When I first started searching Warrick county Indiana land records for my ancestor, James Evans, I found four men with the EVANS surname had patented land in Warrick County IN. At the time, the other three Evans (Robert, Henry and William) were a mystery. (See post: Mystery Evans) And they are still a mystery. However, …
Category: Warrick County Indiana
Evans Deeds
Robert M. Evans was one of the founders of Evansville. He also patented land in Warrick county, Indiana At this point, I have no evidence connecting General Robert M. Evans to my ancestor, James Evans of Warrick County, Indiana. Perhaps figuring out all of the land transactions for Robert M. Evans in southern Indiana will …
Henry Evans Land
Do you ever collect information for someone even though you have no proof or even suggestion that they might be related to your tree? That's what I did when searching Warrick County, Indiana deeds for James Evans. Along the way, I also collected deeds for Henry Harrison Evans. Below are transcriptions of those deeds. Warrick …
Questions
Do you remember learning about the scientific method in school? While I've never done any serious scientific research, I taught and used the scientific method as a high school science teacher. The scientific method is similar to the genealogy proof standard. It all starts with an observation that leads to a question and then searching …
Hubbard Land
Do you ever feel 'stuck' on a research question? Well, I'm stuck and I'm not talking about a 'brick wall' type question. My poorly phrased research question is Do James Evans and Sarah Garrett Evans really have four (or more) daughters either going by Polly Evans or named Mary Ann Evans? No, I'm not kidding. …
Messy Family Update
Do you remember my original post about the family of James Evans and his wife Sally Garret - my Messy Family? Well, after a couple of weeks of descendancy research, I have not found anything to either support the family OR to remove children from the James Evans family on FamilySearch. So far, I have …
Out of Order
Have you ever recorded an event in your family tree that seems out of chronological order? While most of us have encountered a child being born prior to a marriage, I don't think I've ever encountered a sale of land before the land was purchased. However, that's the data I currently have for my fourth …
Mystery Evans
Have you ever started researching a new county to discover multiple families by the same surname that you were unaware of? That's my case with my EVANS research in Warrick county, Indiana. I admit it. I was lazy! Instead of researching the county to see what I could find on various EVANS families, I was …
Minerva
Messy Family Part 2 In trying to figure out the family structure for James Evans and his wife Sally Garret, I've been researching all of the supposed children shown on FamilySearch. One of those questionable children is Polly Ann Evans (1816-1880) who married John Jesse Hubbard. While I question whether Polly Ann is actually a …
Date Discrepancy
Do you do descendancy research? If so, do you utilize the genealogical proof standard to research each of those descendants. I have to admit that when I'm researching descendants, I usually work thru Ancestry hints for each descendant and then move on. Thus, my research of the descendants does not meet the expectation of the …