Heartland Genealogy

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.

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.

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

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.

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.o...

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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 Davis 14 was born about 1785 in Virgi...

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 “M...

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.

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

Ripley County Indiana Deed Records V. P Aug 1847-Feb 1848 Family Search Film 1312543 DGS 8059695 Vol. P page 31

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

(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          ...

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.

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 af...

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.

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 fou...

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.