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Highlights of our updates since January 2003

First Quarter 2008

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A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published on March 30, 2008. We have added 600 new individuals, nearly 400 of whom are Culpeppers. We’ve also updated the records for about 2,400 other individuals, including quite a few old photographs added by Lew Griffin. Our next update is scheduled around July 1, 2008

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Northern Mississippi Data in Family Tree. The archival data (see next entry) for all of the counties in Northern Mississippi have been used to create new family tree records and update many others. Southern Mississippi updates should be complete before the July 1 family tree update. (30 Mar 2008)

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Mississippi Archives. Shannon O’Connor Christian has provided transcriptions of the Culpeppers found in the1850-1910 US Census for Mississippi. Both Shannon and Linda Cushing transcribed 1920, splitting the counties between them. And Malcolm Wickes Culpepper has provided transcriptions for 1930. All of the census entries, along with all of the marriage, land, death and burial records which we could find were added to our Mississippi archives. (10 Mar 2008)

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A Newly Discovered Culpepper Cousin: Diana Princess of Wales
Diana's 12th great-grandfather was John Culpeper of Wigsell (1531-1612). Most modern-day Culpeppers also descend from John. This may make Diana your 13th cousin, more or less, depending on the number of ancestors between you and John. Put a smile on your granddaughter's (or grandmother's) face and tell her she has a real princess for a cousin. (Genealogical details) (10 Mar 2008)

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New Photos of Publisher and Family. All the children and grandchildren at Christmas (10 Jan 2008)

Fourth Quarter 2007

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New Family Tree Update. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published on December 27, 2007. It includes further improvements to the new look and easier-to-read format implemented in the October update. We have also posted over 100 new names and updated several hundred others. See Index.

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DNA Project. Over the past several months, a great deal of behind-the-scenes effort has been expended on our DNA project. This includes attending a genealogical DNA conference in Houston, identifying potential project members, soliciting their membership, organizing and analyzing test results and splitting out the family into a larger number of smaller branches. We also continue to refine some of our ancestral theories based upon the results of our DNA testing. Currently there are 45 project members, and we are targeting a total of 100 or more by the end of 2008. For a rewritten and simplified explanation of what DNA testing is all about, how it is helping us, and how you can help, see: DNA.

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Family Tree Charts. About 250 branches of our family are now pictorially illustrated in chart form, more than double the number that we previously displayed. Each has been made more compact and more relevant to each family member's immediate branch. See Charts

Third Quarter 2007

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Family Tree Update. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published on October 8, 2007. It includes a completely new look and easier to read format. We have posted about 200 new names and about 1200 other names with updated information. Many of these new and updated names are from North Carolina. We have also revised some of our ancestral theories based upon the results of our DNA testing,

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North Carolina and Virginia Updates planned. We have initiated work on our next major project in which we will post North Carolina and Virginia transcriptions of deed, tax and probate records that have been gathered during many research trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. We will also enter all applicable Culpeppers from the Ancestry.com and USGenWeb databases into our Virginia archives. Expected completion date is mid 2008.

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North Carolina Archives. We have completed our project to enter all applicable Culpeppers from the Ancestry.com and USGenWeb databases into our North Carolina Culpepper Archives.  We have also attempted to match and transfer all of this archival data to the appropriate records in our family tree.

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Mississippi Archives. Malcolm Culpepper has provided transcriptions of the Culpeppers found in the 1930 US Census for Mississippi.

Second Quarter 2007

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Family Tree Update. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published on July 5, 2007. It includes over 400 new names and about 1,800 other names with updated information. Many of these new and updated names are from North Carolina. Our North Carolina project is currently about 95% complete. The family tree now contains a total of over 20,600 Culpeppers, with 1,148 of these spelled as Culpeper (2-p) and 517 as Colepeper. Our next update is scheduled to be published on or before September 30, 2007. Your additions and corrections will be welcomed.

First Quarter 2007

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Family Tree Update. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published on April 2, 2007. It includes over 600 new names and about 3,000 other names with updated information. Many of these new and updated names are from Texas and North Carolina. Our Texas project is now complete and we are now about 30% through our major North Carolina effort. The family tree now contains a total of nearly 20,000 Culpeppers, with 1,144 of these spelled as Culpeper (2-p) and 517 as Colepeper. Our next update is scheduled to be published on or before July  1, 2007. Your additions and corrections will be welcomed.

