Have you ever questioned the need to get multiple sources for an individual when doing research on collateral lines? Sometimes, I think about just getting one or two records and moving on. While researching a DNA ThruLine for Edward Ricketts, I came across a situation where the sources disagree. Since this disagreement was over the …
Category: Indiana
Friday Finds
Have you ever looked in a county history of an adjoining county for mention of an ancestral family? While my RICKETTS family lived in Clinton County, Indiana, and Fleming County, Kentucky, I at one time took notes from a history of Rush County, Indiana. Instead of finding anything about my ancestor, John Ricketts, his wife …
DNA Suggests Merge
Do you unknowingly have the same person in your tree twice? I have to admit that I likely have several duplicates in my tree. I recently read a blog post about a different approach to tackling descendancy research. In the post, Keeping on Track with DNA, in Jacqi Stevens A Family Tapestry blog, she comments …
Incorrect Tombstone
Have you ever questioned whether the information on a tombstone was accurate? For the most part, I have not. However, I usually am able to find information that supports the information written in stone. As I was working to update my Ostrander research, I came across data that for Anthony Ostrander (son of Dr. Edward …
Harris Land
Have you ever tried to verify a fact found in a county history just to be left with more questions? That's my situation with my HARRIS line. I believe one of my 4th great grandfathers is Peter Harris, husband of Rachel VanArsdale and son of Daniel Harris and Elizabeth Demarest. Unfortunately, I don't know much …
John Thompson
John Thompson was born on 4 Mar 1797 in Kentucky. [1–4] In Sep 1810, he was a apprenticed to George Brown in Ohio County, Kentucky. [5] In Nov 1810, he was a released from apprenticeship to George Brown in Ohio County, Kentucky. [6] In May 1811, John was an apprenticed to John Taylor to learn …
Going in Circles
Have you ever researched one 'bush' or 'floating tree' in your file to discover a connection to a different 'bush' or 'floating tree'? That's what I encountered when going thru Ancestry hints for Sarah Sellers, daughter of James Sellers and Mary Crawford. For background, Mary is thought to be the sister of the James Crawford …
Underground Railroad
Do you ever try to find the source of a story hint for someone in your Ancestry tree? Well, today, I followed such a hint and it led me to a history of the Ochiltree family with many interesting stories and connections not only to my SELLERS research but to my CRAWFORD research. One of …
Sellers Biography
Do you remember GeoCities, RootsWeb, mailing lists, and many other ways genealogists shared prior to Facebook? One of those communities that I participated in was a Sellers Family website. This site offered a way for fellow researchers to share their findings. Unfortunately, that website no longer exists. Fortunately, I have a 'printout' of some of …
1812 Soldiers
While researching descendants of James Sellers and his wife, Mary Crawford, I came across the following newspaper article in the 27 July 1871 Greencastle Banner regarding veterans of the war of 1812. This paper is part of the Hoosier State Chronicles collection. Soldiers of 1812 in Putnam County The following list of the survivors of …