Central Appalachia Team

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Welcome to the Appalachia Project's Central Appalachia Team. If you're a member of the project and would like to join this team,

1. add your name, interest area(s), and what you're working to the Members list (below).

1. add the team category to your profile: [[Category: Central Appalachia Team]] - you can also add [[Category: Appalachia Project]]
2. update your Member sticker (or add it): {{Member|Appalachia|team=[[Space: Central Appalachia Team|Central Appalachia Team]]}}
   

   ... ... ... is a member of the Appalachia Project ( Central Appalachia Team).
   or {{Member|Appalachia}}
   

   ... ... ... is a member of the Appalachia Project.
3. read through the project page, if you haven't already.
4. check out the To-Dos (below) - you can add to the list or sign on for a task that interests you.

Regional Team Leader: Sandy (Craig) Patak (temp)
See Members (below).

States
Kentucky Appalachians
Tennessee Appalachians
Virginia Appalachians
West Virginia Appalachians

Five Regions of Appalachia

If you see things that need done, you can add them to the Task list, below. If you have ideas for things that the Team could be doing, let me know! ~ Sandy

The links in the table above are for the "landing level" categories (where people profiles should be categorized; project pages are categorized under Category: Appalachia Project).

Thirteen states have counties in Appalachia. The Central Appalachia Team covers counties in four of them: Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, & West Virginia (the yellow area in the above map).

Kentucky: Kentucky's 54 Appalachia counties^[1] are all in the Central Appalachia Regions. (See the Kentucky table on the project's Counties of Appalachia page.) The counties in Central Appalachia Region are Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Garrard, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Hart, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe.

Tennessee: Tennessee's 52 Appalachia counties^[1] are split between the South Central and the Central Appalachia Regions. (see the Tennessee table on the project's Counties of Appalachia page). The counties in the Central Appalachia Region are Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Clay, Fentress, Grainger, Hancock, Jackson, Macon, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Scott, and Union.

Virginia: Virginia's 25 Appalachia counties,^[1] are split between the South Central and the Central Appalachia Regions. (see the Virginia table on the project's Counties of Appalachia page). The counties in the Central Appalachia Region are: Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, and Wise.

West Virginia: West Virginia's 55 Appalachia counties,^[1] are split between the Northern Appalachia, North Central, and Central Regions. (see the West Virginia table on the project's Counties of Appalachia page). The counties in the Central Appalachia Region are Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wayne, and Wyoming.

When adding the appropriate Appalachians category, add any appropriate county-level location categories too. If working on pre-USA profiles, be aware that North Carolina and Virginia are part of the US Southern Colonies Project, which has guidelines for locations. See the Datafield Guide section of the US Southern Colonies Project Editing Guidance for specifics about pre-USA locations.

For instance, if someone was born in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia in 1750, married in Botetourt County in 1770, and died in Fincastle County in 1775, add

[[Category: Virginia Appalachians]]
[[Category: Augusta County, Virginia Colony]]
[[Category: Botetourt County, Virginia Colony]]
[[Category: Fincastle County, Virginia Colony]]

even though only Botetourt County is listed as one of today's 423 Appalacian counties by the Appalachian Regional Commision.^[1] Fincastle County went extinct in 1776, and what remains of the once vast Augusta County is not in the Appalachian Region.^[2]

The Appalachia Project's Counties of Appalachia includes all 423 counties listed by the Appalachian Regional Commission,^[1] plus some, with links to the WikiTree category pages.

Member Details

See Appalachia Project Membership for the Project's membership.

Members can add details of their interest area(s) and what they're working on for the Central Appalachia Team in this section.

• Member: Interest area(s)
  • Working on/intend to do/have an idea to do...

• "Angela (Gibson) Watts". "Interest Areas" Counties of interest include: KY:Magoffin, Breathitt,Knott, Floyd, Harlan
  • "Interest include / working on " on the creating and improving profiles oof families of Eastern Kentucky and identifying noteables

• Kristin (Williams) Anderson: Interest in Appalachia notables, cemeteries, along with Kentucky and Ohio ancestry.
  • Working on creating profiles, from books that describe lineage, for individuals in the Appalachia region.