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Charts Can Now Be Printed! Since our charts were first published nearly five years ago, most people have not been able to print them. Users of Internet Explorer 7.0 should now be able to get good results.

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DNA Testing Project. We have launched DNA project to give Culpeppers of every background and nationality worldwide an opportunity to discover their early roots, and to confirm how they might be related to others who bear the Culpepper, Culpeper, or Colepeper surname. To participate directly in the project, you must be a male with the surname of Culpepper, Culpeper, or Colepeper. More information on the DNA project.

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North Carolina Archives. A major project was launched in February 2007 to enter all Culpeppers from the Ancestry.com and USGenWeb databases into our North Carolina Culpepper Archives. We will also post transcriptions of deed, tax and probate records that have been gathered during many research trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. When this archive posting is complete, we'll then attempt to match and transfer all of this archival data to the appropriate records in our family tree. Expected completion date is 30 Jun 2007.

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Texas Archives. A massive 15-month-long project on the Culpepper Texas Archives has now been completed. From State and Federal records for Texas, we have entered over 2,600 enumerations of Culpeppers in US censuses, 2800+ birth records, 1100+ marriages, 600+ divorces, and 1200+ deaths. Over 90% of these have been matched and posted to records within our Family Tree. Please let us know if you can identify any of the unmatched records.

Fourth Quarter 2006

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Family Tree. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published on January 1, 2007. It includes over 1,000 new names and over 2,000 additional names with updated information. Many of these new and updated names are Texas Culpeppers, and we are now quite near completion of our major Texas effort.

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Mississippi Archives. Census records for 1860 and 1870 have been posted.  (Dec 2006)

Third Quarter 2006

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Family Tree. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published on October 1, 2006. It includes many updated or new names, including more updates relative to modern-day Texas Culpeppers.

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Mississippi Archives. The Mississippi Archives have been reorganized by county and all census records through 1850 have been posted.

Second Quarter 2006

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Family Tree. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published on July 1, 2006. It includes many updated or new names, including more updates relative to modern-day Texas Culpeppers. Our next update is scheduled to be published on October 1, 2006

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Why so few recent updates. Regular visitors to this site will notice few updates have been made in recent months. We haven't lost interest, but one of our two publishers, Lew Griffin, has been concentrating in recent months on his other family lines. The other publisher, Warren Culpepper, has been involved with the relocation to a new home in Atlanta as well as in the training of a new Golden Retriever puppy. Expect to see an increased level of update activity in the fall.

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WW-II Submarine Chaser named Culpeper

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Evan and Becky Culpepper  Boer-goats and Border Collies

First Quarter 2006

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Family Tree. On March 28, 2006, a new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published. It includes updated or new records for 1000+ individuals, including numerous updates relative to the Texas Culpeppers. It also contains many new charts for the orphan branches

Fourth Quarter 2005

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Family Tree. On January 2, 2006, a new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published. It includes updated or new records for 1000+ individuals, including numerous updates relative to the Alabama and Texas Culpeppers.

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Sources and Citations cleaned up. Since the September update to the family tree, we have spent considerable time cleaning up our citations and underlying source records. While some source descriptions are still incomplete, we will continue our cleanup process in future months

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Birmingham Alabama Area Archives. During October - December 2005, the Alabama Culpepper archives for the Birmingham, AL area (north central part of the state) were extensively expanded. This included Jefferson, Walker, Cullman, Blount, Saint Clair, Talladega, Shelby, Bibb and Tuscaloosa counties). The expansion included transcriptions of all US censuses, and all birth, marriage, death and burial info that could be found. This information was then used to update our family tree. (14 Dec 2005)

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GEDCOM: The Updated ancestry of John Culpeper the Merchant. John Culpeper, the Merchant (born 1606), is the progenitor of virtually all American Culpeppers. In John's  GEDCOM, we detail his ancestry back to Sir Thomas Colepeper, the Recognitor (born 1170), as well as to three Magna Carta Sureties of 1215; to Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (born 742); and to Alfred the Great (born 849). A GEDCOM is a standard genealogical file used as input to genealogical programs such as Family Tree Maker or The Master Genealogist. The John Culpeper GEDCOM is the only one we make available, and it was last updated 11 Dec 2005. (Download GEDCOM)

