Strange Accents and More from the Maryland Eastern Shore

Since a family of Scaggs originated on the Maryland Eastern Shore I thought I would collect several clips of accents and music from there for everyone's enjoyment.  The accents are distinct enough that you can imagine that when ancestors from this part of Maryland moved to places like the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee the locals and younger family members might have thought they were from England, Ireland or Wales.

Rachel (Skaggs) Lester and Mitochondrial DNA

If you go out to the Wikitree genealogical site to Rachel (Skaggs) Lester there is a mitochondrial DNA test result for one of her descendants.  Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) testing is similar to Y-DNA testing, except that the mtDNA is passed only from mother to her children.  Male children have the mtDNA but cannot pass it down to their kids.  Mitochondrial DNA testing is great for answering questions about your female line.

Descendants of John B Floyd Skaggs Wanted for DNA Testing

John B Floyd Skaggs was born 18 May 1853 in the historical Rocky Station district of Lee County, Virginia.  It was the area across the Wallen Creek from the town of Pennington Gap.  His parents were Jeremiah and Mary Catherine Skaggs and he had five sisters.  John B Floyd Skaggs died in the same area 23 August 1929.  The Skaggs Y-DNA project has a gap in the testing that can be filled by male descendants of John B Floyd Skaggs.

Nashville Skeggs Descendants Wanted for DNA Testing

The Skaggs family Y-DNA project is looking for descendants of a Skeggs from the Nashville, Tennessee area.  Male descendants of Thomas Leonard Skeggs (1810-1880) are needed to take a Y-DNA test to identify how this Skeggs family line fits and where they come from.

Marker for Lawrence County, Kentucky Militia Company

Francis "Big Frank" Lemaster was militia captain in 1826 in Lawrence County, Kentucky.  Local residents want to commemorate their service by commissioning a stone monument to the men of that militia company, and they currently are raising funds on Facebook to fund the project.  Some interesting names will go on that monument.