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Do you ever look at other trees on Ancestry? I know I do. I use them for hints. I also attach them as 'sources' so that I can get back to trees that match my ancestors.

However, I try not to add 'new people' from those trees to my tree. I also try to add additional sources to support the information in my tree. Some of those sources are obtained thru Ancestry and the hinting system.

However, some of my sources come from outside of Ancestry. Thus, when you search Ancestry's Public Member Trees for someone in my tree, the number of sources attached to the individual will be shown.

Bad citations

Do you have older source citations in your tree that your high school English teacher would yell at you about? Do you have source citations in your tree that even you can't use to locate the information?

I don't know about you, but I have such sources in my tree. As I'm reviewing my Crawford research, I'm finding those source citations.

Most of these HORRIBLE citations came from my early days of research when citation standards were just being developed.

1815 Guthrie Patent

189 141

Examined & Sent May 22d 1815

James Madison, President of the United States of America
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, that William B Guthrie of Clark County Ind. Territory

Eliza Part 2

As discussed in my recent post, Duplicate or Different, I followed up on a 'notice of change' message to discover two Eliza Van Valkenbergs on Family Search. By looking at the differences between the two women, I discovered some clues that led to more information in Eliza.

One of those clues was the differing death dates for Eliza. In one case, the death date was given as between 1920 and 1930. I'm sure this was due to not finding Eliza in records.

The other Eliza had a death date of 1943 listed. Knowing that Eliza had been married several times, I suspected that a different surname was contributing to the difficulty in finding records. When I searched Newspapers.com for the term Eliza in 1943 in St. Joseph, Missouri, I found a notice of her death.

Duplicate or Different?

Do you ever check out someone else's tree to see if they have something that disagrees with what you have? I know I'm usually looking for confirmation, but I appreciate seeing conflicting information. That conflicting information makes me re-look at what I have and to look harder for additional sources to support what I have.

That's likely one of the reasons I work with the tree on FamilySearch. On this tree, I can look at the changes made to an individual. If those changes differ from information I have compiled, I can message the user making the changes and/or post a discussion about the change.

Thus, I utilize the 'watch' button to mark individuals I'm researching. Not only have I marked my ancestors to 'watch' but I've also marked other individuals in my research that I'm having trouble finding sources. Each week, I get notified of changes to those 'watched' individuals.

This morning's notification list included Eliza Honor Van Valkenburg, the second wife of my ancestor, Albert J Hutchinson. That's when I discovered that there are TWO of them in the Family Search tree.

Since I haven't found birth or death information for her, I have no idea which  Honor Van Valkenburg is the correct one. However, I do believe that these are the same women and that they are the same person I have in my database as Eliza Honor Van Valkenberg.

Pioneer Women Jefferson County, Indiana

Anderson, Rebecca, d/o John Anderson, native of NY and Anne Irvine, was born at Augusta Parish, VA , m. 1st R. John Maxwell, 2nd James Crawford, located in Jeff. Co. IN prior to 1830

rawford, Mary (Polly) d/o James and Rebecca Anderson Crawford, b. in Garrard Co. KY May 28, 1786, m. William Brown Guthrie, Apr. 6, 1809; came to Jeff. Co. soon after marriage; had 11 children. She d. July 18, 1834 and she and her husband are buried at Hanover. Her husband was called to fight Indians in 1812 and she walked 12 miles carrying her baby, Anderson Crawford Guthrie, who was born Apr. 22, 1811 and her companion, a boy age 12, carried an older child, James Guthrie. They walked to the block house near the Francisco farm. Her ancestors served in the Rev. War.

Crawford, Betsey, d/o James & Rebecca A. Crawford, b. in 1792, m. in Mar, 1812 to Beverly Vawter of Woodford Co. KY, a minister of the Christian Ch.

Source:
Melish Mrs. Charles, Pioneer Women (www.jeffersoncountylocalhistory.org/fampioneerwomen : viewed online May 2019), Crawford.

1824 Patent 1153

Bureau of Land Management
Patent No 1153


The United States of America
To all to whome these presents shall come, Greeting

Whereas William B Guthrie of Jefferson County, Indiana
has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Terre Haute State of Indiana
whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said William B Guthrie
according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitle “An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands,” for

1824 Patent 1152

142
Certificate No. 1152 Exc

The United States of America

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

Whereas William B. Guthrie of Jefferson County, Indiana
has deposited in the General Land office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Terre Haute, State of Indiana
whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said William B Guthrie
according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled “An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands,” for
The East fraction of the South West quarter of section thirty one in Township nineteen North of Range
three West in the District of Terre Haute and State of Indiana containing eighty acres.

