In my previous posts, I explored the homestead documents for my ancestor Washington Marion Crawford and the laws that governed how settlers claimed land on… Read More »Washington Marion Crawford’s Homestead Story
When Washington Marion Crawford settled on his homestead in Ford County, Kansas, in the mid-1880s, he arrived in a place that had only recently begun… Read More »A Homestead on the Kansas Prairie: Washington Marion Crawford in Ford County, Kansas
One of the most interesting types of records available for genealogists researching ancestors in the American West is the federal homestead file. These files can… Read More »Digging Into a Homestead File: Washington Marion Crawford’s Kansas Land Claim
When researching ancestors who settled in the American West, it is common to encounter references to homesteads and land patents. These terms often appear in… Read More »Understanding Homestead Laws: What They Required of Kansas Settlers
From cavalry soldier to prisoner of war: a new video uses a Google Notebook LM audio overview to explore how imprisonment affected the health of Sgt. Washington Marion Crawford.
Two Chimneys and a Plantation Memory Do you have photographs of your ancestors’ homes — or at least what remains of them? Today’s find in… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It’s Saturday Night again — Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
The Military and POW Timeline of Washington Marion Crawford When we read a Civil War pension file or compiled military service record page by page,… Read More »From Enlistment to Andersonville
While I could simply disconnect Mary Polly Crawford from Sarah Smith on the FamilySearch tree, I wanted the explanation I provided to clearly justify the change. In other words, I wanted my reason statement to summarize the evidence behind the decision.
When Two James Crawfords Die in the Same Year… Do you struggle with “same name” issues in your family tree? I certainly do. And the… Read More »Why We Struggle