2/20/2020 – A further update regarding DNA evidence has been added at the end of this post. 10/23/2019 This post has been updated with further information about the will of
DNA evidence is not a genealogical miracle cure
You’ve hit a brick wall – say with an ancestor who flourished (don’t you love that word) in the early 1800s. You have excellent evidence connecting he or she to
About this blog and its author
The blog includes my research notes, results & interesting methodologies, sources (and the evidence they may contain) and books I find fascinating as well as random genie-historical musings. I am
William and Rhoda Watson Asher – not the William Asher family of Owen County, IN
Update – Ancestry’s Thru-Lines is serving up this couple as potential ancestors of my Thomas Asher – STILL. People are unwilling to make a change to their Ancestry trees and
The Carson Family in New Hampshire – speculative connections
There are 3 pieces of information in New Hampshire records that make reference Adam Carson and which seem to be referring to “my” Adam Carson. Adam Carson married Elice Elexander
Footnotes – not
Something happened with/to the footnote widget I have used for years and it is being very erratic. Some articles, mostly older, no longer have footnotes showing in the text at
The Carson Family of Canaan and Hallowell Maine
After several attempts to organize this research I ultimately decided to start with what I am absolutely sure of and then work both directions from there. I first encounter the
A second marriage for Sarah Ann Gould Cady but wait…..
Sarah Ann Gould married Buchanan Cady in Harlan County, Nebraska on 15 May 1881. He was 23. she was 20. Based on what I know of Buchanan, Sarah and their
Adam Carson timeline from New Hampshire and Maine records
Adam Carson timeline information – taken from town and county records in New Hampshire and Maine – I will be adding footnotes (again) in the near future. 1745 – Adam and
The uneveness of Life – 2 immigrant families 2 very different futures part 2
In 1847 two families immigrated from Bavaria to Iowa. They were closely related – a sister and brother and their families. Both families had relatively high education levels, they both