Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 30 May to 5 June 2024

 Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.


1) Upcoming Conferences, Institutes and Seminars

* Conference Keeper Calendar

2 ) Upcoming Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for and/or view webinars and classes.

*  FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars 

*  GenWebinars ($$)

*  Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 7 June, 11 a.m.:  Hiding Out in the Open: Discovering LGBT Family History by Thomas MacEntee

*  Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 11 June, 11 a.m.:  Learn Genealogy 24/7 with Legacy Family Tree Webinars  by Geoff Rasmussen.

*  Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 12 June, 5 p.m.: Puerto Rican Research by Katy Bodenhorn Barnes.

3) Recent Podcasts/Radio Shows:



  
  4) Recent YouTube Videos:


*  Allen County Public Library:  Using Catholic Parish Records and Archives
*  Allen County Public Library:  Discover Your Veteran's WWII Story





*  DearMYRTLE's Archive:  Mondays with Myrt - 3 June 2024




*  Legacy Tree Genealogists:  Asian Genealogy Research: Where To Begin


*  Storied_Social:  The Family Treehouse Episode #18




5) Did you miss the last post in this series - Genealogy Education Bytes -  23 to 29 May 2024?

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Findmypast free to mark D-Day 80th Anniversary*

I received this from Findmypast today:

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Find your family heroes with free access to millions of records and newspapers on Findmypast for D-Day
  • Delve into your family’s stories with free access to records and newspapers on Findmypast between 6-10 June*
  • Discover the remarkable actions of men and women at home and overseas in the largest collection of historical newspapers online
  • Explore your ancestors’ military service and the lives they lived with records you won’t find anywhere else
  • Preserve your family’s wartime stories for the next generation in a family tree on Findmypast
*Excludes 1921 Census and Tree Search

Between 6-10 June, Family history website, Findmypast, is making millions of its family history records free to access* to mark the 80 th anniversary of D-Day, so you can uncover and honor their stories and sacrifices.

Explore your wartime ancestor’s story with the largest collection of British and Irish newspapers online, digitised in partnership with the British Library. Among the pages, you might find details of bravery or moving tributes to the fallen – rich details that can help you feel closer to your ancestors. You can also uncover the wider story of D-Day as it happened in the newspaper reports or look more closely at the impact of the war on your own community. Make sure to clip, save, and share articles of interest using the new Collections feature on Findmypast.

Findmypast’s family history records can paint a vivid picture of what your ancestor was doing during wartime. They may have been a prisoner of war, helped on the home front, or worked as a Red Cross volunteer. Discover their whereabouts on the eve of war in the 1939 Register and delve into the largest collection of British Army records anywhere online, including regimental records and the British in India collection, which runs right up to 1947.

Uncover those all-important life events in the most comprehensive collection of British parish records online, and check Findmypast’s vibrant Photo Collection for a glimpse into life during wartime.

Preserve your findings with Findmypast’s online family tree builder and share their legacy with family and friends. 

It’s also a perfect time to explore your own family archive for letters, diaries or photographs. Keep your ancestors’ memories alive by sharing their stories with your loved ones, and share your findings online using the hashtag #FindMyFamilyHero. 

Jen Baldwin, Research Specialist at Findmypast said: "80 years on from D-Day and the stories of service and sacrifice remain extremely poignant and relevant to us today. We invite everyone to discover their own family’s wartime stories with free access to Findmypast’s records this weekend and preserve them for future generations.”

*Records on Findmypast (apart from the 1921 Census of England and Wales and Tree Search) will be free to access for all signed-in users from 10am GMT Thursday 6 June, until 10am GMT Monday 10 June 2024.

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Disclosure: I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador. This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.


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Mia Comes to Chula Vista in 1994 -- Post 823 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

  I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite and most priceless family  photographs: 


Here is one of our family photographs from the summer of 1994.  From the left, the people are Randy Seaver (age 50), daughter Lori Seaver (age 20), foreign exchange "daughter" Mia from Finland, daughter Tami (age 17), and Linda Seaver (age 51).  The occasion is Mia's arrival in San Diego and the location is our home in Chula Vista in our (then) wood-paneled dark family room.

