Richard Foster was born about 1 Jul 1779 in Maryland. [1–4] He lived in Ross County, Ohio before 1800. [5] He was listed on the tax rolls in 1801 in Ross County, Ohio. [6] He married Rachel Browning on 26 Feb 1801 in Frederick, Maryland, United States. [7–12] Richard was the father of Jeremiah Browning …
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Richard Foster’s Will
Have you ever found a will in the records from a land office? I'm not sure how often I've run across a will in the land records, but the Warren County Indiana land records do contain a copy of Richard Foster's will. In the name of God Amen, I Richard Foster of the County of …
Mastodon
I admit it. I'm a Twitter fan. Or, at least I was. I love being able to get information via Twitter. I follow a wide variety of people including genealogists. Since I have a science background, I also tend to follow scientists. When Swine Flu hit, I started following virologists from around the world. It …
FS Family Tree
Did you read Elizabeth Shown Mills' Facebook post about using the FamilySearch Family Tree? While I missed this excellent post on her personal FB page, I read the cross-posting of it in The Genealogy Squad group (membership in group likely required to read the post.) Her post along with many of the comments shared one …
Josie’s Ledger
I recently shared a poem written by my 2nd great grandfather, Washington Marion Crawford. While discussing this poem with my cousins, one shared a comment about his having a copy of Josie's ledger of poetry. This comment reminded me that I have the actual ledger. In remembering this ledger, I realized that I hadn't done …
Sellers Mystery Cluster
Have you tried to use autosomal DNA to help break down a brick wall in your 4th great grandparent generation? If so, were you successful? As I've been re-assigning the colored dots on my Ancestry DNA matches so I can filter my 2nd and 3rd great grandparent couples lines, I am curious about how all …
Saturday Tidbits
Courier TribuneList Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft24 Oct 1940 List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft Over 1600 names are in the County Roll A Master List Will Be Chosen in Washington, D.C.Tuesday to Determine Order in Which LocalNumbers Will Be Called The Courier-Tribune prints today a list of names and numbers important to …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Hey genea-folks, it's Saturday Night again, time for more Genealogy Fun! Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it, is to:1) This SNGF is based on the 100 Word Challenge (https://100wc.net/) that school children are participating in around the world. They are given a word or phrase to write a story about in one hundred words.2) Write …
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) Did you attend the RootsTech 2023 conference this weekend in-person in Salt Lake City or virtually in your genealogy cave on the computer? What one keynote talk, class session, …
Valentine’s Day
It's Valentine's Day! Do you have any special memories of Valentine's Day? My special memory is from 50 years ago. It was Valentine's evening when my husband proposed to me. We were both juniors at Kansas State Teachers College, majoring in physical science education. We were married just after graduation 49 years ago this coming …