Getting better at genealogical research involves many different skills. One important skill is learning how to find relationships when no document states the relationship. Cluster Research is a research technique that can overcome this problem. The early years of research are filled with the “low hanging” fruit of easily found census and other online records. […]
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Category: Cemeteries
Shaky Leaves and the Importance of Thoro...
We’ve all seen those shaky leaves on Ancestry. For a long time, I never clicked on them. But last year I found some treasures hidden within the hints, so now I periodically investigate all those shaky leaves. Earlier this week, I found a leaf for Syvoid Holt, a collateral ancestor. The leaf linked to an […]
Cluster Research at the Cemetery
Recently, I decided to revisit my Prather family’s historic cemetery in Montgomery County, Maryland. The church was then called Brooke Grove Methodist Church, and is on Maryland’s Inventory of Historic Properties. I discussed in a previous post how useful these types of databases can be. Brooke Grove was built after the Civil War by a […]
One Step Closer in Alabama: the Fendrick...
This beautiful picture is of my great-grandmother Effie Fendricks. I have posted before about my long odyssey researching her roots. I had a breakthrough in August 2009 when I found a duplicate death certificate. In this research, I encountered the common roadblocks of migration across state lines and name changes. On top of that, their […]
Alex Haley and His Wife Queen
We Tree’s Weekly Genealogy Prompt #27 asks us to visit the graves of local celebrities and talk about their lives. I’ll profile a celebrity not in my local area, but in the local area I am researching. My maternal ancestors are from a rural, Southwestern county in Tennessee called Hardin County that most folks haven’t […]
A Cemetery Adventure in Enfield, North C...
I blogged about the pleasant drive down to Raleigh, NC in May for the NGS Conference. On the way down, Carole and I decided to stop in Enfield, NC (Halifax County). There, we met with our friends Alice and Bill who were going cemetery searching. We decided to join in for the fun. I’m so […]