This site is dedicated to my grandmother, Rosalind Burkett Deaderick, namesake to my daughter, Rosalind Tupelo Deaderick Layman. She was a big fan of family history. As a Bronx-raised Yankee, she had to work especially hard at learning this Deaderick family history when she married my Alabama-born Grandpa, Alfred Von Albade Deaderick. In the South, they'll introduce to "your fourth cousin, twice removed" and expect you to know what that means.

I have some mixed feelings about this Deaderick history. While there is much to admire, it's hard for me, especially as a Yankee myself, to completely embrace my Confederate forebearers.

At the same time, I'm sure they might have had some trouble embracing some of my actions, right as I think they are.

I understand that it's a little weird that everyone is male on this site. I had to be self-limiting, for time reasons, but I will add more as time goes on. I swear!

Kin is kin. Here are some of mine.

-Jen Deaderick, Dec. 2006