AUTHOR: Amelia Tynes-Floyd Hall
STORY TELLERS
George R. Floyd
Alec Gunnels
Imagine, looking back in the past and finding your genetic history in genealogy. Are you like your dad or mom? Some of the past can bring up a genetic make up of who you are, where you come from and why you might be good at hunting, fishing or gardening.
Harry Thompson, Historian and Author of several books, once said to me, “TELL THE WHOLE STORY” no matter if it is a good one, some tragedy or story of historical value, Plus about life in the days of time past.
Oral tradition has been accepted for thousands of years. However, in genealogy, you must have documentation to back up hearsay. I myself believe in ORAL TRADITION, as one who has seen and heard the stories you are about to read. Moreover, there will be documentation included.
Many years ago, dirt roads at this time, our ancestors migrated south. Most of mine did. They all settled in Roxobel, Kelford, Lewiston, Indian Woods and Windsor, North Carolina. Just to name a few.
My Father’s Side
Genealogy came to play in my life at the death of my grand mother, Mary Jane Tynes-Floyd; b. 1905 April 8-d. July 24, 2001. After the funeral, my father handed me a large box of deeds, birth and death certificates and many other documents. One of which caught my eye and I had to open a letter To Mary Jane Tynes-Floyd from her cousin to Judge Joseph W. Parker b. ________ d. _________ with notes my grand mother left me. Grand mother started to do her genealogy. I had felt at that moment, it would be up to me to continue her work. I am the eldest grand child and made the choice to continue her work. I found I loved Genealogy and have been working on lines of the past for 7 years now. Main Tree (Floyd_ Tynes_) Secondary Lines (Parker-Skiles)
Branches of Close relatives Cox, Bazemore, Harrell, Wilkins, Hancock and many more.
DEDICATION
Mark James, kin, mentor, advisor.
A man with patients, great teacher, open minded.
A great heart for genealogy and making sure everything
I was thrilled when we met via internet, working
on the same line we are kin from the Tynes line.
THANK YOU MARK FOR ALL YOUR KINDNESS
George R. Floyd, My father, for thinking of me and handing down
wonderful pictures, my gg-Grand Mother’s Sampler
My father is also a great story teller and that gave me the means
go find important documents and learn about my families history,
how they lived, worked, and shared their lives in Old Bertie Co.,
North Carolina.
Alec Gunnells, dear friend. Through the Wilkins family, Alec and I
became close friends. We met on the internet and finally I got to meet Alec
at Hope House and a family reunion. Alec, through the Wilkins,
Alec had interest in the Tines and Cox Line. Through Leslie Wilkins
many Tines Pictures where brought to life of my Tines Line. Alec
gave me the time to visit an old cemetery, where my Tines and
Wilkins is buried. Some call the land, Cox land? Some call land
Tynes land? Mystery we have here? I have found records to prove
the land was in the Tynes line.
Bastardly Bonds & Delayed Births
Over the years of traveling to Windsor, NC. Bertie County to see my father and spend time listening to his stories and spend time at Windsor Court House and the library, learning genealogy, I have spent many hours at the Court House and Library.
I began one day checking birth records and could not find my grandfathers birth certificate. One of the Court House clerks said, “Have you heard of the DELAYED Birth Records?” No, I have not heard of the document. The clerk spent time with me teaching about this important document.
Delayed Birth Certificates was a wise way to find missing family.
Bastardly Bonds also is a good source for finding kin and knowing there is an extra child out there that belongs to your line.
Example
In our Tynes Line, we have Earnest Earl Tynes. There are two missing children due to DELAYED BIRTH Certificates.
SOURCE: A. Delayed Birth Registration
B. Page 688
C. 1930 US Federal Census Kelford, Bertie County, NC.
Henry Earl Tynes (above) is a senior. B. 1887 Bertie Co. NC.
M. Jennie Williams Cobb b. 1890 Hertford Co, NC
According to the Delayed Birth Register, he had two sons:
1. Henry Earl Tynes Jr. b. 31 Oct. 1917 Kelford, NC
2. Charles A. b.1920 1930 US Federal Census, Kelford, NC
An extra daughter: 3. Mamie F. b. 1915 1930 US Federal Census Kelford, NC. who m. a Roan. Mamie died 2006. Nursing Home near Greenville, NC
1. Certified copy of birth taken from Marriage Records.
2. Certified copy of age i.e. Insurance Policy
3. Mrs. Ella Leicester was witness at Birth