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Western and Northwestern Alabama Archives. During September - October 2005, the Alabama Culpepper archives for the western and northwestern parts of the state were extensively expanded (Choctaw, Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marengo, Marion, Morgan, Pickens, Sumter, and Winston counties). The expansion included transcriptions of all US censuses, and all birth, marriage, death and burial info that could be found. This information was then used to update our family tree. (16 Oct 2005)

Third Quarter 2005

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Central Alabama Archives. During September 2005, the Alabama Culpepper archives for the central part of the state were extensively expanded (Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, and Perry counties). The expansion included transcriptions of all US censuses, and all birth, marriage, death and burial info that could be found. This information was then used to update our family tree. (30 Sep 2005)

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Family Tree. On September 15, 2005, a new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published. It includes updated or new records for 400+ individuals, including numerous updates relative to the Alabama Culpeppers. It also now excludes the names now contained in Culpepper Daughters (see below)

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Culpepper daughters. Descendants of many female Culpeppers can now be found at Culpepper Daughters. These include descendants of the daughters and granddaughters of John and Nancy (Gillespie) Culpepper of Randolph County, Alabama; of Benjamin Culpepper of South Carolina, and of Sheriff Joseph Culpepper of Pike County, Georgia, as well as non-Culpepper ancestors of many of these folks.

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Southwest Alabama Archives. During August-September 2005, the Southwest Alabama Culpepper archives were extensively expanded (Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, and Wilcox counties). The expansion included transcriptions of all US censuses, and all birth, marriage, death and burial info that could be found. This information was then used to update our family tree.

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Family Tree. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published and includes updated or new records for 1,000+ individuals, including numerous updates relative to the Alabama Culpeppers (11 Aug 2005)

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Southeast Alabama Archives. During June to August 2005, the Southeast Alabama Culpepper archives were extensively expanded (Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike counties). The expansion included transcriptions of all US censuses, and all birth, marriage, death and burial info that could be found. This information was then used to update our family tree. (10 Aug 2005)

Second Quarter 2005

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Texas Marriage Index. Over 1,000 Culpeppers have been extracted from Ancestry.com's Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 and recorded in the Culpepper Texas Archives. (11 Jun 2005)

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Alabama Death and Marriage Indexes. Several hundred Alabama Culpeppers have been extracted from Ancestry.com's indices of Deaths and Marriages in Alabama and recorded in the Culpepper Alabama Archives. (3 Jun 2005)

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Texas Birth Index. Over 1,400 Culpeppers have been extracted from Ancestry.com's Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 and recorded in the Culpepper Texas archives. (30 May 2005)

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Alabama SSDI. Over 450 Alabama Culpeppers have been extracted from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and recorded in the Culpepper Alabama Archives. (23 May 2005)

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Family Tree. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published and includes updated or new records for 1,000+ individuals, including numerous updates relative to wartime service.
(1 May 2005)

First Quarter 2005

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DAR Patriot Index. Eight Culpeppers and over 100 others in our Family Tree who are listed in the Patriot Index (3rd edition) published in 2003 by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (13 Feb 2004)

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Search Engine Revision. We have replaced our proprietary search engine with Google Search. This search takes advantage of the power and familiarity of Google while restricting the search to the Culpepper Connections website. (4 Feb 2005)

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National Cemetery Burials. A new page has been created to list 130 Culpeppers who are known to be buried in one of the National or State Veteran Cemeteries. (2 Feb 2005)

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Military Archives Reorganized. Our Military Archives have been completely reorganized, with the actual service records moved to our State Archives. If you have created a link to, or saved an address of, one of the Military pages, you will need to update it. (1 Feb 2005)

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New Family Tree. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was posted Monday, January 24, 2005. It includes updated or new records for 2,660 individuals, and many of these are in South Carolina and Florida.

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New! Place and War Index. The family tree now includes a major new index for Places and Wars. This index shows all individuals who were in a given location (such as those who lived in Covington County, Alabama, or who were buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta). It also provides an index by war of all in our family tree who fought in it.

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Place Name Cleanup. In connection with the implementation of the Place Index, place name spellings have been cleaned up and states have been spelled out to improve clarity.