1838 Patent

Bureau of Land Management
Land Patent

207
The United States of America
Certificate
No. 13245

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas William Brown Guthrie of Jefferson County, Indiana

1838 Guthrie Patent

The United States of America
Certificate No 13045
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas William Brown Guthrie of Jefferson County
Indiana
has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a Certificate of the Register of the Land
Office at Jeffersonville whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said
William Brown Guthrie according to the provisions of
the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820, entitled "An Act making further provisions for the sale of the Public Lands," for
the North West quarter of the South East quarter of
Section twenty-six in Township four North of range nine
East in the District of Lands subject to sale at Jeffersonville,
Indiana, containing forty acres

DNA Painter Tree

Did you see all of the prettily colored trees on various Genealogy Facebook groups this last week? Jonny Perl created a new tool on DNA Painter: Trees. 

With the new trees feature, one can create ancestral charts in pedigree, fan and text view. What makes this tool unique is the ability to mark common DNA ancestors and then see a visual representation of those matches on the chart.

I tried doing something similar with my DNA Circles. I printed out a fan chart and then used a highlighter to mark the various circles I had.

With DNA Painter, I get a similar chart showing my genetic genealogy.

This chart was very easy to create.

1825 Guthrie Patent

John Quincy Adams, President of the United States of America
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting
No 843
Know ye, that William Guthrie assignee of
James H Bray of Madison County, Kentucky
having deposited in the General Land Office, a certificate of the Register
of the Land Office at Jeffersonville, Indiana whereby it appears
that full payment has been made for the South East quarter of
Section thirty six, in township five North of Range
ten East, containing one hundred and sixty acres
of the Lands directed to be sold at Jeffersonville, Indiana by

1822 Guthrie Deed

Jefferson County Indiana
Land Records

Deed record Volume C July 1820-Sep 1823
FamilySearch item 2 on Film 1310266 DGS 8059611

Page 341 - Image 641

This Indenture made this twenty first day of June in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
between William B Guthrie & Polly his wife of the coun
ty of Jefferson & State of Indiana of the first part and Jesse
Gray of the same of the second part witnesseth that
the said William B Guthrie & Polly his wife for and in
consideration of the sum of sixteen hundred dollars lawful
money of the United States to them in hand well and truly
paid by the said Jesse Gray the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged have granted bargained sold aliened released
conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do grant
bargain sell alien release convey and confirm unto the
said Jesse Gray his heirs and assigns forever all that certain
tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Jeff
erson & state of Indiana and known by the South west quarter
of section no twenty one in township no four north of range no
ten east in the district of lands offered for sale at Jeffersonville
and all the estate right title interest claim and demand of them
the said William B Guthrie and Polly his wife of in and
to the said premises and every part thereof Together with
all and singular the privileges and appurtenances tot he same
belonging or in any wise appertaining and the rents issues and
profits thereof to have and to hold the premises, hereby barg
gained and sold or ment or intended so to be with the
appurtenances to the only proper use and behoof of the said

William Crawford

1.     William Crawford was born on 28 Apr 1784 in Kentucky, United States.^1–2 He was the child of James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford .³

On 14 Oct 1811 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States.⁴ William and Isaac Crawford, assignee of James Crawford, made full payment for the North East quarter of section twenty of Township four in Range 10 East as tenants in common on 15 Apr 1815 in Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, United States.⁵ He lived in Jefferson, Indiana, United States in 1820.⁶

In 1843–1850 he was a Justice of the Peace in St. Francois, Missouri, United States.^7–9 William lived at District 80 in St. Francois, Missouri Territory on 7 Oct 1850.¹⁰

He died on 3 Apr 1864 at the age of 79.¹ William was buried in Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.¹

William Crawford and Elizabeth Davis were married on 28 Apr 1804 in Garrard, Kentucky, United States.^11–13 Elizabeth Davis¹⁴ was born about 1785 in Virginia, United States.¹⁴ She lived in St. Francois, Missouri Territory in 1850.¹⁵ William Crawford and Elizabeth Davis had the following children:

James I. Miller

James Irwin Miller was born October 12, 1935, in Phillips County, Kansas, the youngest child of Guy Benjamin and Olive Sylvia (Wallace) Miller. He passed away at the Phillips County Retirement Center on July 14, 2019, at 83 years old. His father died when James was a year old.

James graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1953. After high school, James went to work with the state of Kansas as an engineering aide for about five years.

In June 1958, James was inducted into the U.S. Army and attended Boot Camp at Ft. Riley. During his active service, he was stationed in Germany. In 1960, Jim was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army and transferred to the US Army Reserves completing his reserve obligation June 1964. During his six years of service, he earned a good conduct medal, carbine sharpshooter badge, rifle M-1 marksman badge, and was awarded as a light machine 1st class gunner.

After his active military service, James worked for the Missouri-Pacific (in Jim’s words “Misery-Pacific”) Railroad as a gandy dancer in Kansas City.

Later, James gained employment as a surveying aid for the United States Bureau of Reclamation in Region 7. He was assigned to the North Platte River projects with home office in Casper, Wyoming. Over the next 28 years during his government career, surveying activities took him to Oregon, Washington, Nevada, California, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and Alaska.

On August 30, 1974, James was married to Mary Jeanne Stafford in Vancouver, Washington. They divorced.

James was a licensed land surveyor in the state of Oregon in 1982.

James returned to Phillips County where he married Joanne Philbrick on November 27, 1992 at the First United Methodist Church in Phillipsburg. Joanne convinced him he was too young to retire so James returned to surveying becoming an independent licensed Kansas land surveyor practicing in Phillips and neighboring counties for over 20 years. At the age of 79 in 2015, he retired with over 60 years of surveying experience.

Until his health started failing, he was an avid sports fan of his local grandsons. He enjoyed a friendly game of cribbage with relatives and spent afternoons doing puzzles and playing cards at the Center. He liked to cook and watched the ‘Donald Trump’ show.  In earlier years, he liked to fish and travel.

While living in Oregon, James was a member of the Elks Lodge. After returning to Kansas, James became a member of the Kansas Society of Land Surveyors.

James was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Guy Benjamin Miller, Jr., and two sisters: Arlene Case Hoover and Sylvia Usrey. He was also preceded in death by a step-father, Don Franklin Harsha, a step-brother, Jack Harsha, and step-sisters, Ruth Harsha Ratashak and May Harsha Lienberger.

He is survived by his wife, Joanne of the home and his brother-in-law, Jim Usrey of Whetstone, AZ. He is also survived by stepchildren Michael (Marcia) Philbrick of Seneca, Eugene (Vickie) Philbrick of Wichita, Gregg (Susan) Philbrick of Sugarland, TX,  Stacey (Darin)Moon of Phillipsburg, and Jeanne Ann Stafford of Tampa, FL. Jim is survived by step-grandchildren Ryan (Lindsey) Philbrick, Wichita, Anne (Eric) Williams, Shawnee, KS, Jason Philbrick, Missouri City TX, Ashley Philbrick, San Antonia, TX, Nathan Moon, Phillipsburg, Eric Moon, Phillipsburg, Tyler Lichter, Tampa, FL, 4 step-great grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and step-nieces and nephews.

James was a loving husband, brother, step-father, and step-grandfather and will be missed by all who knew him.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m.  on July  20, 2019, with Pastor Blake  Stanwood officiating. Burial will be at the Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel in Phillipsburg.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Center of Phillipsburg and Hospice Services, Inc. of Phillipsburg and sent to the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd Street, P. O. Box 563, Phillipsburg, Kansas 67661

For online condolences go to Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel's website.

Finding the Daughters

Have you ever tried to piece a family together without the aide of a document identifying children. That's what I'm trying to do with William E. Crawford, son of James and Rebecca (Anderson) Crawford.

I'm using public member trees on Ancestry and the family on the FamilySearch tree as clues. Then I'm trying to find records to support the relationships.

Based on these trees, I think William E. and Elizabeth (Davis) Crawford had three daughters: Milly Crawford, Ann B. Crawford and Elizabeth Jane Crawford.

I believe I have found marriage records that may be for these three daughters.

Milly Crawford married John Douglas on 23 April 1830 in Decatur County, Indiana.

