The Edward Coffey Project

and never got started again! I thought I would have been blogging more now that my health is back to near normal.  But, that hasn't...

William Moseley [sic] was a resident of Essex, Colony of Virginia and gained many land grants by importing indentured servants. For each in...

This blog began on Dec. 7, 2004. Since then I have been adding to it for 5 years, 6 months and 8 days.  I thought that reaching this miles...

Dr. Erval R. Coffey* Erval Richard Coffey, second son of Dr. Richard Nightingale and Mae A. Gano Coffey, was born Dec. 31, 1896 in Jackso...

This photo was sent to me by Gail Hewett, a descendant of James and Harriet.  It is in remarkably good condition.  The young man in the phot...

This John was a son of James M. and Frances Lane Coffey.  He was born Apr. 22, 1810 in Wayne Co., KY and died Apr. 8, 1879 in Lookingglass, ...

T his new year ushers in my 69th on earth and 49th in marriage! I've been researching family ties since the early 1980's, and have ...

Lida, or "Dearie" as she was called by family, was born Sep. 13, 1909 in Hammond, Clatsop Co., OR, the daughter of Ernest Garfield...

Fred Coffey, in collaboration with Rev. John Chenault of Frankfort, KY has made several discoveries that provide clues to probable descendan...

Wiley Hill Moore was born Apr. 28, 1883 in Watauga Co., NC. He married Ellen Hodges, born c1883 in North Carolina. A marriage date has not b...

A ll of the Coffee/Coffey Call blogs from Dec. 2004 through Mar. 2007 are now availabe on CD. The Edward Coffey/Ann Powell Project CD is als...

I began this work on Dec. 7, 2004. Since then I have written 408 (this is number 409) pages. To date, visitors have read 20,383 pages for an...

[Updated Oct. 3, 2009 to add new link to Fred's website] Fred Coffey , a Coffey Cousin and resident Coffey "DNA expert" has pr...

Have you checked out the Brigham Young University on-line Family History Archives? I did a quick search and found three fully reproduced boo...

Genealogists love old family photographs! They make an otherwise dull genealogy book more interesting. Many readers have supplied photos of...

Part III (actually Part II as submitted by the author) appeared in the Dec., 1990 edition of Coffey Cousins' Clearinghouse newsletter: M...

Double click photo for larger view John Alfred Coffey was born March 9, 1872, son of Colby C. and Sarah Emily Ann Parris Coffey. Colby is i...

Several readers have asked me when I plan to update the Edward and Ann Powell Coffey webpages again. I try to update them on average about e...

Thomas Kinnett (var), born c1791 in Bedford Co. (probably) VA, and Nancy Pratt, born c1792 in the same place, had at least 11 children, all ...

"While Coffeyville was named for Colonel James A. Coffey, he only stayed long enough to help lay out the town and its foundation. Not ...