Genealogy by Brecca

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Genealogy by Brecca

Genealogist (genetic genealogy as well), cemetery research, & local historian. TSGS, KHS, and KGS. Twenty-five years of doing genealogy under my belt as of 2025!

I started the old fashion way at seven years old in a library with my nose in census records. I opened up Genealogy by Brecca in November of 2016, and made this page in January 2017! Ancestry has been a Godsend to me in my own family tree search. I know the ins and outs of the website and I'm willing to teach anyone! I also am pretty proficient in the use of Find a Grave. My family tree is up to 131,590 people and it grows every single day. My personal mission is to figure out how I'm related to every person buried in my home county, Henderson County, Kentucky. I'm probably, realistically, 30 to 40% completed in that goal. I am the last woman standing in the original Henderson Ky Cemetery Research Group. I love to go out and document old, long forgotten cemeteries. My favorites are the ones that are "off the beaten path." The ones that "no one has looked at in decades." The group was featured on the front page of the Gleaner on Sunday, October 16th, 2016.

10/16/2025

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. I was trying to scare up some obituaries to accompany those buried in the Pauper Graveyard out beside Mt. Pisgah in Graham Hill... and I come across these three about Mr. Patrick Norton. I'll let the articles speak for themselves because... wow.

Sources being the Henderson Morning Gleaner of March 4th, March 5th, and then the Gleaner of March 6th, 1911.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14842222/patric-norton

10/10/2025

Ancestry updated their ethnicity estimates for all of us over there. Here's my October 2025 update. Not surprised to see an uptick in the Ashkenazi Jewish. I know that comes through the Meffords.

I'm *heavily* English, Scottish, Irish, and even Scandinavian. That comes through both of my parents.

For me, my German and French are lumped into 'Northwestern European.' For Mom and Dad, they're separated (slightly, at least. Especially Dads Germanic European).

10/05/2025

I have such a love / hate relationship with Find-a-Grave. Amateur family researchers muddy it up *so* bad.

I’ve been trying this morning to straighten up the Reeder family buried out in Pleasant Valley in Niagara. Talk about a nightmare. 🤦‍♀️

And no, this doesn’t mean “I’m back” (although pity donations would totally be welcomed). Just trying to put my mind to good use today while I feel like I can.

09/29/2025

I know a week or so ago, I shared I wouldn’t mind taking new customers on— but unfortunately, that’s just not going to be something I can do. No matter the need for income, it’s just not feasible right now.

Life is just too much. My health is deteriorating faster than I can even get this typed out. My loved ones are dealing with health issues as well. Caregiving and caretaking has to be the main priority right now, even above my own health.

Thank you all for the kindness and prayers. They mean a ton. 🩷

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1136 Madison Street
Henderson, KY
42420

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