Month: June 2020

ThruLines is not “Proof”

DNA does not lie. Other records are open to debate. I see postings online where individuals refer to ThruLines as “proof.” No. That is not what ThruLines is. It is a way to help those who use AncestryDNA to analyze their results faster since it shows the probable connection to a DNA match using user-submitted […]

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A Wish for FindAGrave

Instead of death certificates, obituaries, links to relatives, and other information in the “memorial” on FindAGrave, I would rather see links to adjacent stones or information on which stones are in close proximity to the stone for which the memorial was created. That would be helpful and that would information that would be really lost […]

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Barking Up the Wrong Tree

The name was Barksdale Sledd. Unique first names are great as they help distinguish the individual in records and make identification easier–usually. One should not assume that there are no contemporaries with the exact same unusual name as often names of this type are passed down from one generation to the other. Unusual first names […]

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1831 Ohio Tax Headings

The image is of an 1831 tax list for Jackson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. I’m working on creating a list of just what all the columns are for. This set of “answers” will be updated as needed. Feel free to post comments. 1-Owner Name 2-R[ange] 3-T[ownship] 4- 5- 6- portion of section/lot? 7-No. of Acres […]

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Initial Thoughts on FamilySearch’s “New York Land Records 1630-1975”

FamilySearch recently released “United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975” on their website. While I appreciate greatly the free nature of this database, there are some frustrations with it. The two main groups of individuals on land records are the grantors and the grantees. It would have been preferable if the database could be searched […]

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