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) We all need, and usually enjoy, a little help from our genealogy friends. This week’s challenge is to share a time when a genea-friend helped you find a record, or even solve a mystery. It could be a recent help, or something from long ago.
I am very thankful for the help I’ve received along the way with my research!
One of my favorite ‘collaboration’ stories is about my trying to figure out my CURREY genealogy. At the time, I was trying to prove a relationship between my ancestor, Hiram M. Currey, of Leavenworth county, Kansas, Hiram M. Currey of Peoria County, Illinois and Hiram M. Currey of Champaign county, Ohio. So far, I have not found any record directly connecting these three generations of men named Hiram M. Currey.
Thus, I branched out to research known sons and their descendants of the Champaign county, Ohio Hiram M. Currey. I was in an email conversation with a Currey researcher in the state of Washington. She had an obituary for James Barnes Currey that stated he died in Oregon. Unfortunately, neither of us could find any record for a James Barnes Currey in Oregon. After a couple of months discussing this obituary and the lack of records, I realized that there was a town called Oregon in northwest Missouri. Indeed, James Barnes Currey was buried in Oregon, Holt county, Missouri.
Quite a few people helped me with this CURREY research. Their help allowed me to locate some land records connecting Hiram M. Currey of Peoria, Illinois and Thomas M. Currey, son of the Champaign county Hiram M. Currey.
I’ve also received tremendous help with my Crawford research. Margaret Simpson of the Garrard County Historical Society, Kentucky was very kind and shared a land ownership map wih me. That map has been very helpful as I’ve tried to research my Crawford fan club.
Dave Nicholson is another genealogist that I’ve come to depend on for help interpreting my CRAWFORD yDNA results. Dave is one of the administrators of the CRAWFORD y-DNA project. Not only does he readily share his knowledge of the project in the Facebook group, but he provides individual assistance via email.
These are just a few examples of how others have helped me in my genealogy journey. Again, I am very thankful for the willingness to collaborate in the genealogy community!
You have had some sticky puzzles with your Curreys and Crawfords. I had to smile when I read that Oregon was also a town in Missouri. That would have been a big “aha!” moment for you and your genea-buddy.
Comments are closed.