Cold genealogy, finding random ancestors
Scholefield Family Tree Based on the 1910-1930 Censuses reporting that the Scholefields lived in Rosemont Precinct and in the Vail-Helvetia area, the Scholefield Springs and Scholefield Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains seem to be named after them.1 Additionally the nearby Hidden Valley Ranch carries a name very similar to Hidden Springs and is at … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree The first place I began my search for articles regarding the Scholefield family was at the time of George and Clara’s deaths. Their obituaries were published in the local paper. The vitals from George Scholefield’s obit:1 Died: 31 Aug 1942 Resident of AZ for 63 years (came from Utica, NY, at age … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Pushing back through the years may confirm the findings from the Arizona Vital Records regarding Armour, Helen, and Carl. As we trace the family back, the 1920 Census of Rosemont Precinct, Pima, Arizona, does not provide information about George and Clara’s children because the two are the only members of the household. … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Anyone working with people who were born or died in the early part of the 1900s in Arizona will find themselves in luck. The Arizona Department of Health Services has scanned birth and death records and placed them online. Since Geo. P. and Clara A. Scholefield were in their 60s in 1930, if … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree My first cold case for the internet: How random can you get? Instead of just randomly clicking in an Ancestry.com window, I decided to be a bit less random. I wanted to begin by working with a family that had a local connection. However, there were few people who lived in the … Read more