Category: Ohio
Families that lived in the state and left records behind there.
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No, not that one – the older one I feel like we all say this a lot, but: Don’t accept unverified research until you’ve checked out the sources. I don’t know who did the research on my Clark family before I started looking into genealogy, but I was given a tree that showed Amos Clark…
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A woman who saw the changing rights of women in Ohio A story can seem straightforward once the facts are lined up and neatly documented. The life story of one of my 4th great-grandmothers, for example, could be summed up like this: Eleanor Waters was born on 3 August 1810 in Pennsylvania. Her family moved…
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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…
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A 4th great-grandfather who definitely existed I wanted to tell you a story about Samuel Spitler – but instead, today’s story is about how little we know about Samuel Spitler. On February 9, 1864, Thomas B. Hale married his second wife, Elmira Spitler. Thomas and Elmira were the parents of one of My Sixteen 2nd…
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And a face to go with the name… As many folks may know, I have a deep affection for unusual names. The person at the center of today’s post possesses my all-time favorite unusual name – beating out the likes of “Gladimere Schreck” and “Thor Glyde Day” for the honor. But before we get to…
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The story behind the book You can get your copy here: Hardcover (only): $38.10 I don’t remember when I first learned about Grandpa John’s book of poems, but I feel like I remember the adults – Dad, Aunt Vicki, Grandma Nancy, and Grandpa Bob – were standing between me and Grandma’s swimming pool at the…
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posted Friday, October 28, 2016 Note: if you care to revisit the original version of this post from 2016, you will note a few major changes: If you happen to be one of Prof’s Progeny, drop me a note, or leave a comment! Prof’s Progeny In our earlier post, 20th Century Callin Clan, we recounted…
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Going four generations back to find another line This surname can be found among my wife’s Sixteen great-great-grandparents. We have to go that far back to find our first Ballard, the paternal grandmother of my wife’s paternal grandmother, June (Shuffler) McCullough: Virginia “Virgie” Ballard – 01 Feb 1889 – 04 Nov 1977 You might remember…
Mightier Acorns 