Located the 1940 census record of the Elvin Cox household in Butler County, Kansas.  Elvin is my maternal 3rd cousin 4 times removed.  Our c...

Located the 1940 census record of the Albert Barker household in Lake County, Indiana.  Albert was Piper's paternal 3rd great grandfathe...

Another one of my genealogy goals for 2016 includes working towards documenting descent for admission into heredity societies.  For instance...

Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original da...

The BARKER surname is in my maternal line.  The origins of the surname are likely English, and this particular line of Barkers were Quaker. ...

The ALLEN surname is in my maternal line.  The origins of the surname are Irish. Stories and history : Ahnentafel # 3764 : John Allen (1...

The DAVIS surname is in my maternal line.  No connection has yet been found to my other DAVIS lines.  This line was of the Quaker faith.  Th...

1682 - Mary WRIGHT born.  Mary was the daughter of Alexander WRIGHT and Mary FERGUS. 1700 - Thomas PHILBRICK died in Hampton, Province of ...

1652 - Francis REYNOLDS born.  Francis was the son of William REYNOLDS and Margaret EXTON. 1655 - Samuel PIERCE died.  Samuel was the son ...

1693 - Johannes BRAÜN died in Würrtemberg.  Johannes was the son of Michael BRAÜN.  Johannes was my 9x-great grandfather. 1716 - Thomas SE...

1703 - William KOUWENHOVEN born in New Jersey.  William was the son of Pieter Willemse VAN KOUWENHOVEN and Patience DAWS. 1715 - John BEAL...

1760 - Nicholas BARKER married Hannah ALLEN in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Nicholas was the son of Daniel BARKER and Elizabeth NICHOLA...

1569 - John CLARKE born in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.  John was the son of John CLARKE and Katherine COOKE. 1583 - Peter STANLEY died in...

It's been one week since I started my "cousin bait" posts entitled "On This Day..."  As mentioned previously , the p...

From across the Rootsweb mailing list for Hamilton County, Indiana comes the following disturbing news: In the early-mid 1960's the W...

Source: Postoffice Directory of Hamilton County, Indiana; 1893-94; Ledger Book and Job Print, Noblesville, Indiana; page 47. My maternal 4...

My maternal 4th-great grandparents, John T. BEALS and Mary DAVIS, were married April 19, 1848 in Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana.  John...

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 8 th -great grandfather, Joshua Hadley. Joshua was born March 6, 1702/03 in King...

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 8 th -great grandfather, John Allen. John was born February 8, 1719/20 in London...

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 8th-great grandmother, Phebe Scarlett. Phebe was born November 4, 1722 in Chest...