James McLeland caught up in Kentucky surveying mess – his descendants benefit
On a spring day in April 1801 David Scott and his wife Rebecca created a set of 3 deeds – selling over 400 acres in 3 parcels to 3 different
Who was Joseph Wayman, husband of Anna Rebecca Jacobs? (And is that really how he spelled his surname?
Anna Rebecca Jacobs, daughter of a settled and prominent family in early Clark County, Indiana, married Joseph Wayman in 18551. Joseph’s family was considered “unknown” by researchers in the early
25 years later
I’ve been a genealogist for over 30 years but made my first trip to Salt Lake City and the Family History Library 25 years ago. I’ve returned at least once
So Many Basil Prathers
Three of Colonel Thomas Prather’s grandsons were named Basil Prather (he had other grandsons named Basil but they did not carry the Prather surname.) The reason for the sudden
Pedigree Collapse or Endogomy – which causes my interesting DNA match results?
Pedigree Collapse – “The common historical tendency to marry those within walking distance, due to the relative immobility of the population before modern transport, meant that most marriage partners were
How many children might John Swartz “jr”, 1797-1865 PA and Clark County, IN have had?
updated to reflect additional research on candidates for “missing children”. As I prepare a biographical write up for John Swartz (oldest son of John Swartz and Elizabeth Ohlweiler) and his