Anthony
Baird
Blow
Bynum
Cook
Davenport
Gorham
Hester
Ivey/Ivy/Ivie
Hendrick
Jordan
Mizell
Reynolds
Rountree
Taylor
Family Files

   Some General Topics

   Wills, Probate, Succession, and Inheritance

   Parish Records

   Headrights

   Tithables

   Names and Naming Practices

Interpreting Colonial Records - some legal and other helpful hints

(with an emphasis on the southern colonies)

This website contains most of the research I have collected on families and individuals, not all of them in my own family tree.   Each "Family File" on the left consists of several detailed research papers, complete with footnoted references.  These are predominantly families of the southern colonies and the southern states.

Many of these family files are quite lengthy.   Altogether there are nearly 2,000 printed pages on the site, including several downloadable e-books.  In fact, I think the two "Filing Cabinet" sites comprise one of the largest personal genealogical facilities on the internet. 

This website is an extension to and replacement of Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet I.   Family file collections are being expanded and relocated to this site, which will eventually become the only "filing cabinet".   A number of family files remain on the original site for the time being.

The purpose of this site is  to publish my work and to make it available to others.  I have been helped enormously over the years by people who shared their information with me, so it only seems fair to do the same myself.  Feel free to use whatever you find for your personal genealogy efforts.  However, please do not publish anything you find here without permission.  See About This Website for more details. 

All of the reports here are in a constant state of flux. I continue to work on all these lines, and update each of these reports on a more or less regular basis. Please help by contributing corrections, additions, and comments.