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Revised Page Format. Changes have been made to the format of the individual pages in the family tree to improve their readability and usability. Also, place names for all events are now linked to the new Place Index.

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South Carolina and Florida Archives. During November through January 2005, the South Carolina and Florida Culpepper archives were extensively expanded by Warren Culpepper. This includes transcriptions of all US censuses, and all birth, marriage, death and burial info that could be found. This information was then used to update our family tree. The records for 292 South Carolinians and 640 Floridians in the family tree have been updated or added.

Fourth Quarter 2004

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Lew Griffin's notes on his updates for the past four months, reflected in the October 18, 2004 version of family tree.
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Norfolk Personal Property Tax Records and Tithables. From our July trip to Salt Lake City, I have added transcripts of extant Norfolk Personal Property Tax Records, from microfilms of the original records, to our Virginia Archives, for the years 1782-1850.  And I have excerpted extant Norfolk Tithables from 1730 to 1782 from records previously published by Elizabeth Wingo (We need to look at the originals for these as well.). These records include important clues about relationships, and occasionally mention specific relationships by name.  We learn when someone first appeared in the records, and when they last appeared in the records, including, in some cases, widows. We also learn, for some years, where each Culpepper lived in the county, which will help us identify the various John, Thomas, Robert and William Culpeppers of early Norfolk. And we get a glimpse into the lives of the Norfolk Culpeppers.  Details vary by year, but some year or another might mention the number of cattle, number of horses, number of slaves (and in some years, names of slaves).  In later years, gold watches, mahogany desks, clocks, etc, were mentioned.

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Early Norfolk VA wills. I have also added new transcripts of several additional early Norfolk VA wills prior to 1860.

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James Culpepper of Nash. With this update, I have connected James Culpepper of Nash (died 1799) to his probable father Henry.  This connection was already implied in his text file, and will make it easier for his descendants to follow his probable ancestry.

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Sion/Zion Culpepper. I have also connected Sion Culpepper (probable father of Zion Culpepper of eastern NC) to his father John Culpepper.  This John (with wife Mary) could only have been John Culpepper, son of Robert Culpepper Jr. of Norfolk.  Sion was mentioned as the son of John in the early Norfolk tax records mentioned above.

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Charles William Culpepper Descendants. And with this update I have added biographical notes on various descendants of Charles William Culpepper (1824-1900) of Gordon County, GA, from a manuscript written around 1980 by his granddaughter Kathryn English Culpepper (1905-1996).  Lorinda Culpepper has the original manuscript.  She was kind enough to send me a copy.  My thanks to our cousin Gayle L. Poole for transcribing it.

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Photos. As always, I have added more old Culpepper family photos, including, for example, one of Confederate soldier Captain Noah Smith Culpepper, in uniform.  We now have photos of more than 400 folks in our family tree.  Your continued help in sending us copies of your old Culpepper photos is appreciated.

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Joseph Culpepper of SC. For those of you who descend from Rev. War Soldier Joseph Culpepper of SC, I’ve added an 1818 deed (in effect, it is his will) in which he mentions his wife Ann (formerly Geiger), his son Joseph Richard, and his granddaughter Sarah Ann.  This deed proves that Ann (Theiler) Geiger was indeed Joseph Richard’s mother.  I’ve also added several generations of additional Geiger ancestry in Switzerland, thanks to the research of correspondent Harriet Imrey.  Joseph Richard Culpepper’s wife was Sylvia Geiger.

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Randolph County, AL Area. Culpepper descendants of Rev. Allen Wood (1789-1852) will be interested to hear that Susan H. Wood has sent us the full text of his will, for this update.  Rev. Wood is in our files, because more than one branch of the Culpeppers descends from him, and we like to show these sorts of connections to other families in our family tree.

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Warren Culpepper's updates.
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Georgia Archives. Using the new data gathered during the July trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, the Georgia archives have been extensively expanded. This information was then used to update our family tree, and the records for 1,745 Georgians in the family tree have been updated or added. This includes births, marriages, deaths and burials, and detailed entries for the source of all of this information.

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Georgia Census Records. We have completed the posting of census records for every Caucasian Culpepper to appear in any extant US census: 1790 - 1930. These records are both in our archives and in the appropriate individuals' family tree records.