• Susan Anderson: Logsdon
  • (Susan to add)

• Alex Adkins-Langen: Most of my ancestors were in Wayne Co.
  • (Alex to add)

• Karen Back: My ancestors began moving into the "Central" area on your map from Virginia before Kentucky statehood. I am deep into DNA for genealogy and that endogamous population is a challenge.
  • (Karen to add)

• Paul Baukema: My wife's maternal line are mountain folk. (Hatfield, Signal Mountain, Hamilton, TN). My great-grandfather was raised in Russell County, VA too. Both are in the South Central Region but the Hatfields extend up to the Central region too.
  • (Paul to add)

• Karla Beatty:Kentucky Ancestors
  • (Karla to add)

• Mel Bishop: My primary research areas are Lewis, Fleming, Nicholas and Robertson Counties in Kentucky.
  • Working on: checking existing profiles in these areas for errors and completeness as well as adding new ones; expanding USBH documentation and profiles in these areas; creating FSPs for Robertson and Lewis Counties.

• Daryl Blankenship:
  • (Daryl to add)

• Don Bowman: Emphasis on the Bowman line in Owsley County and the Asher line in Leslie County of Kentucky.
  • (Don to add)

• Chris Brady : My primary interest for Central Appalachia is in Garrard County, Kentucky. Early names include West, Hurt and Davis.

• Thomas Bruce IV : Has North Central and Central ancestors.
  • (Thomas to add)

• Loretta Buckner : Has Central ancestors + PA to VA and NC, and now finding lots of twiglets in KY and elsewhere.
  • (Loretta to add)

• Ann (Hughes) Burns: I was born in Harlan County, KY and currently live in Madison County, KY. Most of my relatives trace back to Virginia and West Virginia.
  • (Add to Add)

• Susan Caldwell: West Virginia counties of Mercer, Wyoming, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe, Raleigh, and McDowell.
  • (Susan to add)

• Laura Carter: This is my first project - please be patient with me as I figure out what to do to be helpful. My interest is in Russell, Scott, Wise, and Lee counties in Virginia. A few of my families’ homesteads are still standing in Scott County. I’ve visited several of the cemeteries and run into distant cousins every time I tour the area.

• Anthony Castaneda: Harlan County, Kentucky and Wise County, Virginia
  • (Anthony to add)

• Gary Coleman: My ancestry largely straddles the Kentucky-Virginia border.
  • (Gary to add)

• Matthew Combs: Born and raised in Clay County, Kentucky. Spent 36 years in that area before migrating in 2020 to Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Research interests include: Kentucky ancestors, Y-DNA, Autosomal DNA, Combs One Name Study, Clay County, Kentucky Cemeteries.
  • Goal #1: Discover more information to answer questions about brick wall great-grandparents: Daniel Boone Combs (1892-aft.1920) Rebecca (Sizemore) Hoskins (abt.1887-abt.1950) John L. Bowling (1904-1975) Roxie (Eversole) Harris (1907-1989)
  • Goal #2: Uncover precise paternal lineage via Y-DNA.
  • Goal #3: Confirm more ancestors using autosomal DNA.
  • Goal #4: Start a Combs One Name Study. DONE, cousin Melodie Combs beat me to it. :)
  • Goal #5: Map every cemetery in Clay County, Kentucky with GPS coordinates and record every burial.

• Melodie Combs: I reside in Floyd County, I was born and raised in Knott County, my mother is from Mousie, Kentucky and my father is from Quicksand, Ky. My family names are Combs, Huff, Smith, Campbell, Allen, Prater, Wicker, Beverly, Wadkins, Handshoe, Moore, Gibson, Collins.
  • There’s numerous old newspaper articles about some of my ancestors. Some were involved in the Clayhole Election Day massacre. Several were involved in the French Eversole Feud. Bad Tom Smith is a distant cousin of mine, he was hung in 1895 in Breathitt County for his crimes.

