 1897 (January 9, 2019)

         TRAIN GETS READY FOR SPRING TREK; Digging for your Roots; p. 5A, Feb. 1, 1872, Herald & Tribune  (January 23, 2019)

           VOLUNTEERS PLAY VITAL ROLE [Betty Jane Hylton, Georgia Greer & Janette Guinn at the County Archive] – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Turning the page [Frances Lamberts – front page story] – By John Kiener; 5A, Herald & Tribune dated Jan. 15, 1920 (January 16, 2019)

            VACATION VENUE FEATURES GROVE PARK INN – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885; Front page,  Heritage Fair to showcase Washington County’s history (May 1, 2019)

      VOTERS CHOOSE CHANGE IN PIVOTAL YEARS [1918 Tennessee Election] – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Burlington employees united for reunion; Storyteller shares tale with Boones Creek Trust, H&T readers – by John Kiener [front page] includes Story of Kathleen Hall by Rebecca Keefauver Alexander (October 31, 2018)

       THE WATAUGA ASSOCIATION [The History of Jonesborough and Its Houses, Part II] – by Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 24 1873  (March 13, 2019)

       WOOLY DAY AND GARDEN ARTS FESTIVAL; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 18, 1894; front page, Telford Ruritan ready to continue the work – By Marina Waters (April 10, 2019)

       WOODCARVER WORKS TO PRESERVE HISTORY (Joe Pilkenton) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 4B, Herald & Tribune, April 4, 1872;1B, ‘Working On The Railroad’ [Exhibit spotlights the tools of the trade]– By John Kiener  (April 3, 2019)

 

 

 

                                                         CHRONOLOGICAL LIST

 

         July 4, 2018 –- SOUNDS OF BOONES CREEK GRAND OPENING CELEBRATED – By John Kiener; Young poets recognized for literary work

         July 11, 2018– HISTORY HAPPY HOUR TO TAKE A LOOK AT WOODWORKING [Front page article]

        July 18, 2018 –  LOCAL CIVITAN DATES BACK TO 1947; STILL SERVING AREA COMMUNITIES – By John Kiener [Begins on Front Page]

        July 25, 2018 – HONORING A HISTORY  (Marcy Hawley at Rees-Hawley House)–  By Lisa Whaley; Article begins on front page; Curtis Buchanan Takes History Happy Hour Outdoors – By John Kiener

        August 1, 2018– IN 1918, VOTES BRING ABOUT BIG CHANGES – By John Kiener

        August 8, 2018 – ARCHIVE ANNEX TO BE RENOVATED; ‘Digging for Your Roots’ to be revived — By John Kiener; Museum openings highlight historical activities — By John Kiener; The Old Logmill [Lifestyles, page 1B]    

        August 15, 2018–  HISTORICAL TRUST LEARNS ABOUT DANIEL BOONE IN MISSOURI – By Nancy Ayres; 2017–2018 Annual index for history & genealogy articles;  Part II: Historical markers go up and much more – By John Kiener

         August 22, 2018– NEW CHESTER INN EXHIBIT SHOWCASES ‘THE GREAT OUTDOORS’  – By John Kiener; Digging for your roots – By Jonesborough Genealogical Society; 2017-2018 Annual Index [Part II: County History & Records]

        August 29, 2018 –  RESEARCHERS ASK THE QUESTION: ‘WHO WAS RHEA WELLS?’– By John Kiener; Digging For Your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual Index, Part III

        September 5, 2018– JONESBOROUGH DOCENTS GIVE INSIDE LOOK OF HISTORY – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part IV 

         September 12, 2018 –  CONSTITUTION BELL RINGING SET FOR SUNDAY – by John Kiener; GUY SABIN – Town’s first fire chief memorialized – By Allen  Ray [Lifestyles, 1B]; Digging for your Roots; Annual index for history articles articles continues, Part V

          September 19, 2018 –  EXHIBIT SPOTLIGHTS HOME GADGETS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VI

          September 26, 2018 – RAILROAD REMNANTS RECALL YESTERDAY – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VII; Jonesborough’s history marked by fires – By Allen Rau [Special Section]; Play to help fund maintenance at Old Jonesborough Cemetery – By Allen Rau [front page]

          October 3, 2018 – THE H & T CHRONICLES THE END OF WAR – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part VIII

