Do you have 'floating' or 'orphan' trees in your Ancestry tree? I know that I do have 'floaters' in my tree. I recently watched a Genealogy TV video by Constance Knox on how to make connections to link some of those 'floaters' to my big tree. https://youtu.be/q04ZFfcvowM Today, I decided to get this set up for some …
Do you research the spouses of your ancestor's siblings? If you are like me, you don't spend much time identifying let alone researching the parents of an ancestor's sister-in-law. However, with my Crawford research, I'm finding valuable clues from published genealogies. Many of those published genealogies are for the families of women who married into …
Madison County, KentuckyFamily SearchMixed Probate Records, Vols. A-B 1787-1819FS Film 183266 DGS 007553082 WillVol. Apage 351 (Image 184) In the name of God AmenI Samuel Anderson being a low state ofhealth and knowing the uncertainty of Humane existence although inmy propoer sence and memory for which I bless God do make [co?]and appoint this to …
Madison County Kentucky Deed Book Dpage 712 and 713FamilySearch Film #183285 This indenture made this third day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight between Samuel Campbell and Mary his wife of the County of Madison, Bez' l Maxwell and Margret his wife, James Crawford and Rebeca his wife of the County of …
Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit the Family History Center in Topeka, Kansas. During this visit, I was able to access digitized images from Botetourt County, Virginia. I was thankful these records were available at the family history center since they were locked at affiliate libraries. Botetourt County, VirginiaList of Tithables, 1770-1789FS Film …
Have you ever looked at a court document trying to figure out who all of the people are and suddenly realize you may have stumbled across something totally different? Well, that was my situation yesterday. I found additional documentation for the 1779 will of John Crawford in Montgomery County, Virginia (Order Book 2, image 292), …