• Sandi Compton: I am WV born and have eight to ten generations on my maternal side born in WV, Virginia, and Kentucky.
  • (Sandy to Add)

• Edward Cornell: Melungeon heritage
  • The Collins in Hawkins County, TN intermarried with families like the Nichols and Gibsons, and branched off into Floyd/Magoffin County, Kentucky, while proceeding to marry into more families like the Barnetts and Coles (Im related to all of these). My Magoffin County branch then branches off into Carmel, Ohio and became the “Carmel Indians”

• Melody (Tanner) Clark: Melody to add
  • (Melody to add)

• Bill Crews:
  • (Bill to add)

• Jon Crum: Jon to Add
  • (John to add)

• Becca (Brown) Cutsail: Becca to Add
  • (Becca to Add)

• Teresa Davis:
  • (Teresa to add)

• Abby Edwards:
  • (Abby to add)

• Rachel Estridge:
  • (Rachel to add)

• Michelle (Brown) Farmer: Southeast Kentucky
  • (Michelle to add)

• Mary Lou (Guinn) Finley: Guinn and Finley Family Lines
  • (Mary Lou to add)

• Pam (Dale) Fraley: Working on creating Free Spacepages for the counties in my region.
  • Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Greenup, Lee, McCreary, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley, Powell, Whitley, and Wolfe Counties in Kentucky.
  • Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Grainger, Pickett and Scott Counties in Tennessee.
  • Lincoln County in West Virginia..
  • Look toward picking up an idle county page to adopt.

• Mary (Brawley) Fuat: I’ve been working on ancestors of my DNA matches from southwest Virginia (Russell, Scott, Wise, Washington counties).
  • Descendants of James Gray (abt.1765-1849).

• Judith Fry: Kentucky and Tennessee
  • Adding family from Knox, Clay, Harlan Counties in Kentucky
    • Claiborne, Union Counties in Tennessee

• Danielle Gemperline:
  • Counties of interest include: KY: Owsley, Estill, Lee, Jackson, Elliott, Carter, Magoffin; WV: Wayne County; VA: Russell, Scott
  • Have done fairly extensive research on the Brandenburg family of Eastern Kentucky, descendants of early settlers Matthias and Hester (Wolgamot) Brandenburg.

• Christine (Johnson) Gephart:
  • Christine to add

• Gregory Gilbert: Some are even founding families in some areas. My families are Gilbert,DeHart,Tabor ,Warren and Davis for starters.
  • Gregory to add

• Anne Guglik: Virginia
  • Virginia: Fincastle and Botetourt, Rockbridge
  • Names: Pendleton, Dakin, Brugh

• Brenda (Hall) Nydam: I have many ancestors from Powell County, Kentucky.
  • My interests are Hall, Skidmore, Helton, Birch, Morton, Bowen, Stone, Mays.

• Charles Harvey: I was born in Mineral County, West Virginia. I lived in Sulphur City, Elk Garden and also Kitzmiller, Garrett County, Maryland. My Great ,Great Grandfather, John Green was the first Resident Doctor of Mineral County, West Virginia.
  • (Charles to add)

• Susan Hautala
  • Kentucky: Harlan, Letcher, Floyd, Knott
  • Virginia: Lee, Wise
  • If you happen to stumble across any Finnish immigrants and get stuck let me know – I also work on bridging the gap to Finnish records.

• Ida (Gray) Houston: I am mostly interested in the North Central, Central and South Central. Central Appalachia areas of interest include Carter, Greenup, Lawrence and Logan counties in Kentucky. For Tennessee, I am interested in Franklin, Grainger, McMinn, Rhea, Roane, and Warren County, Tennessee. Virginia counties I am interested in are Botetourt, Grayson, Tazewell, and Wythe.

