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