{"id":7243,"date":"2018-07-27T13:45:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T18:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=7243"},"modified":"2018-07-27T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T18:45:28","slug":"a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-by-wilma-vaughan-chunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-by-wilma-vaughan-chunn\/","title":{"rendered":"A Treasury of Kith and Kin by Wilma Vaughan Chunn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A Treasury of Kith and Kin<\/em> was researched and compiled by genealogy researcher Wilma Vaughan Chunn from 1971 to 1979. In it she covers part of my Jordan line of Virginia and Tennessee. This book appears to be out of print but a copy exists at the Rutherford County Library in Tennessee. A kind relative sent me the Jordan chapter of this book and I thought I should share it here.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t vouch for the veracity of this data. Current research on the immigrant Samuel Jordan seems to indicate that there may have been two men by that name. <\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdfs\/ATreasuryofKithandKin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download a pdf here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The individual pages are below:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7243 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-by-wilma-vaughan-chunn\/a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-1-150x150.jpg 150w, 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https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-13-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-14-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure 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href='https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-by-wilma-vaughan-chunn\/a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-16\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-16-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-17-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-17-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Treasury-of-Kith-and-Kin-17-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As with all genealogy compilations, use this information with caution and do your own research to confirm your own family lines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Treasury of Kith and Kin was researched and compiled by genealogy researcher Wilma Vaughan Chunn from 1971 to 1979. In it she covers part of my Jordan line of Virginia and Tennessee. This book appears to be out of print but a copy exists at the Rutherford County Library in Tennessee. 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