Cold genealogy, finding random ancestors
Scholefield Family Tree As I go back in time, I find more people! To help myself as well as you, the reader, the following links provide a visual representation of George Scholefield and Clara Moore’s siblings, nieces and nephews. Family Charts George’s parents were Charles M. Scholefield and Helen Marr Degraff. Descendants of Charles M. … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree The cemetery in Globe is the resting place for several Moore family members. Additionally, this is an excellent opportunity to remind everyone that you should always check multiple transcriptions whenever available. Burial lists for the Globe Cemetery are located in three places online: Gila County AZGenWeb — Contains what appears to be … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree James looks to be a bit of a lost soul. He is living in Globe, Gila, AZ, in 1900 with his wife and one child:1 Moore, J Arthur, Aug 66, Married 8 yrs, California, Drygoods Clerk ——, Mary A, wife, June 74, 2 children, 1 living, Colorado, England, Missouri ——, Maud T, … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Censuses have filled in a few dates for the children of two of Clara’s siblings. Sarah Jane Crampton Kenyon’s children are with the family on the 1880 Census in Rome, Onieda, New York,1 and on the 1900 Census in Globe, Gila, Arizona.2 Maud B was born Apr 1876 Arthur M was born … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Using the censuses, I have been able to fill in information about Clara Moore Scholefield’s half-sister Mary Ellen Crampton’s family. In 1880, the family is living in Yuma, Yuma, AZ.1 Fizgerald, HS, W, M, 36, Hus, Mar, Merchant, England, Eng, Eng ——, Mary E, W, F, 25, Wife, Mar, California, Cal, SC … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree I tried to run additional searches for Mary Virginia Scholefield McMillan. Knowing that she went by the name Jennie, or Ginny, I searched using the second spelling. Why you might ask? Well, because the ranked search on Ancestry.com will pull up Jennies automatically among the results. I ended up zeroing in on … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Swapping to the other side of our tree, we need to repeat the process just completed for Clara’s siblings on George’s. Some might wonder why I did Clara’s first. It is mainly because I knew there were vital records online for Arizona! New York will be a bit more difficult. Instead of … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree When writing a family history, one must decide how much research they wish to complete regarding the various sidelines of a family. Do you trace the main descendant line back and also trace down all of the siblings lines? If you do that, how many generations do you want to research? For my … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Continuing up through the generations in a vital records check, the data for George and Clara Moore Scholefield themselves is mostly complete. The only missing data is the exact date when the couple was married; therefore, a check of the Western States Marriage Record Index is next. This index holds records for … Read more
Scholefield Family Tree Now that additional family members have been located, there are vital records that need to be located and/or confirmed. In addition to the Arizona birth and death certificates that are already online, some indexes might also be available on FamilySearch. For recent deaths, any one of a number of the available Social … Read more