Jim Baucom's Genealogy Research

My cousin Jim Baucom of Colorado is the author of the genealogy work you see on the pages of the Baucom Bible Page website. Here is an introduction from him about how he became interested in Baucom Genealogy and his research.

Background Information

Research for all my genealogical research started in October of 1969 when I accompanied Doc, my dad, and uncle Jesse on a trip to Tennessee from Alabama to see where Doc was born, and to visit a couple of his cousins. 

Being born in Colorado, to very poor and sickly parents caused me not to know anything about my parent’s family or to be able to make trips to visit them, nor did they talk about their kin back in Alabama. I probably knew more about the genealogy of the stray dog at the neighbor’s house than I did of my own. 

Now it is 2010 and I am wrapping up my effort and attempting to make known what I have learned about my ancestors. I hope to complete three different documents, Doc’s ancestors, Bennie’s line, and that of my mother Lois Bertha Kent.

Since I started my research before the internet most of my information was found in public libraries, state archives, court houses, and leads to other researchers in genealogy publications. 

The libraries of most larger cities had micro film copies of the US census. My job as Rocky Mountain Regional Manager for SCI Systems of Huntsville, AL allowed me to use the Huntsville library on nights and weekends when I was there on business. And when I had to go to Utah to contact customers I would use the LDS Library at nights while there. The LDS library is a huge facility at SLC that houses more genealogical information than anywhere else in the world. 

Jim Baucom

You can contact Jim to discuss genealogy by email. Jim400ATaol.com