This photograph is a part of my family history. I had the original photograph in our 1994 photo album, and I used the MyHeritage PhotoScanner mobile app to get it into a digital image, and then enhanced and colorized it using the MyHeritage photo tools.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Legacy Family Tree Version 10 Released - It's FREE!

 I just read that the genealogy software program Legacy Family Tree has been updated to Version 10, and it is FREE to use.  

The top features in Legacy Family Tree 10 are listed in   https://legacyfamilytree.com/features/.

You can download it at https://legacyfamilytree.com/download/.



The What's New section of the website has these items new in Version 10: 
  • FAN Club Report:  Gather an ancestor's relationships, shared events, and even locations. Gain critical and easily-overlooked insights about their families, friends, associates, and neighbors – the people who often hold the clues to solving genealogy's most difficult problems.
  • Mapping:  See your ancestor’s place on Google Maps. Click the new Map button to launch Google Maps with your place automatically pinned. (Find this in the Geo Location Database right next to the radius search button, used for retrieving a list of all nearby places).
  • BillionGraves Support:  Link your ancestor to their BillionGraves record so you don't need to search for their record again. Just one click and you’re there.
  • Color Coding:  You can have two starting points – one set of colors for you, and another for your spouse. Now you can see both color sets on your Pedigree Charts, making it easy to tell if your lines intersect.
  • QuickAccess Icons: We’ve doubled the number of QuickAccess icons on the ribbon bar from 10 to 20.
  • DNA Center:  This new tool helps you keep track of everyone in your family who has taken a DNA test
  • New Reports:
    • FAN Club Report: Gather your ancestors’ relationships, shared events, and even locations. Gain critical and easily-overlooked insights about their families, friends, associates, and neighbors – the people who often hold the clues to solving genealogy’s most difficult problems.
    • Surname Groups: The Surname Groups report shows the line of ascent from you to the start of each of the surname groups.
    • Names/Lifespans: This is your traditional Ancestor Book report, but condensed. It’s a quick way to see just the Ahnentafel number, name, birth and death years for each individual.
    • Ahnentafel Report:  You’ve always loved the Ancestor Book report, but you’ve also wanted to produce a true Ahnentafel report. Now available in Legacy 10!
    • Family View: Many have requested the ability to “print” the Family View. We added that too!

Did you say free?  And now for the biggest new Legacy Family Tree 10 feature.  

  • Everything in Legacy — and we mean everything — is now free! All features, tools, and reports previously available only in the Deluxe Edition are now included in Legacy 10.
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Randy's Note:  This is really good news for genealogy and family history enthusiasts - a full-featured desktop family tree software program which is FREE to download and use.  As many readers know, Legacy Family Tree was purchased several years ago by MyHeritage.  Will we see Legacy Family Tree Version 10 synchronize with a MyHeritage User Tree in the near future?  I hope so!!

Disclosure:  I have purchased and been a user of Legacy Family Tree for over 10 years and enjoy many of the features of this program.  


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Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 29 May to 4 June 2024

Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:



*  How to Use Geneanet: A Guide for FamilySearch Users


2)  DNA News Stories



*  11.6 million Nordic Newspaper Pages Added To OldNews.com

*  Newspapers dot Com Update – May 2024

*  Chronicling America Updates – May 2024

*  British Newspaper Archive Adds/Updates 101 Titles – May, 2024

*  NewspaperARCHIVE Update – May 2024

*  Find My Past Adds/Updates 144 Historical Newspaper Titles – May 2024

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 22 to 28 May 2024..

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Seavers in the News -- 1978 Obituary of Guy O. Seaver (1890-1978) of Johnson City, Tennessee

 Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from The Press Sun [Johnson City, Tenn.] newspaper dated Sunday, 20 August 1978, page 2, Column 8:

The transcription of the article is:

"GUY O. SEAVER

"Guy O. Seaver, 87, 1302 Knob Creek Road, died at Johnson City Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon after a lengthy illness.

