Sometimes one has to realize when it’s time to refocus and move in a different research direction. I’m about there on the second husband of an ancestor whose first husband (my ancestor) died in late 1855 in Warsaw, Illinois. She and the second husband were married by May of 1856 and they were parted by the end of that month when he left for parts unknown.
All I know is George’s name and that he was old enough to serve as a guardian/administrator of an estate in May of 1856. That’s it.
And the one signature I have of him looks to be in German script.
And his name is written as Fendler once in the record instead of Fennan.
It still may be time to really think about how much I need to research this “short term” husband of my ancestor, but I may know more about him than I think.
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Isn’t it interesting how those people who are only connected by marriage, and even only to marriage of others who are only connected by marriage, can pull in a research direction you never initially intended?
I call such people out-laws and do what I can to find out about them, but eventually I have to go back to the ones I’m actually related to, and their in-laws.
Genealogy research is such a wonderful puzzle that it’s hard to find a stopping place.
Yes. I agree with Kathleen. Those out-laws often seem to be more prolific breeders than the in-laws and generate more research than is warranted. But aren’t they fascinating!!!!