Do you have any 'same name' struggles in your family tree? If your tree is like mine, you may have several. During 2023, I researched my 4th great grandfather, David Franklin Ralston. In the process, I uncovered a deed that suggests David's wife, Hannah Barr had a sister named Elizabeth. One of those deeds is …
Category: Indiana
Unlink?
Have you ever unlinked someone from a family on the FamilySearch tree? If so, how much evidence did you have to support removing someone from a family? If you are like me, you have heard others express frustration because someone change 'their' ancestor's information on the FamilySearch tree. Thus, I'm overly cautious about making changes …
Margert Steel Garriott
Do you ever feel like you are on a wild goose chase when researching a suggested DNA ThruLine? In an effort to verify that Elizabeth Barr is a sister to Hannah Barr Ralston, I started researching one of the ThruLines going thru Elizabeth Barr. The Ancestry hints for Elizabeth and her husband James Steel supported …
Friday Find
Do you have any records of a family reunion? While researching the descendants of James Steele and his wife, Elizabeth Barr, I recently stumbled upon two articles about the 1890 Steele family reunion in Hancock county, Indiana. This was a reunion of the children of James Steele, son of James and Elizabeth, and his wife, …
Multiple Sources
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 …
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 …