Do you ever look at other trees on Ancestry? I know I do. I use them for hints. I also attach them as 'sources' so that I can get back to trees that match my ancestors. However, I try not to add 'new people' from those trees to my tree. I also try to add …
Month: July 2019
Bad Citations
Do you have older source citations in your tree that your high school English teacher would yell at you about? Do you have source citations in your tree that even you can't use to locate the information? I don't know about you, but I have such sources in my tree. As I'm reviewing my Crawford …
1815 Guthrie Patent
189 141 Examined & Sent May 22d 1815 James Madison, President of the United States of AmericaTo all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know Ye, that William B Guthrie of Clark County Ind. Territory having deposited in the General Land-office a certificate of the register of the Land-officeat Jeffersonville whereby it appears that …
Eliza Part 2
As discussed in my recent post, Duplicate or Different, I followed up on a 'notice of change' message to discover two Eliza Van Valkenbergs on Family Search. By looking at the differences between the two women, I discovered some clues that led to more information in Eliza. One of those clues was the differing death dates …
Duplicate or Different
Do you ever check out someone else's tree to see if they have something that disagrees with what you have? I know I'm usually looking for confirmation, but I appreciate seeing conflicting information. That conflicting information makes me re-look at what I have and to look harder for additional sources to support what I have. …
Pioneer Women Jefferson County Indiana
Anderson, Rebecca, d/o John Anderson, native of NY and Anne Irvine, was born at Augusta Parish, VA , m. 1st R. John Maxwell, 2nd James Crawford, located in Jeff. Co. IN prior to 1830 Crawford, Mary (Polly) d/o James and Rebecca Anderson Crawford, b. in Garrard Co. KY May 28, 1786, m. William Brown Guthrie, …
1824 Patent 1153
Bureau of Land ManagementPatent No 1153 The United States of AmericaTo all to whome these presents shall come, Greeting Whereas William B Guthrie of Jefferson County, Indianahas deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Terre Haute State of Indianawhereby it appears that …
1824 Patent 1152
142Certificate No. 1152 Exc The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas William B. Guthrie of Jefferson County, Indianahas deposited in the General Land office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Terre Haute, State of Indianawhereby it appears that full …
1838 Patent
Bureau of Land ManagementLand Patent 207The United States of AmericaCertificateNo. 13245 To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:Whereas William Brown Guthrie of Jefferson County, Indiana has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the LandOffice at Jeffersonville whereby it appears that full payment has …
1838 Guthrie Patent
The United States of AmericaCertificate No 13045To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:Whereas William Brown Guthrie of Jefferson CountyIndianahas deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a Certificate of the Register of the LandOffice at Jeffersonville whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the saidWilliam Brown Guthrie …