Marsha Sturdivant
Honor Code SignatorySigned 8 Dec 2019 | 4,468 contributions | 85 thank-yous | 1,952 connections
Signed 8 Dec 2019 | 4,468 contributions | 85 thank-yous | 1,952 connections
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Marsha E. Sturdivant
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Steve Norman Sturdivant
and Sandy Traylor
Sister of
John York [half]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Dec 2019
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Marsha Sturdivant is a member of the Appalachia Project (Southern Appalachia Team).
Biography
Former investigative journalist, graphic designer, communications director, and teacher. My immediate family is small, only children on both sides, for at least two generations. I was surprised by all the ancestors I found.
I am currently researching areas of Georgia for branches of my tree, on my father's side. It appears my Sturdivants dropped from the sky in Schlatterville, Charlton County, Georgia in 1880.
For Heard family research, Joyce Poole's book is indispensible. I hail from Martha Rebecca Saxon 1859-1917 and John S Heard 1864-1921 whose daughter, Donie Heard married William Altie Bevery. Donie and Altie are my great grandparents.
Landers has proven a most interesting ancestral pursuit. My Traylors are very colorful as well, as are the Lemmonds, Hartleys, and Pittmans, Beverlys, Saxons, and Langs. Maternal brick walls are Lee and Carroll. I have not concluded my research into the surnames Bell, Perkinson, Ford, Singleton, Fowler, Harcrow, and Morris, but don't foresee any problems.
Paternally, I am working through families of Bulloch, Thomas and Charlton counties in Georgia. I am discovering a family connection for Primitive Baptist churches in the area. Lately I am connecting dna matches.
Dad also has surnames of Stone (thank goodness for Keith Stone's book), Knight, Howard, Harrell, Sheffield (thank you Myra Sheffield), Martin, Boone, Yeomans, Howell.).
I'm really learning my way around wikitree and I appreciate all suggestions or corrections.
Research Notes
My Sheffield and Lee ancestors are a very difficult research project.
For gedmatch, set the threshold to 3. Marsha Sturdivant NJ2813209 Steve Sturdivant KN1521846
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Marsha Sturdivant at registration.
Marsha Sturdivant Participated in the December Challenge US Black Heritage Project Connecting Challenge.
Marsha Sturdivant is a member of the US Southern Colonies Project.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Marsha's formal name
- full middle name (E.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Marsha or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marsha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Marsha or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marsha:
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100.00%
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Marsha Sturdivant:
23andMe, GEDmatch NJ2813209 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NJ2813209 [compare], Ancestry member MarshaSturdivant
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50.00%
50.00%
Steve Sturdivant
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KN1521846 [compare], Ancestry member MarshaSturdivant
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Elaine (Atchley) Bridges :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bridgesle
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Robin (Purvis) Randolph :
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Categories: Appalachia Project | US Southern Colonies Project Members
It's Thon time again, this time the Connect-a-Thon! It will be from January 19-22, 2024. Do you want to participate with Team Cornbread Catchers in this Thon? Use this link to get to the G2G sign up post and add a comment that you want to be on the Cornbread Catchers team!
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Best,
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edited by Kelly (Popp) Kley
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I saw you signed up for the Cornbread Catchers -- that's wonderful! I'm helping Debi out for this Thon as she will have limited connectivity during the weekend. Just wanted to welcome you once again to the Thon team. Looking forward to a great Thon and hope to "see" you on Discord during the weekend.
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edited by Paula (Brewer) Franklin
Sorry for the late notice; it's Thon time again, this time the Connect-a-Thon! It will be from July 15-18, 2022. Do you want to participate with Team Cornbread Catchers in this Thon? Use this link to get to the G2G sign up post! Click answer and mention that you want to be on the Cornbread Catchers team!
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PS For this event, "connecting" means that you add a profile from one of the links on an existing profile for parents, siblings, spouse, and children. The goal is to add as many linked profiles as possible.
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Now am I active in the project? I confess, I don't know how I would know that. I have not found anyone that fits the requirements for the project, born before 1776, in my family yet, at least not with enough confidence to commit them to wikitree. So I guess I am a hopeful project member? I will add anyone I find to the project, but thus far, that's not happening.
Does this make sense? I hope I'm still in the project, I'm doing the challenge coming up tomorrow with the Cornbread Catchers, I think they're part of the southern colonies project? And I've worked with the Black Heritage challenge in December. Isn't that also southern colonies? At least those I inputted were in Georgia, but not before 1776.
Thank you for contacting me! Marsha
Marsha, I took a peek at your ancestors, This is the first profile I checked out who falls within Southern Colonies: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Traylor-536 You could put the sticker on it.
Mississippi and Texas do not count as Southern Colonies. (I know as I have a bunch of profiles Mississippi and am from Texas.
Keep on plugging on your family.
Mary
edited by Mary Richardson
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Marsha
edited by Marsha Sturdivant
It's Thon time again, this time the Connect-a-Thon! It will be from January 13-16, 2022. Do you want to participate with Team Cornbread Catchers in this Thon? Use this link to get to the G2G sign up post! Click "Answer this post" and mention that you want to be on the Cornbread Catchers team!
We hope you can join us!
Debi
PS For this event, "connecting" means that you use the add links on a profile created before 13 January to create profiles for parents, siblings, spouses, and children. The goal is not to connect to the main tree but to add as many linked profiles as possible.
Looking forward to this!
You recently posted information regarding Cordelia Breed Traylor. I follow the Breed genealogy and I added some information about Cordelia Breed's family. I hope this was ok. Gerald Breed
I'm getting things lined up for the Thon tomorrow and don't find you in our Discord channel. Here's a link to the G2G Chat post.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Debi, Team Cornbread Catchers
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Check this page out before Friday as it has all the suggestions for our Southern States. That way you can decide what is best for you to work on. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Automated:DD_Suggestion_List_AL
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