Do you keep a research log? If so, is it one big log or separate logs based on surname or location? Do you record all of the search terms you've used when searching a database, newspaper site or even google? I have to admit that I don't. Keeping a research log is one of the …
Category: Ralston
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. 1) This Sunday is St. Patrick's Day. Are you a descendant of Irish ancestors? Who are your most recent ancestor(s) who were born in Ireland? Do …
Ralston Connection
Have you ever read a biography in a county history and said to yourself, they have to be connected to my family? That was my case when searching the book, Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present on archive.org for my Ralston and McCormick families. One of the items I found was the biography …
James Barr Deeds
Do you use 'family trees' in your genealogy research? While I try to not rely on family trees for my research, I do use them for guidance. When I first started my research, I would receive handwritten family group sheets in the mail. I would compare the information on those sheets with what I new …
Ralston Will
A will for David Ralston Senr was found in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania probate records. The Children named in this will match the children I have for David Ralston's family. Armstrong County PAWills Volume 2 1851-1873 page 247 (image 536) Registered this 13th March 1862 Will of David Ralston Senrlate of North BuffaloTownship Armstrong Countydeceased The …
David Ralston
Do you use county histories? If so, have you ever found what looked like a biography for an ancestor to discover the biography is for a different person of the same name? That's what happened when I was researching my ancestor, David Ralston. According to the obituary of James Barr Ralston's Find a Grave site, …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):1) Which of your ancestors was the LAST immigrant to your current country? When …
James Barr Ralston
Do you have specific lines in your family tree that you like to research more than others? Readers of this blog are well aware that my CRAWFORD line is one of my favorites. I will also admit that I don't spend as much time researching lines which have a published genealogy. The fact that over …
Seriously Burned
Do you remember being told as a child to not play with matches or to stay away from the stove? While our lifestyles have gotten safer, it is still possible for a child to get burned. While researching my RALSTON line, I discovered a newspaper article about a cousin who did get too close to …
James Barr Ralston Descendants
James Barr Ralstonb: 20 Dec 1811, Pennsylvania, United Statesd: 4 Jul 1904, Grundy, Iowa, United States+Nancy Jane McCormickb: 15 Oct 1818, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United Statesm: abt 1836, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United Statesd: 3 Nov 1907, Grundy, Iowa, United States . . . . . 11. Amanda Ralston b: 17 Jun 1838, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States d: …