Have you ever taken a day off of research to rearrange furniture? Well, I finally bit the bullet and took the day off to rearrange my office. Since I worked in an office with no windows or outside light of any kind for the bulk of my career, I love being able to look outside …
Month: November 2022
Another James
Do you ever feel like men named the same as your ancestor just seem to jump out wherever your ancestor lived? I know that James Crawford is a popular name - but how many can there be in Kentucky prior to 1805? Well, there's another one in Barren County, Kentucky this time. While I have …
Tax / Deed Puzzle
Have you ever had a clue from one document that should lead you to another document, but it doesn't? That's my case with my James Crawford research in the early 1800s. For background, my ancestor, James Crawford, married Sally Duggins in Garrard County, Kentucky in 1799. By 1811 he is living in Preble County, Ohio. …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
It's Saturday Night Time for Some More Genealogy Fun Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: A) We all need to document some of the special moments in our lives so we can recall them, or our descendants can learn more about us. Today's question is "What was …
Saturday Tidbits
Courier tribune13 May 1940page 2 Former Sabetha Boy Captain in Air Corps First Lieutenant Carl R. Feldmann, U. S. Army Air Corps was promoted to captain on May 8. He has served 10 years at Selridge Field, Mich., Randolph Field, Texas, Chanute Field, Ill, March Field, Calif and is now stationed at Hickman Field, Hawaii.Two …
Friday Find
Does your FAN club ever surprise you? Have you ever found a new connection between members of your FAN club? I've recently been paying more attention to Moses Dooley and his family since he is in the same locations as my James Crawford. As I'm starting to seriously research Moses Dooley and his family, I …
Tradition
What was your childhood Thanksgiving like? Have any of the foods or practices become a tradition in your family? Have you ever thought about whether a certain dish has been passed down thru the family over the years? I've often wondered that about a couple of dishes at our family thanksgiving dinners: scalloped oysters and …
Message Boards
Do you remember using message boards? At one time these boards on both Genealogy.com and Ancestry were very active. While the Genealogy.com boards are no longer active, one can still post to the boards on Ancestry. Since many genealogists have migrated to Facebook groups, these boards are not as useful for asking questions as they …
Preble in the War of 1812
Do you have War of 1812 ancestors? If so, have you found military records for them? Over the years I've searched for 1812 military records for several of my ancestors. I have yet to find any. However, I recently found reviewed the book, History of Preble County, Ohio and found that it includes a recollection …
William Sellers Family
1. William David Sellers was born on 2 Jul 1771 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.1–2 He witnessed the marriage of James Sellers and Mary Crawford on 19 Dec 1791 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.3–8 He was listed on the tax rolls in 1792 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States.9 William was listed on the tax rolls in …