Heartland Genealogy

I thought I had figured out those James Crawfords who appear on multiple family trees with intermingled records and families. To my surprise, I have found another one in Fleming County, Kentucky. James, the husband of Sarah Vansandt, died in May 1836. This is the James Crawford I already knew about. When I located the will of James Crawford, I found the will of another James Crawford dated September 1836. This James Crawford was the husband of Elizabeth D. Crawford, daughter of Mrs. Stockton. Not only are there TWO James Crawfords in Fleming County, Kentucky, but they both die in 1836! Fleming County Kentucky Probate Records Vols. D-E 1829-1837 FS Film 344040 DGS 4818899 image 316 - start of book E Image 522 Page 463 James Crawford Will

James Crawford's 1835 will found on pages 435-436 of Book E in Fleming County, Kentucky Legacies daughter Mary Kennerey son Crawford late son Henry Crawford son Josiah Crawford daughter Margery Blankenship (Maargary Kenney) late daughter Sarah Conran son James Crawford Son Samuel Crawford Daughter Jane Hamlett daughter Elizabeth Crawford son Joshua Crawford daughter Ann Barton son John L Crawford James Crawford Will

Is something causing Ancestry's hinting system to merge people of the same name? I'm in the process of trying to disprove several Crawford men as the father of my James Crawford of Preble County, Ohio. Today, I'm trying to work on Rev. James Crawford (1752/3 to 1803) of Fayette County, Kentucky. I've found James Crawford [LZN5-SCD] in some of the Fayette County, KY records on Family Search. However, I have yet to find anything that would link James to his children. Thus, I decided to see if the Ancestry tree hints would help. I've had Rev. James Crawford along with several other Crawford families from early Kentucky in my tree for quite some time. Thus, I expected to find legitimate hints. Instead, I found a lot of hints for other James Crawfords, whom I also have in my tree. At first, I just assumed that other researchers had confused some of these Crawford families in their trees. However, when I looked at the hints for Ancestor Member trees, I realized t...