1. William Hamilton Crawford MD1 was born on 18 Apr 1823 in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.1–4 He lived in Howard County, Missouri about 1835.3 He lived in Kentucky about 1840.3 About 1841 William was studying medicine under Drs. Mason and Jones in Lancaster Garrard County, Kentucky.3 He lived in Rochester, Andrew County, Missouri in …
Month: February 2024
RootsTech 2024
It's almost here! Are you attending RootsTech 2024 in person? Or, are you joining me and attending virtually. Either way, are you prepared to get the most out of this conference starting tomorrow? While I did not catch Thomas MacEntee's "Get the Most Out of RootsTech 2024 Virtual" webinar in person, I caught it on …
Purple Heart
Donald Kenneth Hall Sabetha Herald2 Jul 1941page 1 86 New RegistrantsSabetha Supplies 25 Young Men for Additional Selective Service Classification Eighty six young men who reached the age of 21 between last October 16, 1940 and July 1, 1941, registered with the Nemaha county draft board in Seneca Tuesday. Of these, only a few are …
Pension Record
Have you ever struggled to prove a family unit found on the FamilySearch tree. I've had that struggle for the past few weeks as I try to document a yDNA lineage that supposedly goes thru Lt. Jones A. Crawford. One of the sources on the FamilySearch profile was a link to his military service record …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
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) How did your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and other greats meet each other? Do you know any details? The key question this week in Randy Seaver's …
Saturday Tidbits
Courier Tribune12 Dec 1940page 1 Draft Order(Official List Continued) 801 Lloyd Charles Ingels802 Joseph George Lierz803 Bruce Wilson Jones804 Jesse Clyde Giesel805 Jonathan Joyce Wilson806 Elmer Fredrick Bartram807 Cyril Barney Rilinger808 William Harman Miller809 Jesse John Schmidt810 George Miller Barrett811 John Schmitz812 Emil Frank Lechner813 Frederick Philip Thomas814 Peter August Buessing815 Dale D. Ridgway816 Oswald …
Friday Find
My Crawford files from Dodge City, Kansas, contain several handwritten notes from the Miscellaneous Books found in the Register of Deeds Office. Today's find establishes that James H. Crawford and J. H. Crawford are the same person in June 1908. Affidavit of H. B. Bellsworn 18 Jan 1929filed 18 Jan 1929 that for 35 or …
Negative Evidence
Have you thought about the 'negative evidence' you've collected over time for a branch of your family tree? Do you have that evidence documented. I'm currently taking a Your DNA Guide yDNA course. In that course, I'm part of a buddy group that has been meeting weekly via zoom. Last week, we were discussing our …
Third Wife
Do you ever struggle trying to figure out the structure of a family? I know that I've struggled with the family of Lt. Jones A. Crawford. Some of the struggle is with his name: is it Jones or is it James? I believe his name is Jones but sometimes it is indexed as James. Not …
Purple Heart
George Stephen Moore The Sabetha Herald2 Jun 1943page 1 From Cpl. George S. Moore Cpl. George S. Moore has been moved from Camp Haan to Camp Roberts, Calif (see addresses). He writesI was sent up here to Camp Roberts to receive some more training and then to be sent to some other company. I hope …