Since I've been updating my research of several SELLERS bushes in my tree, I decided to look at some of my old files and found information about a Sellers family and Fort Ruddell in early Kentucky. My photocopies from the book, Paris (Hopewell) Sesquicentennial, provides a list of the inhabitants of the fort when Captain …
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Friday Find
Since I've been updating my SELLERS family research, I decided to see what I might have buried in my pre-Internet paper files. Included in my Kentucky research is a handwritten transcription from the book, Bourbon County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds 1785-1835 by Michael L. Cook. Knowing that I likely could access the FamilySearch microfilm for Bourbon …
Going in Circles
Have you ever researched one 'bush' or 'floating tree' in your file to discover a connection to a different 'bush' or 'floating tree'? That's what I encountered when going thru Ancestry hints for Sarah Sellers, daughter of James Sellers and Mary Crawford. For background, Mary is thought to be the sister of the James Crawford …
Mercer Will
Have you ever encountered a will that names the daughters but never mentions the sons? Well, that's what I encountered when researching Bernetta Sellers, daughter of Nathan Sellers and wife of William Mercer. William Mercer's will leaves property to his wife, Bernetta, and then at her death to daughters: Emma, Ida and Inez. Monroe CuntyWill …
Another Sellers History
Do you ever keep finding family histories for some of those 'bushes' in your tree and wish you could do the same for your own ancestor? That's how I'm feeling with my SELLERS research. I keep finding narratives going back to the Kentucky days for descendants of James and Mary (Crawford) Sellers in various county …
Underground Railroad
Do you ever try to find the source of a story hint for someone in your Ancestry tree? Well, today, I followed such a hint and it led me to a history of the Ochiltree family with many interesting stories and connections not only to my SELLERS research but to my CRAWFORD research. One of …
Ancestry Photo Hint
How do you handle Ancestry photo hints? Do you save them or do you ignore them? I have to admit that I ignore a lot of them. However, when I don't have a photo of an individual, I will try to find the one originally posted and save photo to their gallery. At times, those …
Sellers Biography
Do you remember GeoCities, RootsWeb, mailing lists, and many other ways genealogists shared prior to Facebook? One of those communities that I participated in was a Sellers Family website. This site offered a way for fellow researchers to share their findings. Unfortunately, that website no longer exists. Fortunately, I have a 'printout' of some of …
1812 Soldiers
While researching descendants of James Sellers and his wife, Mary Crawford, I came across the following newspaper article in the 27 July 1871 Greencastle Banner regarding veterans of the war of 1812. This paper is part of the Hoosier State Chronicles collection. Soldiers of 1812 in Putnam County The following list of the survivors of …
Luna Seller
As I've been updating my data on the descendants of James Sellers and his wife, Mary Crawford, I came across a SELLER biography in Weik's History of Putnam County, Indiana, Even though the surname is slightly different, there is a connection between the two families. According to the Luna Seller biography, his grandmother was Rebecca …