Welcome to Family Finds
An Adventure in Genealogy
In addition to stories about my ancestors, I share tips for conducting online family history research. Genealogy is a great pasttime, join me on my journey to uncover and document my ancestors lives.
Check Out
This week I check out two primary sources, land and census records, looking for Smith households in Crawford or Richland Cos., OH, ca. 1840.
Sisters
This week I highlight my maternal-maternal great-grandmothers’ sisters: Sarah, Emma, Alma, Vada and Maggie Rumple.
Joined Together
This week’s prompt, Joined Together, is a good opportunity to research my brick wall 4th great grandfather, surname Russell, he was a joiner.
Flowers
My grand aunt and uncle ran a commercial flower farm. The Flucawa Flower Gardens was located just south of New Castle, Henry County, Indiana.
Worship
My ancestor was a signer of the Flushing Remonstrance in 1657. It was a demand for religious freedom, to worship as one’s conscience dictated.
Females
How do you find records for females who lived before the last century? Here are a few of the strategies I have successfully employed to find my female ancestors.
Courting
Court records are an invaluable source of information about our ancestors. I have successfully used court records to discover family associations, personal property descriptions, information about crops and livestock, financial details, and names of neighbors.
Landed
Land records are particularly helpful for locating where my ancestors lived. In 1785, surveyors adopted the rectangular method of platting land using Ranges, Townships, and Sections. For this week’s prompt, I will describe using online resources to locate where my ancestor lived in Ohio more than 180 years ago.
Maps
Maps can give context to our ancestors’ lives, flesh out a family story, or document a family’s migration. This week I describe how to use online maps and directories to find historic addresses on modern maps.
Branching Out
I am branching out the search for my unknown 4th great-grandparents and am attempting to use DNA. As a result, my family tree is also branching out! Identifying common ancestors between myself and my DNA matches requires adding MANY people to my tree.