NEWS!!! We have new info but ... I simply don't have the time to post all of it right now!
Email me and I'll send you all the new "news" I have! Our DNA project has uncovered new connections! Visit the DNA project at: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Kenerley/
Email me at: kenerley4 @ msn.com No spaces and note the name spelling (mine changed in the 1800s).
The purpose of this website is to help identify and sort out the various Kennerly, Kenerly, etc ... family lines from England, Ireland, and Scotland who immigrated to the US. After extensive genealogical research, we've found "Kennerly" lineages range further across Europe and the US than previously thought: From England, Scotland, Ireland, and even Germany, "Kennerly's" immigrated to VA, MD, SC, GA, FL, AL, AR, TX, KY, TN, CA, IN, IL, OR, SD/ND, MI, OK ... almost every state in the US as well as Canada.
We'd like to hear from you -- Where was your Kennerly family from? We'll help you find out! We have several researchers assisting this effort and have a tremendous amount of information on the family from all over the US - 49 states!!! I'm sure we can find evidence in Hawaii and Canada, we just haven't looked. But ask about New Zealand and Australia!
A big challenge to research is that the Kennerly name was (more often than not) mispelled!!! Varations in offical records/documents include: Kennerly, Kennerley, Kenerly, Kenerley, Kinnerly, Kinnerley ... Kennery, Kemmery, Kinnery ... Kinly, Kinley, Kenly, Kenley ... and even McKenderly, McKinly and Kennedy ... Cannerly, Connelly ... and every combination of lettering of the above, too. This was because record keepers and census takers either misunderstood, our ancestor's mispronounciation, or transcription or transposition errors ... and so, some of those (mis)spelling variations have continued to present day. No matter how the spelling variations occured, it greatly complicates tracking the Kennerly family lineages.
This website is a work in progress and we rely on your contributions, as well as your suggestions, comments and of course, your correct information. We hope to add more births, marriages, deaths, census extracts, land deeds and other documented proof of the different Kennerly lineages as time goes on. If you have questions or would like to contribute Kennerly family information, please contact me:
kenerley4 @ msn.com (with no spaces in between)
Participate in our Kennerly - Kennerley - Kenerly - Kenerley - Kennersley etc ... DNA project and figure out your lineage with certainty. We'll help you with your research, too, just for joining! Recently we've discovered surprising connections and relationships with Kinley's in NC and Alabama, certainly the result of a record taker's spelling error that the family somehow continued. We're also certain there are others that today have names like Kennedy and Kennelly, but they are actually Kennerly's. Join the project and find out if your dead end is really a new Kennerly beginning for you.
Visit the Kennerly - Kenerley DNA project website: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Kenerley/
The First Kennerly Families in North Carolina