"Mr. Seaver was employed at the V.A. Center, Mountain Home, from 1932 until 1959, at which time he retired as fiscal officer, a position he held since 1944.  He was a native of Johnson City and son of the late George C. and Mary Ruth Reeves Seaver.  Mr. Seaver was one of the oldest members of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church.  He was a veteran of World War I, having served France with the U.S. Army and was a former member of Kings Mountain Post and Lester Harris Post of the American Legion.

"He was also treasurer of the local chapter of the American Red Cross for four years before his retirement.

"Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth McCorkle Seaver, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Connie Wood, Mrs. Shirley Buher, Chattanooga; one sister, Mrs. W.C. Phlegar, Colonial Hills Nursing Home; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

"Morris-Baker is in charge."

The source citation is:

"Guy O.Seaver," The Press Sun [Johnson City, Tenn.] newspaper, Sunday, 20 August 1978, page 2, column 8, Guy O. Seaver obituary; imaged,  Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 June 2024).

This obituary provides the decedent's name, death day, age, birth place, spouse's name, parents' names, children names, siblings names, military service, place of work, some associations, but not birth date or marriage information.

Guy Orlando Seaver (1890-1978) was born 21 September 1890 in Johnson City, Tennessee, the son of George Curry and  Mary Ruth "Molly" (Reeve) Seaver.  He died 19 August 1978 in Johnson City.  Guy Orlando Seaver married Ruth Lyle McCorkle (1898-1985) on 9 May 1920 in Washington County, Tennessee, and they had two children:

*  Ruth Constance "Connie" Seaver (1921-2012), married 1939 Robert Otis Wood (1913-1995).
*  Shirley Ann Seaver (1926-2015), married William Ralph Buher (1922-1987)

I am not related to Guy Orlando Seaver.  He is a descendant of Henry and Elizabeth (--?--) Seaver of Virginia.

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this is one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person's obituary names a lot of family members.  I am glad that I can honor Guy Orlando Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure:  I have a paid subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.


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Monday, June 3, 2024

Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 2 June 2024

  Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week.  

1)  Attended the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) General Meeting on Wednesday.  Tammy Hepps presented "When Henry Silverstein Got Cold: How Terrible Enumerators Help Us Do Better Census Research." 

2)  Participated in Mondays With Myrt on Monday (27 May).  We discussed AI tools, Cyndi's text expanders, Roberta's Genealogy Proof series, and creating and using locality guides.

3)  Transcribed the 1822 Deed of Thomas Partridge to Jonathan Allen in Ashtabula County, Ohio for the  Amanuensis Monday theme. 

4)  Wrote a genealogical sketch for my grand-uncle  Howard Edward Seaver (1893-1900) of Massachusetts for 52 Relatives theme.


6)  Found and saved more land records for ancestors on FamilySearch Full-Text Search, and found several probate estate files on Ancestry for my Partridge and Wakeman ancestors.

7)  Did a major purge of my computer Downloads folder, deleting extraneous files and moving useful files to the Ancestor files and to the Pictures files.

8)  Found obituaries for recent Seaver deaths and for my cousins' lines.  Researched my cousin's mother's ancestry and sent her a genealogy report.

9)  AncestryDNA now has 45,991 DNA matches (up 60 from 26 May) with 1952 "close" matches for me today, with no new ThruLines.  I added Notes to 9 new Matches, and no new Match lines to RootsMagic.  MyHeritageDNA now has 12,567 DNA matches (up 18 from 26 May) for me.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

10)  Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree.  I have matched 51,423 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 52).  

11) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 73,121 persons in my RootsMagic family tree (up 74), and 146,880 source citations (up 6).  TreeShared 257 new and updated profiles with my Ancestry tree.  Resolved 401 Ancestry Hints. My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 20,141 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  

12) Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Best of the Genea-Blogs: Week of 26 May to 1 June 2024  with over 137 views.  Genea-Musings had about 34,100 page views last week and over 280,100 views for the past month.  

