Category: Pennsylvania
Families that lived in the state and left records behind there.
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One last family in the Milton Township Diaspora series: The Fergusons. We know they were the last to leave by about ten years.
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The tools we have for tracking what we know (or think we know) about our ancestors can be great – but when we don’t have information that can be fully supported with evidence, adding a new hypothetical relationship can be tricky. I may have a lead on a newly identified sister for my Witter family,…
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This story is part of the celebration of America’s 250th birthday at Projectkin – Stories250. Look for more at https://projectkin.substack.com/p/stories250-now-in-timeline-and-map
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An update on where we are with the Berlin family – tidying my ancestors and leaving clues for one or two other families.
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The infamous “Brick Wall” is not the end of the story, but sometimes it can take years for the clue you need to find its way to you.
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Sometimes finding new information can make you question what you thought you knew. Sometimes that is beneficial and necessary… but it can also feel like a setback.
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Adam Brookhouser, Jr. (1803-1865) of Hayfield Township, PA The history of a place doesn’t begin with people, and this place was no exception. Recorded history does begin with people, although we have to acknowledge that we have a “selection bias” towards history that we can access through the written word. The reality is that there…
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How our origin story shapes our future A couple of weeks ago, David Shaw of Serengenity made a salient comment (emphasis added) on my post about great-great uncle George’s 1911 Callin Family History: In that time period Genealogy was quite a fad, consequently many are badly written and poorly sourced. Their resources at the time…
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or, Catching Up With the Joneses You might recall that I talked about my wife’s ancestry in February—particularly the difficulty in tracing the Jones family of her 2nd great-grandmother, Alice Frances (Jones) McCullough. I had intended to follow up on the Jones family sooner than this, but today is the day: Introducing the Brookhousers Alice’s…
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A close examination of Elizabeth Shown Mill’s Witter research Some time ago, I posted an essay about Finding John Witter. John Witter might be the name of my 5th-great-grandfather, on my paternal grandmother’s side. If so, his son was Abraham Witter (1786-1882), but I haven’t been able to prove that connection. I was reminded to…
Mightier Acorns 