It all Started with the MOUSE! A couple of weeks ago, my mouse started 'misbehaving'. The first thing I noticed was the inability to highlight text. Instead of highlighting what I wanted highlighted, it would jumb somewhere else and start the highlighting. Even if I could get the section of text highlighted that I wanted …
Month: September 2020
Disproving Same Alexander – Census Records
I'm struggling with 'same name' issues. Particularly in regards to Alexander Crawford. I believe there are two different Alexander Crawfords. Alexander Crawford who married Margaret McElwee in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1788 and likely lived in Pulaski County, KentuckyAlexander Crawford, son of Rev. James Crawford of Fayette County, Kentucky and grandson of Alexander Crawford and …
Same Alexander?
Do you struggle with 'same name' issues in your genealogy research? I know that over the years I have struggled to either separate two people or prove that the records I found apply to my ancestor and not to someone else of the same name. My newest struggle is with someone that I currently can't …
Work to Do
Do you ever find yourself so engrossed in researching those 6th and 7th generation brick walls that you overlook documenting earlier generations with obvious sources? That's what I've found to be true with my research. I recently read the post, 7-gen-1-sheet that suggests using a spreadsheet of ancestors to look at one's data in a …
A Different View
Are you overwhelmed with DNA data? Have you ever tried looking at the data in a different way to see what you can learn from it? The Leeds method of looking at DNA matches is often used for this purpose. Today, I read the blog post, 7-gen-1-sheet, by Ann Raymont. In this post, the author …
New Connection
In your genealogy research, do you have a FAN (Family Associates, Neighbors) club? If so, do you ever see a name and question whether to add him/her to your FAN club? If so, that's how I felt about Moses Dooley. It was like that name, Moses Dooley, kept cropping up in different places and times. …