Mightier Acorns

Journeys through Genealogy and Family History

A parody of a family coat of arms designed with acorns as elements, with the motto "ex gladnis potentioribus" Latin for "from Mighty Acorns"
From Mighty Acorns

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Tad Callin has been working on family history and genealogy since the late 1990s. He does most of his research on Ancestry and posts what he learns to WikiTree.

Category: Cayuga County, NY

Families that lived in the county and research done there.

  • When the County Clerk Can't Spell

    Or “Being dragged down the rabbit hole” Our story today begins with the Bowen family. You may recall my September post on William Bowen: Wavetops: William Bowen, Jr. The WikiTree pages for William’s siblings were not well-developed, and since researching William (Sr.) led to a very well-done NEGHR report on them at American Ancestors1, I…

  • William Bowen: Two Revolutionary War Veterans

    New Wavetop: William Bowen (Sr.) (1760-1854) To orient ourselves: Amanda Lydia (Walker) Callin (1856 – 1933) was my 2nd great-grandmother – one of My Sixteen. A few weeks ago, we talked about her maternal grandfather, William Bowen, Jr.: Today we’re talking about his father – William Bowen (1760-1854) – and some of the speed bumps…

  • Wavetops: William Bowen, Jr. (1783-1854)

    A connection to the world tree When you put your work into WikiTree, the goal is to make your contributions as solid as possible. You want your ancestors’ profiles to be as thoroughly documented with evidence as possible, with source citations pointing other researchers to your sources. At some point, an ancestor you’ve put a…