13)  Real life:  I visited Linda almost every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility and we played Uno.  Went to the financial advisor on Thursday for the yearly update.  Attended the church Men's Breakfast Bible Study on Saturday.  Started reading John Sandford's Righteous Prey.  My Padres went 4-2 this week and are 32-30 on the season.  

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1822 Deed of Thomas Partridge to Jonathan Allen in Ashtabula County, Ohio

This week's document for transcription is the 1822 land deed of Thomas Partridge of Ashtabula County, Ohio to Jonathan Allen in the Ashtabula County, New York deed records.

*  Ashtabula County, Ohio Deeds, 1819-1824, image 205 of 369:


The transcription of this document is:


Thomas Partridge's deed to Jonathan Allen.

To all people to whom these presents shall come greeting: Know ye that I Thomas Partridge of the township of Wayne County of Ashtabula State of Ohio for the consideration of fourteen hundred & fifty dollars rece-ived to my full satisfaction of Jonathan Allen of the township of Hamden County of Geauga State aforesaid do grant bargain sell & confirm unto him the Jonathan Allen all the following described tract or parcel of land situate in Wayne township Ashtabula County it being in lots No. ninety seven or ninety six according to the original survey of that part of the township which is No. eight in the second range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve bounded as follows the first lot No. ninety seven to contain the whole lot of one hundred & sixty eight acres & fifty rods of land either same more or less. Also part of lot No. 96 beginning at the southwest corner of said lot, Thence north upon the west line of said lot far enough including one half of the road on the east side of said lot which road is not meant to be deeded or conveyed with a line running east to the east line of said lot parallel with the south line of sd. lot as will contain one hundred acres of land.

To have & to hold the above granted & bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him the said Jonathan Allen his heirs & assigns forever to their own proper use & behoof. And also I the said Thomas Partridge do for myself my heirs executors & administrators covenant with the said Jonathan Allen his heirs & assigns that at & until the ensealing of these presents I am well seized of the premises, as a good & feasible estate in fee simple & have good right to bargain and sell the same in form & manner as is above written & that the same is free of all incumbrances what soever. And furthermore the said Thomas Partridge do by these presents bind myself & my heirs forever to warrant & defend the above granted & bargained premises to him the said Jonathan Allen his heirs & assigns against all lawful claims & demands whatsoever.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty fifth day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.

Signed sealed & delivered in presence of                            his
Rufus Beman                                                        Thomas X Partridge
Alcinda E. Beman                                                             mark

State of Ohio & County of Trumbull, ss {L.S.} Personally appeared Thomas Partridge signer & deliverer of the foregoing deed & acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me at Gustavus this 25 day of July A.D. 1822. Rufus Beman Just. Peace

Entered Jany. 29, 1823 & Recorded Feby 24, 1823 by Lynds Jones Recorder.

The source citation for this deed is:

Ashtabula County, Ohio Land Records, Thomas Partridge to Jonathan Allen deed, dated 25 July 1822, recorded 24 February 1823; imaged, "Ashtabula, Ohio United States Records,"  FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WY-WQF3?view=explore : June 1, 2024), "Deeds 1819-1824," pages 360-361, image 205 of 369; Original records at Erie County, New York Court House.


This deed record is a Derivative Source (because it is a court clerk's handwritten record in a bound book), Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the sale of land in Wayne township in Ashtabula county, Ohio by Thomas Partridge to Jonathan Allen on 25 July 1822.

Thomas Partridge (1758-1828) was born 15 December 1758 in Guilford, Windham County, Vermont, the son of Jasper and Mary (Rice) Partridge. He died 1 October 1828 in Gustavus Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. Thomas married Hannah Wakeman (1763-1814)on 2 October 1785 in New York. Hannah was born 6 February 1763 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, the daughter of George and Sarah (Hill) Wakeman, and died 28 March 1814 in Wayne Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

Thomas and Hannah (Wakeman) Partridge are my 5th great-grandparents, through their daughter Mary Partridge (1792-1855) who married Cornelius Feather (1777-1853) in about 1804.

