Wordless Wednesday: Elizabeth (Bowling) Amis

Elizabeth Bowling 

1819-?

Born in Clay County, Kentucky

Married Wiley Horton Amis

My 4th Great Grand Aunt

We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. ~Shirley Abbott

The Start

Ahhh yes, the blog. My first to be exact. I am sure I will be playing with themes and colors, but right now I can live with this one.
I plan on posting, at least once a week, photos, documents, stories, questions and the like that I come across in my journey through my family history.

So were do I start, at the beginning is usually the best place, but when you are working on family history where is that? Well, lets start at piece of interesting news. I am directly related to Pocahontas! Yes, that one.
I'm not going to do a history lesson that's not the point of this but I will give you some facts.

1. You might find her under 3 (yes, three) names
1. Pocahontas (the most common) a nickname meaning "Little Wanton" <playful girl>
2. Matoaka (her birth name)
3. Rebecca (her Christian name)
2. No she did NOT marry John Smith, but actually John Rolfe.
3. She died in 1617 of a respiratory illness, either pneumonia or tuberculosis.
4. Disney's representation is mostly wrong. In fact the Powhatan tribe told Disney that they would work with them telling the story, but Disney refused.

You can check out more at Preservation Virgina and The Pocahontas Myth. Of course there are scores more, but I figure you can find them yourself.