Matthew Martin Bland built a life on the Missouri frontier through land ownership, business ventures, and family. Follow the story of Matthew, Mary Turner, and their eleven children as documented through census, land, probate, and cemetery records. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HeartlandGenealogy
Did you see Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge on February 22, 2025? If so, did you use Steve Little’s Sam the Digital Archivist… Read More »AI and Occupations
Have you ever followed a clue out of curiosity while researching a family tree for DNA purposes? Recently, I’ve been uncovering numerous BLAND cousins while… Read More »Following Clues
Matthew Martin Bland [MWFF-Q64]; born: 5 December 1816, Kentucky, United States; died: 27 July 1878, Platte, Missouri, United States +Mary Turner; born: 7 July 1825,… Read More »Matthew Bland Descendants
Correcting Mistakes in the FamilySearch Tree Do you work with the FamilySearch tree? If so, have you ever hesitated to correct information for a distant… Read More »Correcting Tree
Do you use Ancestry’s photo hints? I have to admit, I often overlook them. However, a recent discovery prompted me to dig deeper into some… Read More »Photo Hints
Have you ever come across a complex probate record that lists the children and grandchildren of the deceased? Were you able to easily extract and… Read More »Chance Family
Adding New Connections to the FamilySearch Tree: The Maynard-Bland Discovery Do you work in the FamilySearch tree? Have you ever uncovered a second marriage or… Read More »Connecting Family
Uncovering New Connections: The Maynard-Bland Family Discovery Have you ever found a court record or document that reshaped a family group? Recently, I stumbled upon… Read More »Maynard Family
Discovering Chancery Court Records with FamilySearch Experimental Labs While recently researching Alfred Kirkpatrick, husband of Mahala Bland, I stumbled upon a remarkable record: a Chancery… Read More »Chancery Court Record