Cold genealogy, finding random ancestors
Bits — as we find them
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 …
Scholefield Family Tree I am unable to located the birth record for Susan Miller in the Michigan records availble at FamilySearch Record Search. I tried by her parents names, just the last name and date, by date and place, and several other combinations of what I know. I even tried to read through all of …
Scholefield Family Tree Now I am working to complete the information about Harmonus DeGraff and Susannah Thomas’s children. (I feel like I’m trying to collect the whole set here!) Based on what has been found before, three of their children made it to adulthood. Susan is the last sibling I need to check into. The …
Whittle Family Tree Once again from materials compiled by Ruth or I. John Whittle, 2 Oct 1749 – 25 Nov 1749, Administratrix, Eleanor Whittle, next of kin John Whittle, Jr., Rachel Whittle. (From Anne Arundel Prerogative Court Abstract, 1748-1751) 1750 inventory names, Eleanor as widow, children Rachel, wife of John Thackrel, John, Hester, Sopia, and …
Scholefield Family Tree The last person in Alonzo’s family that needs a few details is his wife. Here is her obit: Mrs. Alonzo H. Degraff Mary McLean, widow of Captain Alonzo H. DeGraff, died at 8 o’clock Thursday evening at the home of her son Harry W. DeGraff, 15 Grant avenue, after an illness of …
Whittle Family Tree Whittle Burials compiled by Ruth and I. Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore Section AA Lot 14 Josephine Whittle, 4 Jan 1909 Child of J. Whittle, 1865 – 7 Sep 1865 Edgevale Lot 424 Thomas H Whittle, 1930, 68 yrs. Elizabeth Whittle, 1944, 79 yrs, Fernwood 316 George W. Whittle, 1932 (Son of John …
Whittle Family Tree Below is a compiled list of marriages from various sources. The problem with a list of marriages is once again, there is no context. We don’t know the ages of the individuals (especially on the older marriages) and we don’t know if these are first or second marriages. Marriages: By 1646 – …
Whittle Family Tree Well the simple fact of the matter is that I’m on information overload. I sat down and went through all the information I have on the Whittles and started trying to sort out all the collected documentation so that I could write a summary. I am still looking for name of the …
Scholefield Family Tree Ye gads! This is either cool or just plain spooky. I guess I should start at the beginning. I got sidetracked. (It happens to the best of us.) As I was looking for Alonzo’s children, I ran across a very short 1912 marriage announcement that named one of his daughters “Mrs. Helen …
Scholefield Family Tree While I was searching for information about Alonzo, I was also able to locate information about his wife and children. As part of this study, I want to locate each of the children’s birth dates and places. When working with the newspaper, sometimes the best way to do that is to find …