• Janine Isleman: creating and adding profiles as need in this region
  • Adding Employees & the families of the Everett Rowland Sawmill, Tennessee One Place Study, White County, TN

• Frank Jarvis:
  • (Frank to add)

• K. Jeffries: WV counties of Boone and Logan; VA county of Tazewell.
  • (Kelli to add)

• Katie Kaltenbach: I have ancestors from nearly every part of Appalachia, but hope to start with those I know best from the Central area.
  • (Katie to add)

• Dustin Keys: I have many ancestors in eastern Kentucky.
  • (Dustin to add)

• David Kitts: Grainger County, TN Ancestors
  • (David to add)

• Sue (Smith) Knifley: Green, Adair, and Casey County and some of Taylor County, Kentucky
  • Adding spouse's family members who were in Adair, Casey and Russell county. Also working on cemeteries in Adair.

• Cinda (Todd) Laulile: My focus is Johnson , Floyd, Morgan, Elliott, and Greenup. The Todd side (Paternal) moved around a lot, and are very scattered. Maternal side is mainly Floyd and Johnson. I also have family in West Virginia.
• (Cinda to add)

• Emily (Cole) Ledford: East Tennessee and Kentucky descendant
  • (Emily to add)

• Karen Lee: I research Boyle, Lincoln and Mercer Counties.
  • (Karen to add)

• Tim Leslie: I had 5 generations of Stepp's on the Tug, starting with Moses Stepp b.1763, a notable Revolutionary War Soldier and Indian Fighter. He was on the Tug by the 1820's, then there were 4 more generations of Stepp grandfather's that lived in that area. For the Appalachia's, I'm most interested in that Stepp line (my mom is a Stepp) and their wives. I'll list the ones that lived on the Tug Fork below:

Moses Stepp m. Sally Jackson, Thomas (Justice of the Peace) Stepp m. Nancy Davis, James Matthew (River Jim) Stepp m. Elizabeth Bevins, Henry Russell Stepp m. Henrietta "Nettie" Caufield, George Washington Stepp m. Elender "Ellen" White. Also, Patrick Porter and his son Samuel Porter - not on the Tug, but on the western edge of Virginia during Dunmore's War, i.e. many fierce Indian battles that included Daniel Boone. Kentucky's Last Frontier by Henry P. Scalf was SO much fun to read, he focuses so much on so many families that came to Kentucky early on, and you can't help but love to see your own ancestors mentioned within. Is that ok to say here, lol?

• • (Tim to add)

• James Little: James to add
  • (James to add)

• Reta McCollum: Reta to Add
  • Always working on many different ancestor profiles from Kentucky.

• Audrey (Hoppes) Martin: (Audrey to add)
  • (Audrey to add)

• Cameron Mason:
  • (Cameron to add)

• Margaret (Tull) Meredith:
  • My interests will be Walker, Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Lawrence, and Lauderdale, AL
  • Tippah, Tishomingo, and Alcorn Counties in Mississippi;
  • Jefferson, White, Dekalb, Scott, Blount, and Greene Counties in Tennessee
  • Anderson and Greenville Counties in South Carolina;
  • Carroll and Elbert Counties in Georgia;

• Melissa Maynard: Interest in my Pike, Kentucky family. I have a small connection to the McCoys that I am interested in learning more about.
  • Working on improving sources and documenting correctly.

• Bob Moon: from Bob's join post - "Three of my four grandparents were from Appalachia: two in East Tennessee and one in Southwest Virginia...." Bob, please feel free to edit! ~ Liz

• Loretta Morrison: Kentucky Research interests : Surnames: Caudill, Maggard of Letcher County, Kentucky (migrated from Rockingham & Shenandoah, VA) Surname: Bruner, Hardinsburg County, Kentucky. (North Carolina, Tennessee and Southern Virginia see South Central Team ). Also of interest South Carolina interest: Yarbrough of Union County. And finally, Ohio interest: Smith of Muskingum County, Ohio.

