James and Chambers Genealogy
We have a page on the
Jim's brother Tom has a website on the B-26 Marauder in World War II in Europe.
Korean War and the 8th
Fighter Bomber Wing
We are creating a subpage for each of our surnames. Click below to go to the list.
Our family histories center on Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. Most of our ancestors moved from North Carolina or Virginia to Kentucky or Tennessee between 1800 and 1830.
In Tennessee our research centers on Dickson, Williamson, Rutherford, Smith, Weakley, and Obion Counties. Jim's paternal grandparents grew up in Dickson Co, and his maternal grandmother RANKIN grew up in Weakley/Obion Co's. Both his JAMES and HUDSON ggf's served in the Civil War in the Tennessee infantry.
In Kentucky our research centers on Marshall, Calloway, Graves, Hickman, Fulton, and Henry Counties. Lou's paternal grandparents, CHAMBERS and HARRIS, and her maternal grandmother FURCHES grew up in Calloway Co. Her gggf SWANN served in the Civil War in the Kentucky cavalry.
We both have German heritage. Lou's ancestors include CLAPP (KLAP), STIESS, LOY, and FAUST. Jim's include CASTLEMAN (CASSELMAN), SCHAFER, LOWRANCE (LORENTZ) and HEILIGER. Lou has French (BREVARD and JETTON) and Swedish (MANSSON and STILLE) ancestry. Jim's RINDER ancestors were Swiss. There is a great website on the Palatines from Germany and the Huguenots from France, The Olive Tree Genealogy, operated by Lorine McGinnis Schulze.