Third Quarter 2004

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Transcriptions by Chip Culpepper of the wills of Henry Culpeper of St. Michael's and Roger Culpeper of Delft, Holland

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Images of Early English Wills. About 50 old English wills have been downloaded, and we would appreciate help in transcribing some of them. See Early English Wills.

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A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published Sunday, 11 Jul 2004. We have revised the format to improve readability and added over 1,000 additional names. In addition, a newly revised version of our web publishing program has enabled us to return to our previous policy of displaying the names of the living people within our family tree, while excluding their dates, locations and other details.

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Georgia Archives Updates. The Georgia Archives have been reorganized by county and a considerable volume of deeds, marriages, deaths, and census records have been posted here as well as applied to the family tree. This process has been completed for all but 12 of Georgia's 159 counties, and the remainder should be completed in time for our autumn update to the family tree.

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Lew Griffin updates for past four months
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Beginning with the July update, Warren and I have begun adding “Research Notes” to individuals in the Family Tree whose ancestry may not be entirely proven.  Our goal is that anyone interested in researching their direct line can “pick up their research where we left off.”  In the Research Notes, we’ll 1) at least note that someone’s ancestry is not proven; or 2) point out why we think this individual probably belongs in the family tree where we have placed him, even though final proof is lacking, and / or 3) offer suggestions for further research.  Of course, the Culpepper Family Tree has always been a collaborative effort of many hundreds of able researchers, and your contributions of ideas for these research notes, and help with new research, are not only welcome, but are vital to the success of our Culpepper web site.

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With this update, we are offering an Index of folks who may need further research.  Many of these have Research Notes, some do not.  By the next update, we hope to have Research Notes for just about every individual in the family tree who needs one.

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For Norfolk Co., VA, I have added summaries or in some cases the full text of the earliest Culpepper wills to the family tree.  We’ll add more full texts of early Norfolk VA Culpepper wills in the next update.

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Also for Norfolk County, VA, I have added new details from Emily L. Walker’s “Norfolk County Death Register 1870 – 1896” and from her “Norfolk County Birth and Death Register” which covers available records from 1853 to 1874.

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Those of you who descend from the John Culpepper (ca. 1820 – 1889) of Norfolk who married Elizabeth “Drew” might be interested to hear that her maiden name was actually “Rew” and that Elizabeth was the daughter of Southey Rew.

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And descendants of John’s brother Benjamin Culpepper (ca. 1812 – 1877) of Norfolk might be interested to know that his wife Nancy’s maiden name was Hoggard, or Haggard, or Hoggood.  You might compare these spellings in our Culpepper Family Tree Index for other related references to this same surname in this general branch of the family.

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One of my goals for the trip to Salt Lake City in July is to obtain additional records on the early Norfolk Culpeppers; in particular: Tithable records from 1781 to 1785, and Personal Property Tax lists from 1782 to 1789, and from 1808 forward.  See the VA Archives for these tax lists from 1791 – 1807.  These tax records should help us sort out the early Norfolk VA Culpeppers, so many of whom had the same first name, such as John, Thomas, etc.

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And with this update, I have begun to add photos from my own collection of old photos, for each of the children and grandchildren of John Culpepper (1772 – 1855) & Nancy Gillespie of Randolph Co. AL, and their spouses.  As many of you know, this is my direct line: I descend from Lewis Peek Culpepper (1816 – 1915), youngest son of John and Nancy.

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I have also added some wonderful old Culpepper photos contributed by others.  Check the photo index at the web site to see if a photo of one of your ancestors has been added.  And thanks to those of you who shared old photos.

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In the John Culpepper / Nancy Gillespie family of Randolph County, AL, I have added many new details on long-lost descendants of Civil War casualty James Lafayette Turley of Chambers Co. AL and his wife Martha Custis Culpepper.  This family went first to Greene Co. AR, and some then went to Texas.

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I continue to add records to the Culpepper Archive here and there from the December 2003 trip to Salt Lake City.  For instance, I have added about ten new WW I soldiers from AR, from published records.  See the Military section of our web site.  Some of these were from other states originally. 

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I have also added some birth and death records for a few Culpeppers in AR to our family tree, from published sources.  The names I could not match are in our Arkansas Archives at the web site.

Second Quarter 2004

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California Census for 1930.
Full transcriptions of the California 1930 census have been made by Dorothy Nash Roberts and added to our archives. At the same time, we reorganized the California archive pages totally by county.

