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Hello! My name is James (Jim) Hamilton Carroll. I live in Goodlettsville, Tennessee (near Nashville), but I'm originally from Drumright, Oklahoma. My purpose for this site is to present much of the information that I have gathered over the last number of years with the hope that it will be of benefit to some far or near relative who has similar interests.

The surnames Carroll, Lingle, Rorabaugh, and Ballew are those of my parents and grandparents, and these form the basic index of this site.  However, I have just recently been able to extend the Felkins line (follow Lingle) back a number of generations.

If you would like to correspond, please feel free to do so. I endeavor to check my e-mail often. I work full-time for a major tire company in Nashville, Tennessee and keep a fairly busy schedule; however, genealogy is of great interest to me. I'm honored to have you drop by.

If you'd like to leave a message on my Guestbook or would like to participate as a Windows Live friend (it's all free), please click here: http://connnectingourkin.spaces.live.com/default.aspx   Especially if we have a common ancestor, I'd like to correspond with you and keep in touch.  

My Pedigree Chart - five generations - there's more, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to make my entire database accessible on the Web.  From time to time with individuals in this file, I'll display their pedigree charts just for clarity.

I have submitted my genealogy to the WorldConnect Project; if you have common ancestors with me in this database, please leave Post'em notes to make any corrections or additions.  Thanks.

Surname Distribution of Carroll, Lingle, Rorabaugh, and Ballew (1990)

Search cemetery records at by entering a surname and clicking search Connecting Our Kin Virtual Cemetery  This contributor's recordsAll of Find A Grave (20.7 million names) Restrict search to Surname

"Letters, we get letters, we get stacks and stacks of letters..." Well, actually, we don't get stacks and stacks of letters; however, I thought it might be a good idea to include some of my genealogy correspondence on this website.   In this way, visitors might pick up a little extra information, or at least this will help me to remember who has written, and what information we exchanged.  If any one has a letter posted here and you object to having it posted, I will gladly delete it.  Just let me know. Also, I have a lot of correspondence in various places, so it will take me a while to get it all posted.  

Collecting Our Kin: A Family History Collection, copyright 1998-2007, is a not-for-profit, personal, on-line genealogy project, formatted and presented by James H. Carroll, Goodlettsville, TN.  Excerpts and contributions from other sources have been used sparingly and with appropriate credit given. You are welcome to copy information found at this site for personal use and share information with other researchers or genealogical organizations, but this information may not be sold or used in a commercial project without expressed permission.