Month: September 2017

Revisiting A Fountain of Conclusions

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Sound genealogy methodology requires that conclusions be revisited when new information is obtained. That’s exactly what I had to do with an 1850 census enumeration from Campbell County, Kentucky. The three older adults are: Michael Trautvetter Margaret Trautvetter–wife of Michael Adam Trautvetter–brother of Michael The relationships are not stated in the enumeration,but are known from […]

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Johann Heinrich Derle and Regine Dreißigacker of Helmershausen, Thuringia, Germany

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The gentleman I hired to research the records of Helmershausen, Thuringia, Germany, has located the children of my 4th great-grandparents who apparently lived most (or all) of their lives in that village. As a little bit of “cousin bait” I will post a summary of what was located along with some thoughts on moving forward. […]

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Undocumentable

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This post is not about Facebook so please bear with me. Those of us who have fan pages on Facebook are constantly looking for ways to increase the chance that our fans see our posts. Facebook has a top-secret algorithm that is used to place items in the newsfeed of users. Exactly what is used […]

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