Garrard County Names

Do you use a list of FAN (Friends, Acquaintances, Neighbors) club names when researching county records for your family? If so, do you ever struggle with remembering how the members of your FAN club fit together? If so, you are not alone. As I'm getting back into my CRAWFORD research and Garrard County, Kentucky records …

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Configuring Crawford FAN Club in My Tree

Do you have 'floating' or 'orphan' trees in your Ancestry tree? I know that I do have 'floaters' in my tree. I recently watched a Genealogy TV video by Constance Knox on how to make connections to link some of those 'floaters' to my big tree. https://youtu.be/q04ZFfcvowM Today, I decided to get this set up for some …

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Pioneer Women Jefferson County Indiana

Anderson, Rebecca, d/o John Anderson, native of NY and Anne Irvine, was born at Augusta Parish, VA , m. 1st R. John Maxwell, 2nd James Crawford, located in Jeff. Co. IN prior to 1830 Crawford, Mary (Polly) d/o James and Rebecca Anderson Crawford, b. in Garrard Co. KY May 28, 1786, m. William Brown Guthrie, …

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Following Women to Find Hints

Do you research the spouses of your ancestor's siblings? If you are like me, you don't spend much time identifying let alone researching the parents of an ancestor's sister-in-law. However, with my Crawford research, I'm finding valuable clues from published genealogies. Many of those published genealogies are for the families of women who married into …

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Samuel Anderson Will

Madison County, KentuckyFamily SearchMixed Probate Records, Vols. A-B 1787-1819FS Film 183266 DGS 007553082 WillVol. Apage 351 (Image 184) In the name of God AmenI Samuel Anderson being a low state ofhealth and knowing the uncertainty of Humane existence although inmy propoer sence and memory for which I bless God do make [co?]and appoint this to …

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John Anderson Deed

Madison County Kentucky Deed Book Dpage 712 and 713FamilySearch Film #183285 This indenture made this third day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight between Samuel Campbell and Mary his wife of the County of Madison, Bez' l Maxwell and Margret his wife, James Crawford and Rebeca his wife of the County of …

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