NOTE: I found this land record using the FamilySearch Full-Text Search, and used the AI transcribed text as the basis for the transcription of the document. Extensive editing of the AI transcribed text was necessary in places. I crafted the source citation using Evidence Explained 4th Edition standards rather than using the source citation provided by the Full-Text Search engine.

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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

Read other transcriptions of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Sunday, June 2, 2024

Best of the Genea-Blogs: Week of 26 May to 1 June 2024

  Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write hundreds of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for most daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

* Downsizing and Digitizing My Genealogy by Diana Bryan Quinn on Moments In Time, A Genealogy Blog.

* AI in Genealogy: ChatGPT-4o for Historical Photo Descriptions! By Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

* How to Use Relative Finder from FamilySearch by Mercedes Brons on Who Are You Made Of?

* 5 Tips for Research When the Courthouse Burned by Diana Elder on Family Locket.

* New GeneaGem: How to Use OpenLibrary.org for Genealogy by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Finding Where Your DNA Matches Belong Can Be Challenging by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.


*  Da Blue Dots Folks by Jeff Record on The Last Aha.  



*  Just Keep Looking… by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants.

*  Confirming a Father for Clemsy (Cline) Weatherford Using DNA Shared Matches and Cluster Research by Diana Elder on Family Locket.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday’s Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Friday Fossicking - 31st May 2024 by Crissouli on That Moment In Time.

*  This Week’s Crème de la Crème — June 1, 2024 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

*  5 Star Posts Week of 05/26/20204 - 06/01/20204  by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and  read their articles, and add the blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I currently am reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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Saturday, June 1, 2024

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Most Frustrating Research Challenge

  Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night Again - 

Time For Some More Genealogy Fun!!


Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision. 

1)  One of the goals of every genealogy researcher is to solve difficult name and relationship problems.  What is one of your most frustrating research challenge that you have not yet solved? 

2)  Share your challenging problem on your own blog or in a Facebook post.  Please share a link in Comments on this post if you write your own post.

Here's mine:

My most frustrating and challenging research problem at this time is the parents of Sarah Fletcher (1802-c1848), the wife of Abraham James Kemp (1795-1881) of Ontario, Canada. They are my 3rd great-grandparents. The only record I have with her name and birth date, and her marriage date with Abraham, is a family Bible record from a grandson of Abraham and Sarah.

The source citation in my RootsMagic file is:

Unknown author, John Evans Kemp (1883-1956) Family Bible transcript (Transcript at Huntington Beach CA Public Library), Sarah Kemp birth entry.

Here is my note about the source:

“A Kemp family Bible was in the possession of a descendant of Abram Kemp (1795- after 1881) of Norfolk County, Ontario. A transcript of the Bible entry was typed at some unknown time by an unknown person and a copy of the transcript was donated to the Orange County (CA) Genealogical Society and placed in the Huntington Beach (CA) Public Library in Orange County, California at an unknown time, where I found it in the stacks in the early 1990s.  I looked again for it about 10 years ago and could not find it."

The second page of the typed Bible record includes these notes:

“Abraham Kemp was married to Sarah Fletcher on 16th April 1818.

"BIRTHS

Ab'm Kemp 4 Nov 1795 (4 Dec 1795)
Sarah Kemp 7 July 1802 (about 1807)”

That’s all I have. I have searched for 36 years for Fletcher families in Ontario and Quebec without success. I searched for Fletcher families in the early 1800s in Prince Edward County and Lennox and Addington County in Ontario in that time frame with no results. Here is my 52 Ancestors post about her:

https://www.geneamusings.com/2015/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-54-61.html.

I have many DNA matches with Abraham and Sarah as the common ancestors, and I have searched the Shared Matches for those people to see if I can find Mystery Matches using Diahan Southard’s methods, but since Sarah’s parents would be my 4th great-grandparents, the matches from her parents would be my 5th cousins or more. It’s not impossible, but it is difficult.

So Sarah Fletcher remains a brick wall ancestor! 


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