Film #004170593 (Decatur County, Indiana Marriage Records vol. B 1829-1834)
image 138
page 26

I do certify that I joined together n the holy
state of matrimony John Douglas and Milly
Crawford given under my hand this 23 of April
1830
David Douglas Elder Church of Christ

Crawford Marriages

St. Francois County, Missouri
Marriage license record

Marriage license records, vol. -2 1836-1876
FamilySearch Film 914393 DGS 7578667

Indexed
Search for Crawford

LC Crawford - James J Short — 11 March 1866
Lucy E Crawford - Ira Howe - 10 APril 1865
James Crawford - Isabella Carter - 30 Sept 1847 - page 97
Isaac Crawford - Manervia Ross - 9 October 1850 - page 130
Isaac Crawford - Mary Ann Calihan - 18 Sept 1867
Synthia A. Crawford - Hu Lovsom - 14 APril 1871
John M Crawford - Lucy Ann Needham - 17 June 1869 - page 51
William E. Crawford - Emeline Sullins - 23 March 1854
Eliza Crawford - William Lowery - 28 March 1872
Anderson Crawford - Nancy Ann Cartee - 24 Jul 1845 - page 74
Irene B. Crawford - William Thompson McFarland - 25 June 1866
Mary Elizabeth Crawford - Henry Singleton - 7 October 1851
Ann Crawford - James Cartee - 2 Dec 1841
James A Crawford - Sarah J Porter - 26 Mar 1874
John S Crawford - Rebecca L Farmer - 28 Jan 1869
James A Crawford - Rachel C Wawn - 7 March 1867
Eliza Jane Crawford - Moses Cartee - 4 Jan 1843
Rachael Crawford - Francis M Sego - 2 January 1876
William E Crawford - Perlieza C. Murry - 7 APril 1861

Volume 1
Crawford James 97
Crawford Isaac 130
Crawford Anderson - page 74
Crawford John M - 51

Image 50 - page 51

Anne Crawford Creath

1. Anne Crawford was the child of James Crawford and Rebecca Anderson.¹ She was born about 1780. She was also known as Anne Creath.

Creath Guardianship

Ripley County Indiana
Court Order Books

Civil Order Book E, Mar. 1841-Oct. 1843
FamilySearch Film 2342932 Item 2 DGS 8033914

Book E page 306

Guardianship of Richard and
Malinda Creath

Robert Creath Deed

Ripley County Indiana
Deed Records V. P Aug 1847-Feb 1848
Family Search Film 1312543 DGS 8059695

Vol. P page 31

Creath Patent

Bureau of Land Management
Patent

290
The United States of America
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

Creath Deed

Ripley County, Indiana
Deeds
Vol. O page 329

This Indenture made the first day of April in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
between Robert Creath of the County of Ripley and State
of Indiana of the first part and James A Creath of the
County of Ripley and State aforesaid of the second part, witness
eth that the said Robert Creath for and in consideration
of the sum of eight hundred dollars lawful money of the
United Stats to him in hand well and truly paid by the
said James A Creath the receipt whereof is hereby ackno
wledged, hath granted bargained sold conveyed and confirmed
and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell convey and conf
irm unto the said James A Creath his heirs and assigns
forever, all the following described piece or parcel of land
situate lying and being in the county of Ripley and State
of Indiana, to wit: Beginning at the north west corner of

Robert Creath Probate

Ripley County, Indiana
Will Records

Probate Order Book v.1, Jan 1853-July 1858
FamilySearch item 2 on film 1311906 DGS 7663850

Probate Order Book v. E, June 1849 - Sept 1852
FamilySearch item 1 on film 1311906 DGS 7663850

Ripley County, Indiana Probate Order Book E page 332

Robert Creath’s Estate
Be it Remembered that heretofore to wit on
3rd day of January 1852 James A Creath entered into bond in the
sum of $1200 with Reuben B Hodges as his security as Admr
of the estate of Robert Creath decd which bond was approved by
the clerk of said court and reads thus (here insert) after which be
the said James A Creath subscribed and was sworn to the following
oath of office to with (here insert) Thereupon the clerk issued the
following letters of administration to wit (here insert)

James Crawford of Jefferson County, Indiana

(Report created from RootsMagic using the Narrative Report feature)