          October 10, 2018 – HISTORY’S JUST A ‘CLICK’ AWAY – By John Kiener; Abby, the Spoon Lady: From boarding School to hobo life – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots”; 2017-2018 Annual index for history articles continues, Part IX

        October 17, 2018 – SISTER SHARES JONESBOROUGH HISTORY (Paul & Miriam Fink) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Sharing my story: The  Bowers of Tennessee – By Terry Patrick

        October 24, 2018 – BEYOND THE DASH (Police Officer Carl Lee);Digging for Your Roots; Beginning Your Family Research?; Local Students go back to 1892  [LIFESTYLES page] – By Marina Waters 

         October 31, 2018 – VOTERS CHOOSE CHANGE IN PIVOTAL YEARS [1918 Tennessee Election] – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Burlington employees united for reunion; Storyteller shares tale with Boones Creek Trust, H&T readers – by John Kiener [front page] includes Story of Kathleen Hall by Rebecca Keefauver Alexander

         November 7, 2018 – HAPPY HOUR SPOTLIGHTS BRISTOL SESSIONS – By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots,” ‘Colors of Christmas’ to return for historic holiday [page 5A] 

       November 14, 2018 – LOCAL AUTHOR TURNS PAGES OF HISTORY – By Miriam Fink Dulaney [Watauga Association]; Digging for your Roots; Musket Win Not First in Crockett’s History

       November 21, 2018 – TIPTON-HAYNES BRINGS ‘VISIONS OF CHRISTMAS’’; Digging for your Roots; Carter Mansion ready to ring in holiday

        November 28, 2018 – CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR HOUSE HAS NEW ROOF; Society member creates a 220-year-old mill – By Chad Bailey; Digging for your Roots; Fall Branch School digs into history – By Marina Waters [front page]; Santa Train – By Donna Rea [front page]

        December 5, 2018 —  ‘COLORS’ SWEEP THROUGH OLD JONESBOROUGH – By John Kiener [front page]; Digging for your Roots; Christmas greetings from 100 years ago – By John Kiener; Society participates in annual tree celebration

           December 12, 2018 – AUTHOR SHARES THE BEGINNING OF A TOWN  – By Miriam Fink Dulaney; Digging for your Roots; Photos from the past: Family gathers together (Bales Family) – from Sammy L. Susong

       December 19, 2018 –A LEGACY OF GIVING (Kiwanis turn dinner / dance into Chromebooks for students) – By John Kiener [LIFESTYLES SECTION]; JACKSON, SEVIER AND EMANCIPATION – By Miriam Fink Dulaney;  Digging for your Roots – S. Russell Hale Profile  (December 19, 2018)

       December 26, 2018 – FACES IN HISTORY (A pictorial); Digging for your Roots.  

        January 2, 2019 –  HISTORY’S MONUMENTS – By John Kiener [front and GENEALOGY & HISTORY  pages] Digging for your Roots; p. 1B, Herald & Tribune dated Oct. 16,1940

       January 9, 2019 – TOWN CLOCK TO RECEIVE A TUNE-UP;  Searching the map; Digging for your Roots; p. 5B, Herald & Tribune dated Dec. 22, 1897

       January 16, 2019 – VOLUNTEERS PLAY VITAL ROLE [Betty Jane Hylton, Georgia Greer & Janette Guinn at the County Archive] – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Turning the page [Frances Lamberts – front page story] – By John Kiener; p. 5A, Herald & Tribune dated Jan. 15, 1920

       January 23, 2019 – TRAIN GETS READY FOR SPRING TREK; Digging for your Roots; p. 5A, Herald & Tribune dated Feb. 1, 1872

      January 30, 2019 – HERITAGE FAIR TO REMIND US WHO WE ARE – By Chad Bogart; From Our Readers…The Old Mills – By Chad Bailey; Digging for your Roots; 8B, Herald & Tribune, April 17, 1895

      February 6, 2019 –  FIRST FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE PROVIDES A WEALTH OF GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH  – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; Fink condenses book’s history of Jonesborough – By Paul M. Fink; 4B, Herald & Tribune, February 16, 1893

     February 13, 2019 – ALLIANCE BANQUET HOSTS 100 – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, February 14, 1894