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Lew Griffin Updates for Past Three months:
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Updated will on Elizabeth wife of Benjamin of NC-- Smedly was married
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Added early Currituck Co. NC Marriage Register to family tree and to
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Added Barbour Co. AL Marriages to family tree and to archives

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Checked for Richard Culpepper of 1820 Iredell census - he remains a mystery, any help will be appreciated

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Added marriages from Ouachita and St. Francis Co. AR to family tree
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Added newspaper clippings from early Macon GA newspapers to family
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Added Dare Co. NC Cemetery records

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Added Dare Co. NC Marriage records

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Added transcript of Stephen Culpepper's 1833 will in Norfolk Co. VA to family tree

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Added second photo of Evangelist John Butler Culpepper to family tree

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Added records on Tempy Powell, wife of Baalam Culpepper, and her father Alanson Powell Sr. to family tree

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Updated biography of Baalam Culpepper in family tree

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Added Henry Co. TN Marriages 1901 - 1920 to family tree and to archives

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Added Newton Co. MS marriages 1872 - 1952 to family tree and to archives

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Added Alfred the Great, his father and grandfather as Culpepper ancestors, to family tree

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Updated early Culpepper Sedley ancestry: Roger Groue changed to Roger Grove; Added Elizabeth Cotton as wife of first John Sedley

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Added James Colepeper, Rev. War loyalist, of Boston, New York, and Nova Scotia, to family tree, ancestry unknown, help appreciated.

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Added newspaper clippings from early Pulaski Co. GA newspapers to family tree

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Added biographies of William Keith Culpepper and George Marshall Poole (husband of Julia Frances Culpepper) from "Lee Co. GA, A History" to family tree

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Added hundreds of new descendants of John Tyler Culpepper's daughter, Virginia Ann (Culpepper) Chisenhall, courtesy of Gennie Harris

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Added new documents on Joel Culpepper, and his father Benjamin, of Edgefield District, SC, including a photo of Ben's 1829 tombstone, courtesy of Gennie Harris.

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Added several photos of Virginia (Culpepper) Chisenhall and her husband, and photos of two other daughters of John Tyler Culpepper, courtesy of Gennie Harris

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Added the text of new documents on the Theiler family, ancestors of John Tyler Culpepper, etc., courtesy of Gennie Harris

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Added info on John Andrews Jr. of early TX, and two different Culpepper families who descend from his children Cassandra & Charles W. Andrews

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Added descendants of Joseph John Francis Dean / Mary Bathsheba Culpepper, courtesy of Jamie E. Brooks, including, among others, the Elliott family

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Added two old photos of Willis Martin Culpepper of Heard County, GA, his wife, and his family.

First Quarter 2004

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Reorganized Archives. The archive pages for Texas, Arkansas, Arizona and New Mexico have been reorganized by county, and all entries within the archives have either been entered in the Family Tree or flagged as unidentified.

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Arizona and New Mexico: All Censuses and SSDI. Full transcriptions of the 1930 censuses have been made by Dorothy Nash Roberts for Arizona and New Mexico and added to our archives. We have added to this, transcriptions of all earlier censuses in these states, as well as all entries for them from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).

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Arkansas Census: 1930. Full transcriptions have been made by Dorothy Nash Roberts of all Culpeppers from the Arkansas census of 1930 and posted in the Arkansas Archives

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Texas Censuses: 1860 - 1930. Full transcriptions have been made by Pat Culpepper Roberts of all Culpeppers from the  Texas censuses of 1860 - 1930 and posted in the Texas Archives (Completed 19 Feb 2004). They will appear in the family tree when it is next updated on the Web.

