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 execute it with precision.
1) Ellen Thompson-Jennings posted an interesting question last week in Best Genealogy Find of 2023.
2) What was your very best genealogy finds in 2023? Elusive ancestors? Hard-to-find records? Family photographs? Family stories? Family artifacts? New cousins?
While this prompt might be easy to answer for some, my first reaction was I have no idea. Since I don’t keep a formal ‘research log’, identifying 2023 ‘bests’ is difficult. Then I realized that I do have a record of my ‘bests’. My daily blog posts are a record of my genealogy activity. Thus, I took a glance at my archives to come up with my BESTS.
Elusive Ancestor: Tenuous Connections (posted 25 Jan 2023) about my Harris to Low Dutch connection
Elusive Ancestor: Low Dutch (posted 26 Jan 2023) -Demarest
Hard-to-find Records: Corn Stalk Militia (posted 19 Jan 2023)
Family Stories: My Capture and Imprisonment (posted 27 Feb 2023) poem written by my 2nd great grandfather, Washington Marion Crawford about his time in Andersonville.
Elusive Ancestor: Ostrander Find (posted 20 Feb 2023)
Hard to Find Records: Nafus Will (posted 20 April 2023)
Family Stories: Hoover Mine (posted 3 May 2023) – includes information about a gold mine owned by Noah Briles.
Family Stories: Foster Cabin (posted 26 July 2023)
Hard to Find Records: Beekman Patent Kennedys (posted 13 Jul 2023)
Family Stories: Local Lore (posted 17 Aug 2023) – Hammond family’s move to Ohio
Hard to Find Records: Another Chase (posted 20 Dec 2023) — locating a deed from a burned county
New Cousins: I was able to locate a 4th cousin who descends from my 3rd great grandfather, Nelson G. Crawford. He agreed to do a yDNA test.
Hopeful New Cousins: I recently contacted a Crawford researcher who likely descends from Alexander and Margaret (McElwee) Crawford. Her brother has also agreed to a yDNA test.
You were a busy genealogist in 2023. You have some excellent finds added to your family history. You should post a link to this on Randy’s blog.
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