After my experience with my James Crawford line, I'm a little hesitant to conclude that two people of the same name are the same person. Proving that I was looking at multiple James Crawford families in Kentucky was relatively easy -- most had wills and my ancestor wasn't in them. Unfortunately, the same is not …
Month: August 2015
Genealogy Software – Genealogy Do-Over Week 7
Picking genealogy software is NOT an easy task! My initial purchase of genealogy software was probably the easiest! I purchased PAF at the LDS Library in Salt Lake City. My husband and I were on a family vacation with my parents. Somehow, I talked them into spending a few days in Salt Lake City doing …
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Educational Plan – Genealogy Do-Over Week 6
One of the things I'm really enjoying about my participation in these 13 weeks on Genealogy Do-Over is the push to develop new skill sets. Unfortunately, I have not been active in the genealogy world for quite a few years and thus, my skill set needs improved. Finding the various Facebook groups related to genealogy …
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Citing Sources Generates EE Questions- Do-Over Week 5
As I've been starting my go-over (as part of Genealogy Do-Over Cycle 3), I've been digging thru my copy of Evidence Explained. Most of my data is documented, just not according to the current standards of Evidence Explained. This week, I wrote a #52Ancestors post, Counting Horses, on the agriculture census data for one of …
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Counting Horses
Today is actually the first time that I've searched any of the federal non-population census records. This census is actually an agricultural census showing the acres of improved land along with the acres of unimporoved land owned. Besides identifying the land owners (and thus leading to land records), the census gives an idea of the …
My Elusive ‘Easy Button’
This weeks #52Ancestors blog topic is 'Easy'. In thinking over my past research, what I thought would be easy turned out to not be easy. When I first started working on my family history, I didn't do much research on my Hammond line because I had my great-grandmother's DAR (Daughters of American Revolution) application. Based …
Do-Over Week 4
Well, it's back to school time in Kansas which means less time for genealogy. Thus, my 'paperless' and 'do-over' projects have slowed tremendously. My hope is to have at least one evening to devote to genealogy. Unfortunately, that didn't happen this week. Since I was able to stop in Topeka for a few hours on …