Are there areas of your tree where your research isn't as thorough as other areas? As I'm going thru my 3rd great grandparents, I'm finding that some are 'poorly' researched. Green Wells and his wife, Abigail White Wells would be an example of my less than stellar research. Green Wells Green Wells [1] was born …
Category: New York
Provenance
Do you have a family scrapbook, photo album or Bible in your possession? If so, have you documented how you obtained ownership of the item(s)? While most of the photo albums, funeral books and family Bibles were passed down to me by my grandmothers, I am encountering an issue where I need to document the …
Dr Edward Ostrander
Dr. Edward Evert Ostrander [1] was born on 22 Nov 1769 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States. [2–3] He was baptized on 24 Dec 1769 in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States. [4–5] He was witness in 1795 in New York, United States. [6] Edward Ostrander witnessed the will of Samuel Gardenier (of Charleston). …
Experimental Search
I'm guessing that most of the readers of this blog also read other genealogy blogs. If so, do you read the 'Tips' from Michael John Neill? One of his recent tips was about FamilySearch Experimental Search. Since I'm spending this week researching Dr. Edward Ostrander, I decided to try out this search to see what …
Beekman Patent Kennedys
Have you ever used a resource that give the genealogy of the families that settled an area? While I've used books that trace the descendants of an individual, I don't know that I've used a book that is a compilation of descendancy information for settlers. Even when I think of those who settled the Germanna …
Ostrander Find
Have you ever seen a Facebook post mentioning one of your family surnames that leads to a conversation in the comments? I recently had such a conversation when another genealogist posted a surname roll-call. In the responses to that post, another Facebook user posted the OSTRANDER surname. In that conversation, I was asked if I …
Ozias Wells
Ozias Wells was born on 15 May 1796 in Northampton, Fulton County, New York.1–4 He lived in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States in 1820.7 He purchased rights to gypsum and plaister in the undivided sixth part of all the gypsum or plaister that can be discovered as found on the whole or any part …
Benjamin F. Wells
When I first started researching my family history, the Internet did not exist. Thus, my research depended on sources available at the Kansas State Historical Society, letter writing or travel. Since my tree has deep Kansas roots, the historical society's collection of Kansas census and newspaper records were of a great help. For my earlier …
Anna Wells
If you have been doing genealogy research for some time, I'm guessing that you are like me in that you have used the county histories to locate biographies of a family member. These histories provide a wealth of clues about the life of an individual. They often provide information about the spouse and children of …