Cold genealogy, finding random ancestors
Where were they between 1790-1930?
Scholefield Family Tree The table from the last post points to the fact that I need to locate Abigail in 1850. This is another instance where we have to try name variations to get the needed source. This time she is listed under the name “Abigal Schofield.” George B. Schofield, 28, M, Farmer, 960, New … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Since I haven’t been able to discover information about Arnold’s parents yet, I am going to research his children. Yes, that might sound like an odd way to go about things. And I am not doing this because I am giving up on finding his parents. Instead, I am hoping that by … Read more
The Whittle Family Tree So what’s next? I have two more sons in the Jeremiah Whittle & Elizabeth Eyle family group to research. When dealing with family groups that are not together after 1850 it is sometimes difficult to establish who belongs to whom. How do we know that Jeremiah A. and John R. are … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Now that a general (but unverified) place is known for the Burnham family, the next step is to see if a likely father for Arnold was located in the area. Therefore, we search the 1810 and 1820 census for possible fathers in the Hartford, Connecticut, area. A search of the 1810 Census … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree As I push back, I am attempting to discover information about Arnold’s reported father — Sir William Scholefield. Unfortunately, there are no conclusive matches when using a Google search for his name as an exact phrase. Searches for Scholefields in Nova Scotia or in England also don’t turn up any matches. Additionally, … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Based on the finding that a Mary Ellen Fitzgerald married a man named John McVeigh in 1886, I decided it wouldn’t hurt to look for our Mary Ellen under that name. There is no guarantee that this is the same person though because there are no birthdates. And to sum up the … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Well, it turns out that my caution was warranted. A while back, I was searching for Mary Virginia Scholefield who reportedly married a McMillan. That was all I had, so I did some census searching and found a woman who appeared to be the woman I was looking for.1 It turns out … Read more
The Whittle Family Tree I wrote this post and it has set in draft for a couple of weeks while I tried to decide if I wanted to approach the documentation of the search in this manner. It’s a lot of information and this post is what I had on 1 Dec 2008. On 2 … Read more
The Whittle Family Tree I spent a couple of days looking at Susan Whittle Barber. This is the sister of our Unknown Whittle that we first found living with her mother Elizabeth Whittle in 1850. In 1850 the household consisted of:1 Elizabeth Wittle age 65 Susannah Barber age 27 Lucretia Barber age 9 Amanda E. … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree When putting together a lineage, sometimes the hardest thing to do is find a woman’s maiden name. This is true whether you are working back in time when records are not present, or if you are working in a situation where you have decided to only work with internet records. In this … Read more