Did you attend RootsTech 2024 in person OR virtually? If so, you are likely aware that many of the genealogy sites revealed new AI generated tools. One of those announcements was Ancestry's new newspaper search. (See my Ancestry Newspapers post) While this site allows searching these newspapers, they are also showing up as Ancestry hints. …
Category: Ohio
Hiram M. Currey, Treasurer of Ohio
Hiram Mirick Currey [1] was listed as Myrack Curry with 1 white male in the household in Tyrone Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1783. [2] He was listed on the tax rolls as Mira Hiram Curry in 1786 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. [3–4] [5–6] The 1790 household for Miriach Curry included 1 free white …
Scandal
Were any of your ancestors involved in a scandal? Well, my CURREY line leads back to someone who was fairly prominent for a short time and then seems to disappear. Hiram Mirrick Currey was a member of the General Assembly of Ohio in 1811. In 1816, he was elected treasurer for the state of Ohio. …
Newspaper Searches
Have you searched newspapers for your ancestors? If so, have you ever done a search for a time period outside of their lifespan? While trying to 'clean' up my citations for Hiram Mirick Currey of early Ohio, I came across a citation from the book, Pioneer Ohio Newspapers, 1793-1810. According to my notes, 'Rev. Hiram …
Witness
Do you have an ancestral line where it is easy to find information connecting some of the children to the father but very difficult to connect your ancestor to his/her parent? That's my case with my CURREY research. I have a Bible record indicating my 2nd great grandfather, Hiram M. Currey, was born in Peoria, …
Justice of the Peace
Have you been able to verify that any of your pre-1850 ancestors held a county office such as Justice of the Peace? If so, did you find it in a county history? That's where I've normally found such information. However, thanks to the new United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search feature on the FamilySearch …
Rachel Hale Hammond
Rachel Hale was born on 11 Dec 1758 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [1–5] She was the mother of Theodore Hammond who was born on 11 May 1789 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. [6–9] She was the mother of Rachel Hammond who was born on 22 Jan 1791 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut. [5–6,8,10–11] Rachel …
Jason Hammond
Jason Hammond was born on 1 Feb 1762 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut. [1–12] He was baptized on 28 Feb 1762 in Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. [13–14] He served in the military Private in Captain Coon's Company, Col. J. Well's Regiment Connecticut Line in 1779. [1,5,15–17] Jason served in the military as a Private …
Western Reserve Deed
Have you ever run across a family story repeated over and over in various publications that is just 'begging' for proof that it is true? Well, my Hammond line has one of those stories. It is the story of Jason Hammond's purchase of land in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The township was owned by several …
Hammond Tombstone
Have you ever encountered two old tombstones in a county for the same name? If so, how did you decide which tombstone was for your relative? I never would have imagined that a 1999 newspaper article would identify the 1830 tombstone of Jason Hammond in Bath Township, Ohio. However, this article does just that. The …