Genealogy by Brecca, 1136 Madison Street, Henderson, KY (2025)

I started the old fashion way at seven years old in a library with my nose in census records. I opened up Genealogy by Brecca in November of 2016, and made this page in January 2017! Ancestry has been a Godsend to me in my own family tree search. I know the ins and outs of the website and I'm willing to teach anyone! I also am pretty proficient in the use of Find a Grave. My family tree is up to 131,590 people and it grows every single day. My personal mission is to figure out how I'm related to every person buried in my home county, Henderson County, Kentucky. I'm probably, realistically, 30 to 40% completed in that goal. I am the last woman standing in the original Henderson Ky Cemetery Research Group. I love to go out and document old, long forgotten cemeteries. My favorites are the ones that are "off the beaten path." The ones that "no one has looked at in decades." The group was featured on the front page of the Gleaner on Sunday, October 16th, 2016.

10/31/2025

A few photos I wound up in last Saturday. I joined our local Masonic Lodge in cleaning up veteran headstones in Mt Zion Cemetery— the one across from Fairmont. I cleaned while the men did the harder work. They lifted, corrected, leveled, and more. I photographed a lot of their hard work, and of course, I never shut up talking so they were never bored 😂

I had a lot of fun! It was after this that James— “JT” took me out to Moss Cemetery so that I could see the graves of my numerous Moss relatives. Most importantly my 5x Grandparents, Joshua and Sarah (Griffin) Moss.

Yes, my pain kicked in to overdrive by that night and especially the 2-3 days after. But at least while I was out and about, my pain wasn’t too bad. I guess adrenaline helps me forget about it. Same with my tinnitus.

A big shoutout though to JT and the fellas of the Jerusalem Masonic Lodge #9. 👏

10/29/2025

Someone here on Facebook that lives in Henderson ‘checked in’ here — (I’m a physical business, technically) — with some sort of crummy number joke. 🙄 Not sure what in the world it means. Seemed iffy so, blocked on here and on my personal profile.

Just wanted to let y’all know that, just in case you see it floating around Facebook or are friends with the person. Even though I blocked him, it still shows my page name associated with his post. 🙄

That’s why I turned reviews off and got rid of ‘em was because of all the sc*mm*rs infiltrating and leaving sc*m reviews.

Anyway — as a general update, I apologize for not getting back with anyone as of late. I’m trying to get through a hectic patch here. I’ve got two out of eight cats very sick. One getting spayed next week. Still a fulltime caregiver. I’ve got jury duty next week. Hoping I’m dismissed / not picked for it, but if I have to serve… there goes the entire holiday season.

Just a very busy rest of the year. I’m definitely drowning. Fingers crossed it calms down soon.

10/16/2025

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. I was trying to scare up some obituaries to accompany those buried in the Pauper Graveyard out beside Mt. Pisgah in Graham Hill... and I come across these three about Mr. Patrick Norton. I'll let the articles speak for themselves because... wow.

Sources being the Henderson Morning Gleaner of March 4th, March 5th, and then the Gleaner of March 6th, 1911.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14842222/patric-norton

10/10/2025

Ancestry updated their ethnicity estimates for all of us over there. Here's my October 2025 update. Not surprised to see an uptick in the Ashkenazi Jewish. I know that comes through the Meffords.

I'm *heavily* English, Scottish, Irish, and even Scandinavian. That comes through both of my parents.

For me, my German and French are lumped into 'Northwestern European.' For Mom and Dad, they're separated (slightly, at least. Especially Dads Germanic European).

10/05/2025

I have such a love / hate relationship with Find-a-Grave. Amateur family researchers muddy it up *so* bad.

I’ve been trying this morning to straighten up the Reeder family buried out in Pleasant Valley in Niagara. Talk about a nightmare. 🤦‍♀️

And no, this doesn’t mean “I’m back” (although pity donations would totally be welcomed). Just trying to put my mind to good use today while I feel like I can.

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1136 Madison Street
Henderson, KY
42420

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