<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Need to unsubscribe?<a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com" style="" target="_blank"> Manage here</a>. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">19 February 2026</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** How Much to Prove James is Riley\u2019s Pa?</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Using the Catalog at FamilySearch Webinar</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Creating Families from pre-1850 US Census Records</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">--------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">How Much to Prove James is Riley\u2019s Pa?</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">--------------------------------</font></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I had never located one record that clearly stated that James Rampley (1803 Harford County, Maryland-1884 Hancock County, Illinois) was the father of Riley Rampley (1835 Coshocton County, Ohio-1893 Hancock County, Illinois). Other than printed county histories there are no sources that state the relationship explicitly. County histories are not always the most reliable of sources and they weren\u2019t going to cut it for my relative\u2019s DAR application.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">In summary, two records connected James and Riley as father and son.</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">A 1907 court case from Hancock County, Illinois, included testimony from witnesses and a judicial decision that indicated that Riley Rampley, James Rampley, Thomas Rampley, John Rampley, and Martha (Rampley) Luft were siblings. The court case was a partition suit that came about as a result of John\u2019s death without children. James, Thomas, Martha, and Riley\u2019s children (all of whom were named) were determined to be John\u2019s heirs at the time of his death.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Martha Luft\u2019s 1923 death certificate indicated her father was James Rampley. No place of birth for James was given or any other identifying information was given. A granddaughter was the informant.</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">And so I wondered?</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Do I need to connect this James Rampley\u2013father of Martha on the death certificate\u2013with the James Rampley who was living in Hancock County, Illinois, in the mid-19th century? That James Rampley was already known to have been the son of Thomas Johnson and Christianna (DeMoss) Rampley who died in Coshocton County, Ohio, in the first part of the 19th century. How much evidence did I need?</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">After all, the death certificate just says \u201cJames Rampley.\u201d I thought I needed just a little more in case someone else doubted the connection.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">So I included the 1850 and 1860 census enumerations for James Rampley and his wife, Elizabeth (Chaney) Rampley. They showed the children in their household (admittedly with no relationships stated). There was an Elizabeth Rampley as a child in the 1850 household who died before 1860 and left no heirs. That\u2019s why she was not listed in the estate settlement. Otherwise the children listed matched those named in the 1907 partition suit.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><img src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1850-james-rampley-1024x379.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="278" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: block; text-align: initial; clear: both;"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><img src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1860-james-rampley.jpg" alt="" width="984" height="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; display: block; text-align: initial; clear: both;"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I felt the census tightened up my case.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">What do you think?</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Keep in mind:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">there is no estate settlement for James or Elizabeth\u2013the parents</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">there is no death certificates providing parental information for any of the Rampley sons</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">there are no deeds that mention relationships</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Civil War pensions for the sons do not state any parental relationships either</font></li></ul><div><font color="#17252a" face="georgia, serif" size="4">---------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font color="#17252a" face="georgia, serif" size="4">Working with Pre-1850 US Census Records</font></div><div><font color="#17252a" face="georgia, 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