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Showing posts with label Swafford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swafford. Show all posts
Monday, April 24, 2023

Cousin Meet-Up

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This weekend, I was at Spencer, Indiana in Owen County for a Patriot Grave Marking with the SAR. I'd reached out beforehand to my cousin...
Thursday, March 05, 2020

An Interesting Cluster of DNA Matches

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For years, I've wanted to solve the mystery of who my great-grandmother June's father was - ever since my grandmother first told me ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Research Trip to Monroe County, Indiana

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Last August, I headed down to the Bloomington area to do research at the Monroe County History Center . I would highly recommend visiting or...
Friday, May 24, 2019

Meeting Cousin Judy

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Back in April, I had the opportunity to hear Blaine Bettinger speak at the Indiana Genealogical Society annual conference in Fort Wayne.  T...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Am I Really Irish?

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While celebrating St. Patrick's Day yesterday at work by dressing up all in green, I was asked if I was Irish, as LeMaster didn'...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Grover C. Ault household, 1940, Bledsoe County, Tennessee

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Located the 1940 census record of the Grover C. Ault household in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Grover's wife, Ada, was my maternal 4th co...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

William Gilliland household, 1940, Monroe County, Indiana

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Located the 1940 census record of the William Gilliland household in Monroe County, Indiana.  William was my maternal 2nd great granduncle. ...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Obituary : Mrs. Thomas Crane, Bloomington Telephone, May 7, 1924

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Thanks to the folks at the Monroe County, Indiana Public Library, I was able to obtain a copy of the obituary of my maternal 3great-grandaun...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Shaky Leaves: Death of Peter Swafford, 1885, Owen County, Indiana

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Found additional information at Ancestry regarding Peter Swafford, my maternal 4th great-grandfather and his date of death.  According to th...
Sunday, January 03, 2016

Obituary : Peter Swafford, September 9, 1885, Republican Progress, Bloomington, Indiana

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Thanks to the folks at the Monroe County, Indiana Public Library, I was able to obtain a copy of the obituary of my maternal 4th-great grand...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

Monroe County Indiana Library's Obituary Index

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Found out that the Monroe County, Indiana Public Library has a really good obituary index site at http://mcpl.info/indiana/monroe-county-obi...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Triangulation

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Made a connection with my first good case of triangulation on chromosome 15 today.  Contacted a recent match at 23andMe (Robert) and began l...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Marriage Record: Robert F. Gilliland to Mary Davis, Owen County, Indiana, 1884

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"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images,  FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFV-S4Q : accessed...
Sunday, August 09, 2015

Census Sunday : Albert F. Adams household, 1940, Monroe County, Indiana

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My maternal 1st cousin 3 times removed, Gladys Marie (Gilliland) Adams, was enumerated in the 1940 census of Washington Township, Monroe Cou...
Thursday, December 04, 2014

Exploratory Data Analysis : James Austin Davis (c1850-1909)

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James Austin Davis (c1850-1909) was my maternal 3rd-great grandfather.  What follows is an exploratory analysis of the biographical data I h...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Exploratory Data Analysis : Mary Ellen (Swafford) Davis Gilliland (1854-1932)

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Mary Ellen (Swafford) Davis Gilliland (1854-1932) was my maternal 3rd-great grandmother.  What follows is an exploratory analysis of the bio...
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