A few weeks ago, I was browsing through some Ancestry.com hints and found a few interesting records. One was a marriage license application for my …
Research & Analysis
Looking at Locations
Last week my Facebook news feed was filled with colorful charts showing the birth locations of five to seven generations of friends' families. The …
William W. Lanier: One Man or Two?
More to the point—was the William W. Lanier who died on 7 Nov 1931 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama the son of William Washington Lanier and …
One Thomas Son Found — Two More to Go
Sometimes you have pieces of the puzzle, but they don't mean much until the rest of the puzzle falls in your lap. Or in this case, lands …
Identifying Parents for Rebecca, Polly, and Rachel
This morning I'm on my way to Salt Lake City for a few days of research this week and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy course "Advanced DNA …
Obituaries Aren’t Always Accurate But This One . . .
Every genealogist has probably seen obituaries with mistakes. When I decided to look for my great-grandfather's obituary last week while visiting …
No Trace of Five Bennett Siblings
It seems that some of my ancestors' brothers and sister just disappeared. Earlier this year I wondered What Happened to Melissa A. Petty? and was …
Following Uncle Jimmy Through Voter Registration Records
When I came across California Voter Registration Records on Ancestry.com a few months ago, I immediately searched for my grandmother's brother, James …
Looking for Lula Lanier
Lula was the oldest child of Joseph Smith Lanier and Nancy Jane Bennett. She appears in census records with them in 1870, 1880 and 1900 but I’m …
What Happened to Melissa A. Petty?
Everything I know about Melissa is from two census records. In 1860 and 1870, she lived with John R. and Margaret (Thomas) Petty. There is no actual …
