Heartland Genealogy

Have you had your DNA tested? If so, did DNA help you answer a question? Based on Facebook posts I've seen, it appears that DNA is helping adoptees to connect with their birth family. In my case, I wasn't hoping to identify a close relative. Instead, I was hoping (and still am hoping) to identify my 5th great grandparents -- particularly on my dad's CRAWFORD line. It's been 3 years since I first spit in a test tube (autosomal DNA) and since my brother swabbed his cheek (yDNA). That's 3 years of working with various DNA results and few clues about this mysterious CRAWFORD grandfather. As I'm trying to learn more about our yDNA results, so I can make sense of how we might fit in the Crawford Clan, I've come to a couple of conclusions: There's too little data - I need more 5th, 6th and 7th cousins to do a yDNA test Determining relationships is VERY dependent on the accuracy of BOTH of our family trees

As I was transcribing deeds from Jefferson County, Indiana, I found a connection with a guardian record. In the deed, Isaac Crawford sold land to Thomas Alexander. In the guardian record, Thomas Alexander is reimbursed for expenses as a guardian of an orphan on Isaac Crawford. So, what is the connection between Thomas Alexander and Isaac Crawford? Jefferson County Indiana Court Records image 612 - C Index Crawford M all to Alexander 085 Crawford M settlement 087 Crawford J alld Alexander 85 Crawford M settlement 87 Probate Order Book v. C, Feb. 1827-June 1830 Family Search Film 1310225 Items 3-5; DGS 7663707 183? - actual date not found Ordered that Thomas Alexander be allwd sixty four dollars and eighty cents for keeping Isaac Crawford an Infant orphan of Isaac ^Crawford [Or] take credit on a note by the adm of P. Crawford [RC] Jefferson County Indiana Deeds Book E page 452 Image 239 Family Search Film 1310268 DGS 8059613 page 453 This Indenture, ma...