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Texas 1860 Census. Full transcriptions of all Culpeppers from the 1860 Census of Texas have been made by Pat Culpepper Roberts and posted in the Texas Archives section. They will appear in the family tree when it is next updated on the Web. (11 Jan 2004)

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The Culpepper Linkage to Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (born 762)
All living Culpeppers, worldwide, descend from William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell and his wife, Cicely Barrett. Cicely Barrett's ancestry has been traced back to European royalty and to Charlemagne, Emperor of the West during the 9th century. William Culpeper's ancestry has been traced back to Sir Thomas Colepeper, born 1170.
While these lineages have long been contained within our family tree, we have now highlighted them through the use of two new charts:
   Ancestry of John Culpeper of Wigsell (son of Cicely Dingley Barrett and William Culpeper)
   Descendants of Charlemagne down to the 17th Century Culpepers. (6 Jan 2004)

iFourth Quarter 2003

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Family Tree. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published Monday, December 15, 2003. This update includes:
   1. Hundreds of new names and revised data derived from our recent census projects for GA, SC and FL;
   2. Many new names and revised data from Lew Griffin's never-ending efforts to give us the world's best family tree;
   3. More photographs, plus a new Photograph Index.
   4. A new African-American Index, plus Descendancy Charts showing the lineage of thee different Culpepper branches that have been traced from slaves to living ancestors.

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Abduction: An Alternative Form of Courtship? A paper written by Julia Pope, M.A. and presented at the International Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo. MI, May 2003. Based upon the 15th century abduction of the Wakehurst sisters by the Culpeper brothers.

Third Quarter 2003

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Pat Roberts has abstracted the 1930 census records for all Culpeppers in Oklahoma

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Kelly Culpepper has abstracted the 1930 census records for Culpeppers in the Texas counties of Collins, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, and Cottle, thus completing our 1930 Texas census transcription project.

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Warren Culpepper has completed abstracting census records for all Georgia Culpeppers in 1900, and has now completed all census years through 1900 for the Culpeppers in all counties of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.

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Chip Culpepper has just updated his page on Culpeppers in Pop Culture. For a little casual diversion, see how many of these references to Culpeppers you recall from the field of entertainment and literature.

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A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree was published Saturday, August 9, 2003. This update includes:
   1. Hundreds of new names and revised data derived from our recent census projects for GA, SC and FL;
   2. Many new names and revised data from Lew Griffin's never-ending efforts to give us the world's best family tree;
   3. About 150 new names provided by Barbara Culpeper Mallett of Australia for the Culpepers of India, Australia and England; and
   4. The completion of Lew Griffin's project to move all of our old photographs to the Family Tree.

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Pat Roberts has completed the abstract of the 1930 census records for Culpeppers in all Texas counties, including: Dallas, Deaf Smith, Eastland, Erath, Fannin, Foard, Frio, Floyd, Galveston. Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Hale, Hansford, Harris, Haskell, Hidalgo, Hopkins, Hunt, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kaufman, Kerr, and Kinney  Lamar, Limestone, Live Oak, Marion, McLennan, Navarro, Nolan, Nueces, Potter, Robertson, San Patricio, Smith, Tarrant, Titus, Travis, Upshur, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Wharton, Wilson, Winkler, and Wood.

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Warren Culpepper has completed abstracting census records for 1880 for the Culpeppers in all counties of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.

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Kelly Culpepper abstracted the 1930 census records for Culpeppers in the Texas counties of Archer, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Bosque, Bowie, Brewster, Callahan, Cass

Second Quarter 2003

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Kelly Culpepper completed abstracting 1930 census records for the Texas counties of Archer, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, and more to come soon.

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Warren Culpepper has completed abstracting census records for 1820 through 1870 for all Culpeppers in all counties of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.

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A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree  was published Wednesday, May 14, 2003. Hundreds of new names have been added derived from some of the census projects described below. Many new pictures have been added and others relocated from the Family Album section

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Completed abstracting all census records (1820 - 1920) for all Culpeppers for the following Georgia counties: Brooks, Candler, Chatham, Clinch, Columbia, Colquitt, Early, Echols, Jefferson, Lowndes, McDuffie, Mitchell, Richmond, Thomas, Toombs, Ware and Wayne.

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Completed abstracting 1930 census records for all Culpeppers in all Georgia counties.

First Quarter 2003

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William Henry Culpepper Family Bible, Randolph Co., AL, originally owned by Miss Emma Carlisle, and transcribed by Chip Culpepper.

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New Version of Family Tree. A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree  was published Tuesday, March 18, 2003. Several thousand new names have been added, including the daughters of the descendants of John and Nancy Gillespie Culpepper and of Rev. Sol. Benjamin Culpepper of SC. (Lew Griffin had previously published these names only at Ancestry.com.)

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Barbara Culpepper sends strong message in Oregon teacher's strike vote.

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