Have you tried to use FamilySearch's Experimantal Labs deed search to find records for your FAN club? I recently decided to try to see if I could locate any records involving a DOOLEY (FAN Club surname) and a Crawford. Thus, I searched for both surnames in the name field. That search resulted in over 1,400 …
Category: Kentucky
Pension Record
Have you ever struggled to prove a family unit found on the FamilySearch tree. I've had that struggle for the past few weeks as I try to document a yDNA lineage that supposedly goes thru Lt. Jones A. Crawford. One of the sources on the FamilySearch profile was a link to his military service record …
Third Wife
Do you ever struggle trying to figure out the structure of a family? I know that I've struggled with the family of Lt. Jones A. Crawford. Some of the struggle is with his name: is it Jones or is it James? I believe his name is Jones but sometimes it is indexed as James. Not …
Crawford Puzzle
Do you ever feel like you are putting together a jigsaw puzzle when researching in a new area? That's the feeling I have as I'm trying to research the descendants of Alexander Crawford and his wife Margaret McElwee. Since this family did not follow the same migration path as my James Crawford research, I'm venturing …
Fourth Child
Have you come across a court or land record that mentions a child not mentioned in any other records? That's my situation as I'm researching the family of Jones A. Crawford, grandson of Alexander Crawford and Margaret McElwee. The FamilySearch tree identifies three children of Jones Crawford and his first wife Mary Fish. John Crawford …
George Washington Miller
Do you have a famous person in your fan club? If so, did you recognize their name when you added them to your FAN club? When I first found George Miller listed in the census with George's grandfather, I did not recognize him as someone who played a major role in cowboy history. It was …
Message Boards – Bland Will
Do you remember Ancestry Message Boards? As I was 'purging' my folder of BLAND research, I came across a printout of a 1999 message from the BLAND board that is a transcription of a will. Thankfully, the person who shared this transcription provided the source information. While the page for Nelson County, Kentucky indicates the …
Another Chase
I recently wrote about a 'chase' to locate a newspaper clipping shared on Ancestry in order to identify the source of the clipping. Well, the hints for Eli Bland, one of my 4th great grandfathers, turned up a story that is a transcription of a deed. The deed in question is an 1823 deed from …
Igleheart Will
While I have not succeeded at finding a will, probate file or even a mention of the death of John Thompson's father, it was fairly easy to locate a will for his father-in-law, Jacob Igleheart. I originally found this will on Ancestry, in their Ketucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 database. While that database …
Orphan
Have you ever wondered whether there could be another definition for a familiar word? That's my case with the word, orphan. I recently uncovered several apprenticeship documents in Ohio County, Kentucky, that refer to John Thompson as a 14 year old orphan. Having assumed that an orphan is a child who has lost both parents, …