Unraveling the Mysteries of Genealogy

As many of you know, genealogy is full of mysteries.  These genealogical mysteries often hinder families from understanding the complexities of their ancestry.  Research in genealogy can quickly come to a halt if someone encounters a mysterious person in their family tree whose roots can’t easily be explained.  Join the Paulding County Genealogical Society for our upcoming program as we present the unraveling of a particular mystery in genealogy that has confused and misled local families for generations.  Our society vice president and volunteer, Shelly Sidhu, will share the details of an ongoing genealogy project that delves into the ancestry of Mr. James Knox Polk Shelton— a rather unique name that was shared by two distinct different men whose ancestry has been highly debated for generations. Recently discovered information about the parentage of these two men and connections through DNA will shed new light on how they are related to…