I had a wonderful vacation with a friend. I enjoyed touring around family history posts. And when I returned, as typical of many vacations, I was hit hard with things that needed my attention. So all my wonderful vacation photos, my wonderful notes on family history were set aside while I played catch up. Now…
Category: Finding my way through Geneaology
The Lincolns
Every once in a while, you head out into research land and crash head on into someone else’s work. I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to find a lineage already complete. This is why I share my work. It’s my way of giving back. I have started work on my Grandfathers lineage. First…
John and Mary Allen, related in more then one way
How many ways can someone be related? I am still counting. My Great, Great Grandparents;John and Mary Allen were married. But in my Whitman research, they also each descend from Samuel Allen, the immigrant. Today as I post lineages to Doctors and Ministers, I find then also sharing descent from Dr. Richard Palgrave. I know…
Jemina Allen
I found Jemina Allen. She has been one of my most puzzling road blocks. She showed up as a wife on my maternal side. She was the wife of Ebenezer Newcomb. Documentation states she was born in Bridgewater,Mass. But where? to whom? We could not find documentation proof. It felt like a dead end. The…
Ancestors Trails
I run into a lot of people while researching. I hear lots of stories of people and their travels while searching for their roots. I, myself, have lots of grandparents found. I have hundreds of relatives on my charts. Except for a few Germans and a Spaniard, everyone else comes from England. I have not…
Unknowns
Nicholas Whitman married Mary House, who was born in Plymouth, Mass in 1738. of unknown parents. How can this be? There were only a few dozen people in that town. How did they not know who Mary had as parents? Was she found wandering aimlessly as a babe? There is no explanation. And I need…
More on Fan Charting
It seems to be a mathematical law of nature that fan charts cannot be more than 9 generations long. But I have worked out a plan for myself when I run into a line that takes me further into the past. First I cheat and start further up then I should. For instance, in this…
Fan Charting
You can find all kinds of charts free for download on the internet.The problem is that they don’t hold many generations. I would very much like to have a fan chart to put on the wall as it is a quick viewing guide to my work and shows me where I need to focus.The visual…