The Mary Grant line is correct, so my ancestors include names such as Margaret Princess of Denmark, James Stuart King of Scot. Cool.
The Fields line is still in debate until the Great- Grandparents of John Fields (b. 1831). I know that the Great-Grandparents of John Fields of 1831 is correct (I am unsure of which grandkid is his father),nevertheless, Sussannah Emery and her line is correct. YAY!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Emery- Grant-Fields Family
My sister supplied me with some research that she had done and while trying to tie it in with what I had done has been frustrating. So here it is:
Belle Fields is my Great Grandma. Her father is John Fields. His father is either Samuel or George Fields. If his father is Samuel Fields then the work my sister did is correct and the Fields-Emery-Grant lines will lead to some really interesting people.
For example, Mary Grant who was married to William Emery has Cherokee roots that include names like Old Corn Tassell and Keyhum Techea Kahyn.
Mary Grant's father has roots that include James Stuart Earl of Moray and James Stuart King of Scot.
So, I am trying to verify the parents of John Fields because he is the link to all that follows--this is so fun!
Belle Fields is my Great Grandma. Her father is John Fields. His father is either Samuel or George Fields. If his father is Samuel Fields then the work my sister did is correct and the Fields-Emery-Grant lines will lead to some really interesting people.
For example, Mary Grant who was married to William Emery has Cherokee roots that include names like Old Corn Tassell and Keyhum Techea Kahyn.
Mary Grant's father has roots that include James Stuart Earl of Moray and James Stuart King of Scot.
So, I am trying to verify the parents of John Fields because he is the link to all that follows--this is so fun!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Problems with PAF and New Info on the O' Roark Family
I am sure that the problems I had last night were my fault, but it certainly was frustrating.
I decided that I wanted to import new information that I had found on Ancestry.com into my existing Personal Ancestral File (PAF).
Somehow, after I did so, I wound up with 3 of everything that was already in the file along with 1 copy of the new names and dates. It took hours to match/merge the duplicate info! Ugh!
Anyway, I found new names on the Roark or O'Roark family: Timothy O'Roark was born in 1700 in Ireland and died in 1796 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cool.
Obviously, at some point in his life he traveled to America. I wonder what his circumstances were when he or his parents made such a huge decision?
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Still nothing new about the Levi's:(
I decided that I wanted to import new information that I had found on Ancestry.com into my existing Personal Ancestral File (PAF).
Somehow, after I did so, I wound up with 3 of everything that was already in the file along with 1 copy of the new names and dates. It took hours to match/merge the duplicate info! Ugh!
Anyway, I found new names on the Roark or O'Roark family: Timothy O'Roark was born in 1700 in Ireland and died in 1796 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cool.
Obviously, at some point in his life he traveled to America. I wonder what his circumstances were when he or his parents made such a huge decision?
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Still nothing new about the Levi's:(
Monday, January 11, 2010
Mistakes
I spent the weekend checking dates and names and found some mistakes.
For example, there were some entries that had children listed that would have meant that their mother would have been in her fifties when the children were born. It may be possible, but unlikely.
Another entry had the mother's age at around 100 years old at the time of the birth!! Now, I know that this cannot be.
So, much work needs to be done to check these entries and correct them.
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Still nothing about Solomon Levi's parents:(
However, there is a possible lead that may find the Levi's in Hungary. If it pans out, that will be exciting.
For example, there were some entries that had children listed that would have meant that their mother would have been in her fifties when the children were born. It may be possible, but unlikely.
Another entry had the mother's age at around 100 years old at the time of the birth!! Now, I know that this cannot be.
So, much work needs to be done to check these entries and correct them.
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Still nothing about Solomon Levi's parents:(
However, there is a possible lead that may find the Levi's in Hungary. If it pans out, that will be exciting.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Burned Out
After hours and hours of searching over the last few days, I could not bring myself to work on genealogy today.
However, yesterday I found some interesting information about the Combs family history.
For example, and I will need to look though the documents again (to sort out which Combs was involved), there are documents that show that the Comb's were involved in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, and WWII.
One of the Comb's was mustered out at Appomattox-on the day of the surrender!
Cool.
However, yesterday I found some interesting information about the Combs family history.
For example, and I will need to look though the documents again (to sort out which Combs was involved), there are documents that show that the Comb's were involved in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, and WWII.
One of the Comb's was mustered out at Appomattox-on the day of the surrender!
Cool.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
PAF and Pedigree Charts
Today I managed to create a GED file from the information that I had found off of Ancestry.com, exported it to my desktop, imported that info into my PAF program that I downloaded free from FamiliySearch.Org and now I have a working copy for myself!!
YAY!!
It's great; I can now print pedigree charts and see where there are problems or where I need to find more information.
I LOVE it.
YAY!!
It's great; I can now print pedigree charts and see where there are problems or where I need to find more information.
I LOVE it.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The Combs Family
Wow, last night I traced the Combs family back to 1086.
The backward progression is as follows: Living in Arkansas around 1875; Kentucky from 1806-1852; Virginia 1641-1770; England 1086-1602.
I wonder what brought them to America and why?
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As for Solomon Levi: so far I have not been able to find his parents; however, I did find some interesting documents related to him.
His last will and testament excluded my Great-great-great Grandma (Jenni Levi Ritchey) saying that "they have had more than an equal share of my estate."
I assume that he means her and her husband and their children.
Also, a land grant in Kentucky says that he owned 200 acres in the "CHAPTER IV GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER (1797-1866) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY."
This hobby is addictive, but fun.
The backward progression is as follows: Living in Arkansas around 1875; Kentucky from 1806-1852; Virginia 1641-1770; England 1086-1602.
I wonder what brought them to America and why?
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As for Solomon Levi: so far I have not been able to find his parents; however, I did find some interesting documents related to him.
His last will and testament excluded my Great-great-great Grandma (Jenni Levi Ritchey) saying that "they have had more than an equal share of my estate."
I assume that he means her and her husband and their children.
Also, a land grant in Kentucky says that he owned 200 acres in the "CHAPTER IV GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER (1797-1866) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY."
This hobby is addictive, but fun.
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