I’ve done so much research on the Whitman family of Greenbrier County, West Virginia that I suspect I could spout family trees in my sleep. But in all my years
Savage Research published in Maine Genealogist
I’m not sure if I’m upset or not. But the research I’ve posted on my website has been published by someone else in the current edition of the Maine Genealogist.
Bad research habits
I recently had a phone call from a distant cousin. We are both descendants of Jesse Savage and Hannah Wills through different children. He had read my Savage family article
Getting Ready for D.C.
I’m leaving in a week for DC on a business trip, but of course I can’t just avoid the National Archives. Given the increased fees for Civil War pension records,
The name is the thing – Onomastic evidence in the Asher Family
Somethings just scream at you when you see them. The prevalence of the names Matilda, Thomas, Sarah, Nancy and William and the repeats of Delilah, Asa, Alvin. Leroy and Rebecca
Asher timeline part 2 1850-1880
1840 – Alvin Asher enumerated Wayne, IN Sarah Asher (widow of Thomas) enumerated Wayne, IN John McLeland enumerated Clinton, IN Allenson McLeland enumerated Clinton, IN Thomas Asher enumerated Clinton, IN
At last – the first part of the Asher timeline 1780 to 1848
Notes – T. & S. stands for Thomas and Sarah Asher my ancestors. I have not followed several possible relations through time prefering to concentrate on those with the surname
Tracking gnats – using a timeline on the Asher family
Trying to discover possible connection between individuals and families, it is sometimes useful to build a timeline of events in the life of an individual or group of possibly related
I left it until too late
In 1999 a distant cousin named Joy (Smith) Friedland contacted my mother and myself regarding our mutual Scheck genealogy. Mom was able to identify some pictures for Joy and she
The importance of middle initials
When I posted some pictures of my McLeland ancestors to my website www.mcwieser.info one of my cousins wrote and asked where I had gotten the middle name of my great-great-great-great