Have you ever stumbled across a personal biography in your genealogy research? These first-hand accounts can be rare treasures, offering insight that official records alone… Read More »Life Sketch of Philemon Vawter Crawford
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… Read More »Another Son
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… Read More »Unlink?
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… Read More »Margert Steel Garriott
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… Read More »Friday Find
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… Read More »Multiple Sources
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… Read More »Friday Finds
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… Read More »DNA Suggests Merge
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… Read More »Incorrect Tombstone
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… Read More »Harris Land