Are you a member of the SASE (Self-addressed stamped envelopes) generation of genealogists? If so, you may also be a member of the 'travel to courthouse' generation. While recently going thru one of my family notebooks with the intent to make sure I had everything documented in my RootsMagic file and then to update sources …
Category: Fleming County
James Story Family
Do you ever struggle documenting the children in a family? While census records can make it fairly easy to place children in a family starting with1850 and working toward the present. However, this task is more difficult for families living prior to 1850. I know I often use the FamilySearch tree as a guide to …
Revolutionary Pension
Do you have multiple people in your file with the same names? If so, were they born in the same year and died in the same year? Well, I have TWO men named James Crawford who were born about 1758 and died in 1836. Over the years, I have seen records for one man attached …
Another James Crawford
I thought I had figured out those James Crawfords who appear on multiple family trees with intermingled records and families. To my surprise, I have found another one in Fleming County, Kentucky. James, the husband of Sarah Vansandt, died in May 1836. This is the James Crawford I already knew about. When I located the …
Crawford Marriages – Fleming County Kentucky
The will of James Crawford in Fleming County, Kentucky lists his children, giving the married names of his daughters. This makes it possible to match up the marriage records with the legacees from the will. Legacees daughter Mary Kennerey [married William Kenny October 19th 1809 ]son Crawfordlate son Henry Crawfordson Josiah Crawforddaughter Margery Blankenship (Maargary Kenney) …
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Will James Crawford of Fleming County Kentucky
James Crawford's 1835 will found on pages 435-436 of Book E in Fleming County, Kentucky Legacies daughter Mary Kennereyson Crawfordlate son Henry Crawfordson Josiah Crawforddaughter Margery Blankenship (Maargary Kenney)late daughter Sarah Conranson James CrawfordSon Samuel CrawfordDaughter Jane Hamlettdaughter Elizabeth Crawfordson Joshua Crawforddaughter Ann Bartonson John L Crawford James Crawford Will In the name of God …
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Same Name Issue with Ancestry Hints
Is something causing Ancestry's hinting system to merge people of the same name? I'm in the process of trying to disprove several Crawford men as the father of my James Crawford of Preble County, Ohio. Today, I'm trying to work on Rev. James Crawford (1752/3 to 1803) of Fayette County, Kentucky. I've found James Crawford [LZN5-SCD] in …