:: McCauley, Lanier, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families ::
Date and Summary of Updates starting with the most recent changes.
© 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Linda McCauley.  All rights reserved.
Last Updated:  10 Aug 2010
:: What's New? ::
8-10-2010
  • Added cemetery photos for Heard County, Georgia
  • Made a few cosmetic changes.

3-8-2010
  • Entire site redesigned with new color scheme.
  • Updated Family Tree pages to include new research and some housekeeping
    changes (like converting old source citations to meet standards set in Evidence
    Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills).
  • Most new family information added is related to the Lanier and Bennett lines
    including surnames Malone, Gamble and Finney.
2009
12-30-2009
  • Added a genealogy blog Documenting the Details for stories about ancestors,
    research struggles and successes.
  • Added several wills and marriage records to the Documents page.
9-28-2009
  • Added photo slideshow to Home Page.
  • Added Timelines for some ancestors of John William McCauley to Reports page.
2010
6-27-2009
  • Added parents, siblings and ancestors for John William McCauley. This includes
    Lanier, Bennett, Gamble and Jackson lines.
  • Added some cemetery photos for Lanier's and Bennett's.
  • Added Pedigree Chart for John William McCauley and Timelines for Joseph Smith
    Lanier and Nancy Jane Bennett to Reports page.
5-24-2009
  • Changed website title to include Lanier since that has been determined to be the
    true surname of my grandfather.
  • Updated Most Wanted pages to include Rebecca and Jesse Thomas.
5-3-2009
  • Updated information to show Thomas Jefferson Lanier changed his name to John
    William McCauley, moved to Kentucky and started a new life..
3-25-2009
  • Updated Most Wanted information for John William McCauley.
2-5-2009
  • Updated Most Wanted information for John William McCauley and added Family
    Group Sheets for the Lanier family.
2008
12-10-2008
  • Created new family tree pages using Legacy Family Tree, ver. 7. The format is
    completely different but should be simple to follow. At the top of a person's page
    will be links to their parents and grandparents (if they exist in the file).
  • Photos are now included on the family tree pages displayed as thumbnails; click
    on a thumbnail to open a larger copy. The volume of thumbnails on some pages
    may cause slow loading.
  • Some additions to the Taylor and Owens lines - specifically descendants of
    William Taylor and his 3 wifes. Alfred Owens and Rebecca Mullins, Wesley Owens
    and Louis A. Mullins and Thomas Ramsey, Jr. and Rhoda Ann Lavender.
  • Other additions include the parents and siblings of Margaret E. Thomas and the
    maiden name for Rachel, wife of Stephen Hopkins.
  • Removed Margaret Thomas from Most Wanted.
  • Updated pedigree reports for Verda Hankins, Elmer Hopins and Emma Taylor on
    Reports page.
9-5-2008
  • Added cemetery photos for Elijah and Leila Mae Hopkins and links for others to
    Find A Grave.
7-12-2008
  • Updated Most Wanted information for Margaret Thomas.
2007
9-5-2007
  • Moved family photos to SmugMug account and added over 400 pictures.
  • Updated the family tree pages - some specifics Stephen and Rachel Hopkins
    descendants; Andrew P. Taylor family; Champ and Elizabeth Mullins
    descendants; George Calvin and Harriet Owens family.
2-24-2007
  • Added Most Wanted pages for Stephen Wolfenbarter, Rachel Hopkins, Rhoda
    Ann Lavender and Thomas Howard.
  • Added 8 Timeline Reports for McCauley and Hankins Lines; 13 for Hopkins and
    Taylor lines and Pedigree Charts for Verda Hankins, Emma Hopkins and Elmer
    Hopkins.
2-11-2007
  • Added information about potential parents for Margaret Thomas.
1-26-2007
  • Added Marriage and Death records.
1-18-2007
  • Site came online.