• Lukas Murphy: Many of my ancestors are from the Central Appalachian region and I live in Kentucky.
  • (Lukas to add)

• Jason (Hylton) Musgrove: All of my mother's and father's ancestors are all from the Central Appalachia region since at least the early 1800's.
  • (Jason to add)

• Angela (Belt) Newcom: I have been adding my mom's paternal line and that is where they come from.
  • My mother's family is primarily from Whitley and Harlan counties in Kentucky. A little further up the line they come from Virginia. Our family has always been really proud of our Appalachian roots and we still have a number of family members living in that region. There is even a huge family reunion every year in Whitley County, Kentucky.

• Todd Obradovich: SE Kentucky Ancestors
  • (Todd to add)

• Michelle (Wyatt) Oviatt: Ancestors from Central Appalacia
  • Working from the following relatives that I've found so far in Central Appalacia:
    • KENTUCKY - Stephens-18978
    • VIRGINIA - Erbaugh-36, Garber-140, Penn-448, Savage-7308
    • TENNESSEE - Garber-246

• Brian Parton: Ancestors in Tennessee and Kentucky
  • The majority of my ancestral research is focused in south and southeastern Kentucky region (Pulaski, Whitley, Bell counties to name few). Their western migration however seems to have begun in Jamestown area in the early 17th century traveling west through Virginia, and south down through North Carolina, up through Tennesee, landing in Kentucky. Surnames: Parton, Henderson, Woodall, Lay, Clary, Mounce, Thompson, Hayden, Peyton, Millburn, Casada/Cassada, Simpson, Hughes, Taylor, New, Watkins, Howard, Lynch, Bingham, Anderson, Ryan, King, Mize, Sharp, Moore, Cox and Wash...to name a few.

• Mike Patak: Crockett, Vance, VanDyke families in Tazewell and Buchanan Counties, Virginia
  • Adding ancestors (Crockett, Vance, VanDyke) to WikiTree during Thons.

• Sandy (Craig) Patak: Working the Bennett and Hamrick family lines in Southwest WV. Working on my husband's ancestor lines of Crockett, Vance, Altizer, VanDyke in Buchanan and Tazewell Counties. Active in the Southeast United States Mining Disasters Team and Southern Colonies Team.
  • Working on adding Profiles for the Southeast United States Mining Disasters Team
  • Adding my husband's ancestors to Buchanan and Tazewell Counties.
  • Always Sourcing Unsourced WV Counties

• Jim Pattison: My interests are in Campbell County, Tennessee and neighboring counties in both Tennessee and Kentucky. My ancestors in this area include the Sharps that founded Sharp's Station and the Beeler family that fought in the Revolution
  • Working on the Sharp and related families in Campbell and surrounding counties.

• Carrie (Linstrom) Pau: Pulaksi, County, KY
  • Adding and Improving on my Pulaski, KY ancestors

• Susan Pence: Paternal Ancestors from Eastern Kentucky
  • (Susan to add)

• Monica (Bryce) Pendleton:A large amount of my ancestors are from this region.
  • (Monica to add)

• Bob Pickering: Augusta, Montgomery, Botetourt, Fincastle, and Scott Va., Green and Metcalfe, Ky, and Jefferson and Harrison, Ohio.
  • McManus and Dougherty families, of early Augusta and Montgomery Counties, Virginia as well as Green and Metcalfe County, Kentucky; Dowell family of Maryland, Albemarle County, Virginia, and Green, Barren and Metcalfe Counties, Kentucky, Sandidge, Graves and Pulliam families of Virginia and Green County, Kentucky; Skaggs familly of early Augusta County, Virginia and Green and Barren Counties, Kentucky; Gaddy family of Virginia and Green, Barren and Metcalfe Counties, Kentucky, ad Oakes family of Metcalfe County, Kentucky.

