Bigham Family Tree

I searched for months to find any shred of information on my great-great grandparents, Franklin M. and Alma Gober Bigham, but ended up with little to show for my efforts. I hit brick walls at every turn and know less … Continue reading →

I want to give everyone the heads up that the page on Leonidas Bigham is posted. In a family where most males lived long and procreated much, Lee was the exception. He was killed during the battle of Chickamauga in … Continue reading →

I’ve just finished the page on Hugh Braly Bigham, my great-great-great-grandfather.  With 19 or so kids to keep track of, it was a real challenge (as I’m sure it was for him and their mothers) but also very interesting. He … Continue reading →

While doing research on William, I came across an interesting — but mysterious — reference to two Bigham women who ran a hotel in York Spring, Penn., some time between 1740 and 1830. Who were they? I don’t know, but … Continue reading →

Whew! It took four times longer than anticipated, but the page on William Bigham has been uploaded. This was a particularly difficult narrative to write because there are so many discrepancies in dates, names, places and times in the source … Continue reading →

I’ve never particularly liked my first name, Barbara. It seems old-fashioned (which it really is) and comes from the word “barbarian,” meaning foreign or strange (which actually fits me in many ways). Even St. Barbara isn’t exactly the kind of … Continue reading →

There is still SO much more to be done on this site, it’s almost a little overwhelming. But slowly, I’m gathering information, verifying and organizing it (the hardest part!), and writing it down in what I hope is an interesting … Continue reading →

I was going to delay the official “launch” of this site until I had significant amounts of information to post relating to the various members of my family tree, but within days of setting up the site, I received inquiries … Continue reading →