1. James Crawford was born in 1758 in Augusta, Commonweath of Virginia.^1–5

     According to biographies, he served in the military for 3 months under Capt. Wm Colbert and Col. Patrick Lockhart and 3 months under Capt. Alex Henley and Col. Morgan between 1776 and 1780.^1,6–7 He served in the military in 1778 in Botetourt (historical), Botetourt, Virginia, United States.^2–4,8 James served in the military for 3 mos. under Capt. Alex Henley and Col. Morgan.⁴

     He witnessed the will of John Crawford on 7 Apr 1779 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States.^9–12 He was the parent of Anne Crawford born in 1780.¹³

     James filed land entry papers  in Jun 1782 in Madison, Virginia, United States.¹⁴

     He was the parent of William Crawford born in May 1784.¹³
   

     He  purchased land from Thomas Kennedy containing 200 acres on Paint Lick Creek adjoining the John Kennedy station on 19 Apr 1786 in Lincoln, Virginia, United States.¹⁵ 

DNA Stats

Have you been keeping track of your DNA statistics? I know I keep track of my DNA statistics. Prior to Roots Tech 2019, I tracked the number of pages of Ancestry matches.

Thanks to Ancestry updates, I can more easily track this information.

When I add in my mother's DNA, I have over 350,000 DNA matches. Buried in all of this DNA data may be a clue to break thru my brick walls. Now, I just need time to work thru at least some of this data.

Guthrie Will

Jefferson County Indiana
Probate records, 1811-1940

Probate order book v. E May 1837-May 1842

Book E p. 521
In vacation cond

The State of Indiana
Jefferson County SCT
January 8 1842

Revolutionary Ancestors

Were any of your ancestors in the colonies prior to the American Revolution? If so, have you tried to identify ancestors who may have fought in the Revolutionary War?

Since I am a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), I already knew that one of my ancestors provided patriotic service during the war: Nathaniel Hammond of Connecticut.

I had also started collecting documentation to prove William Buckles on my mother's side of my tree. 

Beyond that, I didn't know which of my ancestors might have served. Thus, I needed to create a list of ancestors who might have served so that I could research them in Fold3 and the DAR databases. 

To create a list of potential people, I needed to know who was of the appropriate age to serve. I found a wiki on FamilySearch that lists various wars and suggests 'Ages of Servicemen in Wars.' 

Using that information, I was able to create a marked group of those whose

     Birth date is after 1715

AND  Birth date is before 1767

Statistics

Do you track the 'growth' of your genealogy database or your Ancestry tree?

I started tracking my statistics over a year ago. In January, I created a new table in my bullet journal to track the growth of my tree in 2019. At the first of each month, I record the data in my journal.

For my tree, I pull the statistics from two different sources. In RootsMagic, I look at the DATABASE PROPERTIES.

True or False?

Do you have ancestors living in the colonies prior to the revolutionary war? Have you applied to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) or Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) for those ancestors? If so, have you ever encountered a warning that 'future applicants must prove correct service'?

This happened to me when I applied for the DAR. I was trying to use my great-grandmother's application (Josie Winifred Hammond Crawford - #319934) to apply.  She applied thru her great-grandfather, Jason Hammond (1762-1830). Unfortunately, I was told they wouldn't accept Jason Hammond as a revolutionary war ancestor. Since there were other Jason Hammonds living in Connecticut at the time, I'm assuming that the other Jason Hammond was the one who served. Fortunately, I was able to apply thru Jason's father, Nathaniel Hammond, who provided support for the revolutionary troops.

As I'm researching various James Crawford families in early Kentucky, I've found that the DAR has limited applications for one of those James Crawfords.

Unfortunately, many people for many years have mixed these men up. The James Crawford who has data in the 'correction file' is one of the James Crawfords living in Fleming County, Kentucky. This James was married to Sarah Vansant in 1786 in Botetourt County, Kentuckyand died in 1836. James Crawford is buried in the Hillsboro Cemetery in Fleming County, KY

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1)  Ellen Thompson-Jennings posted 20 questions on her blog this week - see Even More Questions About Your Ancestors and Maybe A Few About You (posted 27 June). 

2) We will do do these five at a time - Questions 1 to 5 tonight.

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post.

Question 1: Which ancestor had the most children?

This was NOT an easy question to answer. I found a report in RootsMagic that told me the average children per family and maximum children per family.

However, I couldn't locate a report that would list the various families and the number of children.