• Amy (Childers) Phillips: I do a lot of Pike County, Floyd County, & Johnson County in KY and work some in Buchanan County, Dickenson County, & Russell County, VA. I am still adding and updating my ancestors' profiles.

• Vicki (Waller) Posey: Ancestors in OH/KY/TN
  • Adding and Improving on my Ancestors Profiles private profile

• Tony Potter: TN/VA Ancestors
  • Looking for Potters in Appalachia, predominately in the Holston and Tennessee River Valley of Scott Co. VA and Hawkins Co., TN

• John Powers: Kentucky and Ohio Ancestors
  • Adding and Improving on Kentucky and Ohio Ancestors

• Connie (Chasteen) Pullen: Tennessee and Kentucky Ancestors
  • In-laws Parton & Holmes. Direct line ancestors Chastain, Ledbetter, Baker, and several others. Looking to improve profiles with solid sources, learn their stories, and connect with distant family.

• Georzetta Ratcliffe: Virginia/West Virginia and into Kentucky.
  • (Georzetta to add)

• Helen Rice: Eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee.
  • Researching, adding and editing ancestors with or related to surnames of Chestnut, Fields, McQueen, Rader, Smith, and Taylor.

• Patricia Roche: Most interested in the relations that lived in Grainger County, TN.
  • Some relations lived in Knox County, so will be adding to that tree twig also

• Erin (Soltysiak) Robertson: Virginia and West Virginia
  • Adding and Improving on Virginia and West Virginia Profiles

• Azure Robinson: Kentucky Pioneers
  • (Azure to add)

• Brad Scott: Born and reared in Scott County, Virginia. Relatives in Sullivan County, TN and Wise Co., VA.
  • (Brad to add)}

• Ival Secrest: Lewis and Fleming Counties, KY). I also have roots in the North region (Mifflin, Fayette, and Westmorland Counties, PA) and the North Central Region (many of the counties in Southeast Ohio Meigs in particular). As I continue my research, Virginia and West Virginia pop up.
  • (Ival to add)

• Liz (Noland) Shifflett: My areas of interest center around my ancestors who were mostly further east in Virginia, although I have a Van Meter ancestor who lived in Ohio & Berkeley Counties before the Revolution and Gill ancestors in Botetourt & Fincastle (1770s). I'm a member of the Virginia Project & Southern Colonies' Colony of Virginia Team.
  • I think I'd like to focus my work for Central Appalachia on Gerrard County, Kentucky, where my Gill and Aldridge ancestors lived (if I recall, they settled there after the Revolutionary War, so I'd be working mostly from around the time of the Revolution through the1850s).

• Mary Ann (Gaylor) Simmons: Anderson County, Tennessee
  • (Mary Ann to add)

• Amanda Stanley: Primarily Central Appalachia, however south central Appalachia also applies
  • (Amanda to add)

• Nan (Lambert) Starjak: adding Appalachia information to relevant Tennessee counties; added spaces for Tennessee Appalachia counties that don't have one. Adding Appalachia stickers/categories to Tennessee profiles as applicable. Considering side project regarding TVA moved cemeteries.

• April Stacy: I have family from Kentucky and Virginia.
  • I'm working on adding and improving my ancestors profiles.

• Patrick Stacy: Russell County, Virginia, East Kentucky and West Virginia (Hatfield and McCoy descendant)
  • I'm working on updating sources for ancestors and related families, and finding family connections.

• Alice Mae Stephens Stephens family, Whitley County, Kentucky plus.

