John Thompson was born on 4 Mar 1797 in Kentucky. [1–4]In Sep 1810 he was apprenticed to George Brown in Ohio County, Kentucky. [5]In Nov 1810 he was released from apprenticeship to George Brown in Ohio County, Kentucky. [6]In May 1811 John was an apprenticed to John Taylor to learn the art of a blacksmith …
Purple Heart
Private George A. Weeks Courier TribuneOct 2, 1944page 2 Albert Hasenkamp, Vernon Keegan, Wilfred Reist, George Weeks, Adrian Schmitz and Bernard Schultejans, Nemaha county boys, are all in 155th Bn of the 92nd Regiment, recently at Camp Hood, Texas, and were home on furlough last week. They will leave home on October 2nd and proceed …
yDNA R1b-01A
Have you purchased a yDNA test for yourself or a male relative? Have the results helped you with that branch of your tree? I am currently managing three BigY tests for my CRAWFORD line and still have a brick wall! I am fortunate that a lot of Crawford family members have not only tested but …
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) Have you written or made a genealogy or family history book for your …
Saturday Tidbits
1940 Draft - Serial Number Order Continued from Nov. 4 Saturday Tidbits “The wheel is spinning in the United States for some 17 million young men. It started when Congress decreed that they should register for possible military service. Then came the registration; then the spin which gave each man in the county a serial …
Friday Find
Do you have profiles on WikiTree? In preparation for the WikiTree anniversary, I started looking at my connections and realized that some of my ancestors were missing many of their children. In the process of adding some of these children, I came across an obituary for my great-grandfather's brother, Nelson G. Crawford. Nelson G. CrawfordDies …
Green Wells / Abigail White
Are there areas of your tree where your research isn't as thorough as other areas? As I'm going thru my 3rd great grandparents, I'm finding that some are 'poorly' researched. Green Wells and his wife, Abigail White Wells would be an example of my less than stellar research. Green Wells Green Wells [1] was born …
WikiTree Tools
Are you on WikiTree? Did you participate in the 15th anniversary festivities? I have to admit that while registered, I did not watch the live presentations. Instead, I had my own 'celebration' trying to learn more about WikiTree . And, I have to admit that I have a lot to learn! As part of my …
Elgin Strahm
Purple Heart Recipient In October 1940, Elgin Strahm registered for the 'young men's' draft. According to his registration, he was living with his mother in Nemaha county, Kansas and employed by E. L. Seidel in Sabetha. In March 1942, Elgin Strahm wa one of 35 men from Nemaha county that was accepted for military duty. …
AI
Whether we realize it or not, we have likely used AI technology, even in our genealogy research. Now, thanks to ChatGPT 3.5 and the experimentation of other genealogists, one can turn a timeline into a biography. Randy Seaver used a RootsMagic report to demonstrate this in his post, Writing an AI Narrative Report in ChatGPT …