Welcome!
This website contains not only my family tree but the branches of those families who look like they might fit. Additionally, in many cases when I got stuck, I started posting all the information that I found find on the surname that I am researching. I have even built web pages for folks that I don't think are a fit for my family but I had so much information that I thought someone else might be able to use. Why waste good research?
Recently, my brother, Mike Ray took a 12 marker DNA test. I have upgraded Mike to the 67 marker test and have submitted my own dna for testing. A number of the Ray Research Cousins have also done DNA testing for genealogy and we are working to figure out the various family ties. Through this effort, one cousin found a long lost letter written by Thomas Franklin Ray 1853 - 1940 detailing a number of stories that he remembered. The letters were written in the 1930's and while there are a few errors, it provided great insight to his life and times. Even if you are not a RAY researcher, this is certainly worth the read.
Surnames Related to Dad's Side of the Family
Dad's FamilyCook
Jefferson Davis Cook 1860 - 1916, My Great Great GrandfatherSiblings
David Iley Cook KentuckyWilliam O. Cook Kentucky and Missouri
Jasper Marvin CookMy Great Grandfather
Siblings
Emma Cook Mann, My GrandmotherDatha Mayhue Cook Ely
Billie Jean Cook 1938 - 1987
Haskell Marvin Cook Kentucky and Illinois
Charlie Cook's Family
As far as we can tell, these Cooks are not related to my family.
Abraham C. Cook 1809-1893, KYRev. Abraham Cook 1774-1854, VA>KY>MO
Battle Hymn of the Cooks
Hosea and Jesse Cook, Apr. 28, 1792, KY
Isaac Marion Cook 1846-1914
Joshua Flood Cook
Margaret Jones Cook
Morgan's Raiders and the Cook Brothers
The Pigeon Fork Baptist Church
Pilgrimage of William Cook II
Cook's Cabin - Franklin Co., KY
Seth Cook
The will of Seth Cook, Sr.
Simeon Cook and Sallie Clemmons Cook
Will of Simeon Cook
Capt. Smith Cook 1856-1921
MOST WANTED - William COOK I
Descendants of William Miles Cook
Will of William Cook
Miscellaneous Kentucky Records - Cook Surname
There are many more to come.Jackson Purchase Area Kentucky Births
Kentucky Cabinet Makers
Various Cook Families buried in Western Kentucky
Death Certificate Information
Land Grants
Marriages
Old Kentucky Wills
Tax List Jackson Purchase Area
Census Records and Indexes
1790 Kentucky Census Information1800 Kentucky
1810 Kentucky
1820 Kentucky
1830 Kentucky
1840 Kentucky
1850 Kentucky
1860 Kentucky
1890 Kentucky Veteran's
Adair County, KY
Allen County, KY
Anderson County, KY
Ballard County, KY
Breathitt Co, KY
Calloway County, KY
Carlisle County, KY
Cook Families of Unknown Value
Jasper Newton Cook KentuckyAmos Cook, 1857-1929 Ballard Co, KY
G E Cook Ballard County, KY Genealogy
Marcellus Cook, Kentucky, 1790-1861
Sebron Cook 1925-1899, Ballard Co, KY
Nance
Mary Magdelena Nance m. James Buchanan RayLeondius Nance one of Mary's brothers
Allen P. Nance, born 1818, Tennessee
Nance Cemetary Information
1900 Marshall County, Ky Census
Ray
Census and Vital Records
Links to DocumentationAllen County KY
Lincoln County KY Census Records
Early KY Land Grants
Brunswick Co VA Births
Brunswick Co VA Chancery Records
Brunswick Co, VA Census
Court Documents Wayne County, TN
Wayne Co, TN Census
Niug Prater Cemetery Wayne Co, TN
Military Records in Virginia
War of 1812
Fun Facts from Brunswick Co, VA
Whoose Who June 1994
Whoose Who December 1994
Kin Folk - Some Related, Some Unknown Value
Amy Ray Battles, Daughter Nathaniel Ray Jr.Baxter Ray, Graves Co, KY
Braxton Wray, Brunswick Co, VA
Catherine Wray, Brunswick Co, VA
Eaton Ray II Wayne Co, TN
Eaton Ray Court Documents Wayne Co, TN
Jessie Dicus and Nancy Ray Wayne Co, TN
Eaton Ray Descendants
Eaton Ray Estate Funds
Eaton Ray Family Photos
Descendants of Henson Ray, Wayne Co, TN
Eaton Ray b. 1801 VA, d. Wayne Co, TN
Descendants of Nancy Ann Ray Wayne Co, TN
Martha Ray 1834-1876
Obit of Leby Johnson
Eaton Ray Will
David Hinton & Elizabeth Ray Hinton daughter of Nathaniel Ray JR
Ray Genealogy Extract as written by Nannie Crawford Smith
Francis Wray Brunswick Co, VA
Francis Wray, Colonial Brunswick Co, VA
Frederick Wray Brunswick Co, VA
Guardian Bond John C. Ray
David Hinton & Elizabeth Ray Hinton
Ray Cemetery Marshall Co, KY
Hugh Turnbo Estate Document
John Lightfoot, Brunswick Co, VA
Martha Wray
Edy Wray and Jeremiah Mize daughter of John Wray d. 1774
Nancy Wray Brunswick Co, VA
Obediah Wrea Brunswick Co, VA
Allan Wade Ray, son of James Carroll Ray
Dennis Mize and Amy Ray
Grief Ray son of Nathaniel Ray Jr.
Hicks Wray unknown value, a 2nd Hicks, Brunswick Co, VA
Hix Jones Ray VA > TN > KY ggg gpa
James Carroll Ray, 1820 - 1893,gg gpa
James Buchanan Ray b. 1856 d. 1922 great g'pa
John Wraydied ca 1774, Brunswick County, VA
John Wray Jr. Brunswick Co, VA
John Milton Ray 1861 - 1951 Son of James Carroll Ray
John Ray and Isabella Foster son of Nathaniel Ray JR
Joseph Ray wrote math book in 1800's, unknown value
Lew Wade Ray grandfather
Lionel Ray Genealogy son of John Milton Ray
Mary Perlina Ray and Issac Washam daughter of James Carroll Ray
Nathaniel Ray Jr d.1823 Allen Co,KY
Nathaniel Wray Sr. son of John Wray d. 1774 Brunswick Co, VA
Rosie Ray and Ephriam O. Crawford, Marshall County, Kentucky
Thomas Franklin Ray 1853 - 1940
Ruby Ray Blackhurst daughter of James Buchanan
Willis H Ray son of James Carroll Ray
Rueben Wray Brunswick Co, VA
Tabitha Wray Brunswick Co, VA
William Wray Jr, Colonial Brunswick Co, VA
William Wray Brunswick Co, VA
Aunts Uncles and Others Links
Evers Family Bible - Calvin J. Ray
Sinthy Edwards Unknown value
Wade
Lucinda Attilla Wade Ray 1825 - 1901, father Allan WadeJosiah Alexander Wade, father Allan Wade
Robert Allen Wade 1841 - 1922 father Allan Wade
Allan Wade b. 1800 North Carolina