• Jeremy Stone:
  • (Jeremy to add)

• Carol (Hunter) Sullivan: I was born in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. I have a Hunter One-Name Study registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies and research all Hunters born and raised in West Virginia, USA.
  • (Carol to add)

• MaryAnn (Ford) Thomas: My family lines are in the Central and North Central areas.
• (MaryAnn to add)

• Karen Thompson: My family has relatives from the West Virginia counties of Barbour, Cabell, Gilmer, Pendleton, Kanawha, Lincoln, Monroe, and Putnam counties. I have resided in Cabell County for over 65 years
  • (Karen to add)

• Bob Tilley: Virginia Miners
  • Working on adding Profiles for the Southeast United States Mining Disasters Team

• Abby Vanoy: Abby to add
  • (Abby to add)}

• Reese Vaughn: Vaughns in Estill and Powell County KY, Garners in Tennessee migrated to Calhoun/Benton co. Alabama and to Mississippi, eventually to Texas.
  • (Reese to add)

• Eric Weddington:
  • Weddington Name Study includes Weddington families in eastern Kentucky and surrounding areas (OH, WV). These Weddington families originated in south west Virginia. Knowledgeable of other associated family names in eastern Kentucky. The North Carolina Weddington families migrated to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. I have other family lines in Tennessee. Some knowledge of central Pennsylvania. Cemeterist. Multiple ONS coordinator. I work on the Hatfield & McCoy sub-project. Interest in the Melungeon Roots sub-project.

• Matthew Wheat: Ancestors in Kentucky
  • (Matthew to add)

• Robb Reed: I have ancestors from Pickett and Overton counties in TN.
  • Working on adding families from Pickett and Overton counties, and cleaning up bios and cemetery attachments.

• Holly (Lay) Yancey: Holly to Add
  • (Holly to Add)

Central Appalachia Team To-Dos

Profile Maintenance: Project members are asked to help work on profiles in the project's Maintenance Categories. Note that if you add a maintenance category, you should generally also add details of why you added it to the profile's Research Notes.

Needs categories can be added to a profile using the project sticker (see this template page), including Appalachia, Needs More Records for a profile that has at least one source but needs additional sources.

Profiles for Appalachians with no sources should have {{Unsourced|Appalachia}} added to the profile, which will put the profile in the project's Unsourced Profiles category: Appalachia, Unsourced Profiles.

Tasks

Team members - if you're working on a listed task, please "sign" it by adding ~~~~

• Check location categories for profiles of people who were born in, who lived in or who were associated with this region.
  • Add the appropriate Appalachians category + Sticker.
  • If the person is associated with Appalachia, check the qualifications posted by the Notables Project to see if [[Category: Appalachia, Notables]] should be added to the person's profile (whether or not they're associated with the South Central region of Appalachia).

Note About VA & WV Stickers

When using the Appalachia Project's stickers, please keep in mind that West Virginia was NOT a State until June 20, 1863. Please use the appropriate stickers for those that were born in Virginia, now West Virginia:

Virginia and West Virginia Specific Stickers Sticker Sticker Code Native Virginian (Born in Virginia, Now West Virginia as of June 20, 1863) {{Nonmigrating Ancestor |addinfo=Native Virginian (Born in Virginia, Now West Virginia as of June 20, 1863) |flag=US_State_Flag_Images-49.png |tooltip=Flag of Virginia }} ... ... ... was born in Appalachia, in Virginia (now West Virginia). See Appalachia Project. {{Appalachia Sticker |born |state= VA-WV |project=yes }} - IF the person stayed in what is now West Virginia ... ... ... was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia. See Appalachia Project. {{Appalachia Sticker |born |state= West Virginia |project=yes }} - IF the person was actually born in West Virginia after June 20, 1863, ... ... ... was an Appalachian. {{Appalachia Sticker|state=Virginia}} - IF the person stayed in what is now Virginia NOTE: Also check the Profile's Location of Birth. If it states West Virginia and it is before June 20, 1863, please correct it to Virginia.

Regional Team Space Pages

Northern Appalachia Team | North Central Appalachia Team | Central Appalachia Team | South Central Appalachia Team | Southern Appalachia Team

Regional Team Categories

Northern Appalachia Team | North Central Appalachia Team | Central Appalachia Team | South Central Appalachia Team | Southern Appalachia Team

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} As listed by the Appalachian Regional Commission (here) as of 30 June 2022.
2. ↑ Virginia County Formation Maps.