Cold genealogy, finding random ancestors
Scholefield Family Tree I am certain that I have pushed back another generation with the names of Harmanus DeGraff and Susan Thomas; however, what were the names of all of their children and their parents? Earlier I found that Susan had a brother named Alonzo, so searching for information about him might lead me to … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree I have some cool stories now! And before I swallow all of the data hook, line, and sinker, I will verify what I can through a few resources. If you have not recently visited the FamilySearch Record Search Pilot site, you should do so! They are adding more free information. Including a … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Remember to keep reading articles which are returned when you search. You might find a gem like this one: Columnist Has Personal Interest In Amsterdam Widow Susan Road A bit of Amsterdam area history was included in yesterday’s issue of the Yonkers Herald Statesman where the column, “First Person Singular,” attracts attention … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree As as aside, these are the ghost stories associated with Widow Susan: Amsterdam – Widow Susan Road – Figure of a woman wearing a white nightgown seen walking in the cemetery late at night crying. Looking for her husband’s grave.1 Amsterdam – Widow Susan Cemetery – To start off, the story goes … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree One of the challenges a genealogist often faces is the evaluation of contradictory bits of evidence. Which fact do we add to the family tree? The IGI at FamilySearch.org reports Helen Marr DeGraff’s parents as Harmonus Degraff and Susannah Thomas. 1 However, a biography about her son reports that she was born … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Occasionally, I find something new. (Yeah, it can be a rare occurrence that I don’t know about something.) This time I found it by scanning Dick Eastman’s newsletter. One of his posts was about the Fulton History website which features millions of scanned pages of old New York newspapers. The OCR software … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Since our George (1860-1942) and his uncle shared the same name, websearches for the elder George (b. abt 1822) are only returning hits for the younger. And because our George also had a George B. (1917-1957) as a grandson, Google returns the results for the youngest when the initial is used. When … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Here is another instance which proves that when you are using online searches you should spice up the variety. When I search on Google for “Arnold Scholefield,” I get the results that I have previously presented (the books about Abigail’s family and sources that relate to his ministry in the Methodist-Episcopal Church). … Read more
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