My Plybon Roots

Family History: It’s All Relative

As I’ve mentioned, my dad and I didn’t get much time together.  As a result, my maternal grandfather, William (Bill) A. Plybon was much more a father to me than a grandfather.  In fact, it was Papaw, as we all called him, and Granny (his wife, Iris Norris Plybon) that really inspired me to begin my quest into genealogy.  It all came about kind of like this:

“In 1995 my beloved grandmother passed away from breast cancer. Three years later my grandfather, and personal hero, went into a nursing home due to the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease. Missing hearing the wonderful stories that they told about our heritage, I began longing to know about my family history. So about a year ago I set about the task of documenting as much information about our lineage as I could, both for myself as well as for my children and their children.”

That was the intro I wrote to my original genealogy site about four years ago.  I felt I couldn't improve on what I’d said then so I just quoted myself.

My original research into my Plybon heritage is not well documented.  But thanks to a distant cousin I have much new and reliable information that I’ve just added.  And I hope to add even more very soon.

Of course it goes without saying, I couldn't have done much of any of my maternal lines without the help and support of my mom, Penny Plybon Wolford Laslo.  Thanks, Mom, and I love you.

I have made a great deal of progress on getting my Plybon data in order.  But I still have a long way to go, too.  Thanks to a Plybon cousin, Dave Christian, I have been able to a great deal add to my work.  Many of my items come from his hard work and willingness to share information.  And I appreciate that.  Dave has sent me a lot of photos, scans and GEDCOM info so you’ll notice that many of my sources either include or are him.  I hope to get the photos formatted and online in the coming weeks.