Heartland Genealogy

Do you have 'floating' or 'orphan' trees in your Ancestry tree? I know that I do have 'floaters' in my tree. I recently watched a Genealogy TV video by Constance Knox on how to make connections to link some of those 'floaters' to my big tree. Today, I decided to get this set up for some of the members of my Crawford FAN Club: Nathan Sellers James Crawford (wife Elizabeth Vansant) Alexander Crawford (wife Mary McPheeters) James Crawford (wife Rebecca Anderson) James Crawford (wife Rebecca McPheeters) James Crawford (wife Martha Knight) Alexander Moore (wife Mary Crawford) Alexander Duggins (wife Sally Smith -- who married James Crawford) John Anderson (father of Rebecca Anderson Crawford) Bazeleel Maxwell (brother-in-law of James Crawford/Rebecca Anderson) Alexander Crawford (wife Margaret McElwee) Absalom Adams (grandfather of Margaret McElwee) James Crawford (wife Sally Duggins) -- MY ANCESTOR Edward Crawford - yDNA co...

Have you tested your DNA? If so, have you been able to break through a brick wall using your DNA results? My main purpose for testing my DNA was to learn more about my Crawford ancestry. Since I already have identified my 4th great grandfather on my Crawford line, I was hoping to identify his siblings and parents via DNA. So far, my results have not helped me get thru that brick wall. However, there is one DNA test that has puzzled me for quite some time. This is the sole test that shows up when I search my matches for ancestors born in Garrard County, Kentucky: i****** . I share 23 cM across 2 segments with i****** and one of my brothers shares 24 cM across 2 segments with i****** . When I looked at shared matches with i****** , I found two other matches that appear to have the same common ancestors: Isaac Crawford and Nancy Miller. In looking at matches shared with these two other matches, I discovered a fourth match who descends from a different Garrard County family. ...

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...

Do you research the spouses of your ancestor's siblings? If you are like me, you don't spend much time identifying let alone researching the parents of an ancestor's sister-in-law. However, with my Crawford research, I'm finding valuable clues from published genealogies. Many of those published genealogies are for the families of women who married into the Crawford family. There are a couple of McPheeters genealogies that include the family of Alexander and Mary (McPheeters) Crawford. These works have helped me separate my Crawford line from the descendants of Alexander Crawford.

Madison County, Kentucky Family Search Mixed Probate Records, Vols. A-B 1787-1819 FS Film 183266 DGS 007553082 Will Vol. A page 351 (Image 184)

Madison County Kentucky Deed Book D page 712 and 713 FamilySearch Film #183285 This indenture made this third day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight between Samuel Campbell and Mary his wife of the County of Madison, Bez' l Maxwell and Margret his wife, James Crawford and Rebeca his wife of the County of Garrard, James Anderson and Hannah his wife of the county of Madison, John Gap and Anne his wife of the County of Bourbon and William M. Morrison