Solving a Puzzle
Several months ago, ACGS received a letter asking for help solving a puzzle. I must first state that the names and some towns have been changed so the person who requested the help remains unknown. The letter told about the author’s great grandmother Barbara Wright and asked why was a man named Jason Allen also […]
New Book New Information on My Family Tree, Cont.
Elizabeth Fost/Frost Dill’s real last name, conclusion These are my reasons as to who and why I think I have the correct parents. First of all, in the 1500s and 1600s in England when writing, you may sometimes see in either original or type transcripts a word that has a double first letter: i.e. Yyork. […]
New Book New Information on My Family Tree
Elizabeth Fost/Frost Dill’s real last Name I recently purchased a new book for my own personal genealogy library. “Piscataqua Pioneers” is a collection of selected biographies of the early settlers of the Piscataqua River watershed in Southern Maine. Several of my early ancestors and their close relatives were listed. For the most part, their mini-biographies […]
Research Using the US 1790 to 1850 Census Records, Cont.
This is the second column on using the 1790-1840 early US Censuses to help complete your pre-1850 family. I am using two relatives, the Kelley Brothers: Patrick and Lawrence. I’ll start with Patrick; he was married to Rachel Whiteneck. They were married about 1824. 1840 census Patrick Kelley household: 1m – under 5 3m – […]
Research Using The US 1790 to 1850 Census Records To Construct Your Family genealogy
The first censuses from 1790 to 1840 listed the head of household only by name. Then a number was used to show the number of offspring, family members, or others residing in the household within age brackets and gender, but no names. It’s difficult to work with but can be done. I’m going to use […]
Research on Aaron Smith and the Order of the Orange
Special Note: This month’s article is by guest author, Orlan Smith Over the years I have been collecting two magazines called “Discover Maine” and “Paper Talks.” They tell the story of Maine History. I collect the ones that talk about Aroostook County. They tell the story of the people places and things that happened long […]
Lydia, Wife of Sherebiah Lambert
Many Trees online have Sherebiah’s wife as Lydia Hopkins. I disagree with this because I could not find one Lydia Hopkins in the correct time frame. I found four women named Lydia Hopkins in the proper time born in the 1720s to mid-1730s. There are other girls named Lydia Hopkins that died young. The following […]
Research on Aaron Smith and Genealogy in General, cont.
Special Note: This month’s article is by guest author, Orlan Smith The most difficult descent in my tree has to be my Great, Great Grandfather Aaron Smith. I found him living in Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada in 1820 and that he married Mary Davis a new arrival from Wales. There was plenty of information on […]
Research on Aaron Smith and Genealogy in General
Special Note: This month’s article is by guest author, Orlan Smith Previously I told how two sides of my family the Sargent and Smith who lived in the Boston area in the 1630s came together over three hundred years later in Aroostook County Maine. The Sargents moved up through New Hampshire to central Maine to […]
The Tragedies of Georges and Annie Long Voisine and Their Family
Special Note: This month’s article is by guest author, Allen Voisine Georges Voisine and Annie Long were married on May 27, 1902. By October 14, 1925, they had 12 sons and 3 daughters. They lost 6 children by the end of October 1937 – Theodule, Adelard, Rene, George, Hermine, and an Anonymous Son Two sons […]