Rechecking the Moores

Scholefield Family Tree I was rereading posts after a Moore family researcher found the blog and asked about James Armour Moore and his wife Matilda Jane Bennett. There must be some element of synchronicity here because a few nights ago I presented a class called “Using Records to Suggest the Next Step.” It seems unrelated, … Read more

Advance Work

Innis Family Tree While it is always the goal to just do the genealogy and advance the line for research, part of my personal goal is to learn about research in other areas. It is important to know what records may be available to find. It makes no sense to be searching for something that … Read more

Answering Questions

Scholefield Family Tree After the DeGraff censuses prompted a list of questions, off I went to try to answer them. The first question was about Catherine DeGraff born abt 1841 (actually probably closer to 1843 based on when Helen was born). Who was she? I still dunno! I can assume that she is a daughter, … Read more

Mopping Up Raises Questions

Scholefield Family Tree I feel that I have gotten close to a stopping point on this Scholefield Tree. My searches into the ancestral lines are not yielding results. However, the internet is changing all the time. Since our defined limits for these cold genealogy projects for unrelated individuals state that only online research will be … Read more

K-I-S-S

The Innis Family Tree Making a list of all of the things I want to know when I first start work really helps me focus. Then I trim the list down to the absolute basics and determine whether they are questions I can answer and from those questions I create a list of goals. I … Read more