      February 20, 2019 – LANGSTON BUILDING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN – By John Kiener [front page]; Wild Game Dinner honors local tradition – By John Kiener [front page]; Digging for your Roots; Researcher shares her story [African American Roots] – By Rose Tate; 5A, Herald & Tribune, September 29, 1892

      February 27, 2019 – RESEARCH REVEALS TRUE JONESBOROUGH HERO [Alfred Martin Ray]; Digging for your Roots; 3A, Herald & Tribune, June 29, 1977

     March 6, 2019 –  SCHUBERT CLUB CONTINUES LEGACY  – By John Kiener [Lifestyles, p. 1B];Writings reveal details of historic buildings – By Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 3A, Herald & Tribune, March 2, 1893

     March 13, 2019 –  THE WATAUGA ASSOCIATION [The History of Jonesborough and Its Houses, Part II] – by Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 24 1873

      March 20, 2019 – FIRST PLANNED COMMUNITY [Jonesborough History, Part III] – by Sara Hickey Keys; Digging for your Roots; 7A, Herald & Tribune, January 31, 1912

      March 27, 2019 – RECORDS COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 6D, Herald & Tribune, March 28, 1872;7D, Preservation continues to yield progress – By John Kiener

     April 3, 2019 – WOODCARVER WORKS TO PRESERVE HISTORY (Joe Pilkenton) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 4B, Herald & Tribune, April 4, 1872;1B, ‘Working On The Railroad’ [Exhibit spotlights the tools of the trade]– By John Kiener

     April 10, 2019 –  WOOLY DAY AND GARDEN ARTS FESTIVAL; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 18, 1894; front page, Telford Ruritan ready to continue the work – By Marina Waters

      April 17, 2019 – MARCH MADNESS – Basketball  Team Pictures from 1913; More Heritage Fair trivia; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 18, 2001

      April 24, 2019 – JGS TO CELEBRATE 29 YEARS; Digging for your Roots; 10A, Herald & Tribune, April 25, 1872

      May 1, 2019 – VACATION VENUE FEATURES GROVE PARK INN – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, May 14, 1874; Front page,  Heritage Fair to showcase Washington County’s history

      May 8, 2019 – ‘THE SECRET HISTORY OF RDX IS LOCAL HISTORY’  By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, April 30, 1885; Front page, Alliance gets ready for Digitization Day –By Lisa Whaley and Dulcimer Days offers week of music, learning – By John Kiener

      May 15, 2019 – ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS (David Crockett Birthplace) –By John Kiener; Countdown to Heritage Fair; Digging for your Roots; 1B, Herald & Tribune, June 9, 1892

      May 22, 2019 – FIRST HERITAGE FAIR ATTRACTS 246 VISITORS – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5A, Herald & Tribune, May 27, 1896.

      May 29, 2019 – SPRING CLEANING UNCOVERS TREASURES (Pieces of the Past) – By John Kiener; Community Highlight: Antioch; Digging for your Roots; 5B, Herald & Tribune, June 3, 1880

      June 5, 2019 – 1891 COOKBOOK INTENDED TO MAKE LIFE BRIGHTER (Campbell, Installment II)– By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots; 5B, Herald & Tribune, June 5, 1873; Front page,  New Historical Marker designates home’s importance (Keebler-Keefauver House) – By Chad Fred Bailey; Editorial page, Paul Fink Remembered – By Bob Shanks

      June 12, 2019 – COOKBOOK INCLUDES  ADS, BAKING POWDER (Campbell, Installment III) – By John Kiener; Digging for your Roots;1B, New inactive play to begin at Chester Inn – By Lisa Whaley; 4B, Herald & Tribune, June 12, 1873

      June 19, 2019 –SHAKESPEARE AND TWAIN (Two Giants of Literature) – John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots” – Community Highlight: Bethany; 4B, Herald & Tribune, January 8, 1874; and Front page: RAISE THE ROOF– Celebration planned at Christopher Taylor House

      June 26, 2019 –  CARPENTRY, COLT PISTOLS AND FAVORITE SON — By John Kiener; “Digging for your Roots” – Community Highlight: Boones Creek; 8B, Herald & Tribune, June 26,  1873;1B,  Family steps into the next chapter of historic home – By Marina Waters; 5B, Beauty remains secret of Early American houses – By John Kiener