Don’t assume the first couple whose names are “close” to the ones of interest are actually yours. In 1880 in rural Walker Township in Hancock County, Illinois, there’s a family headed by a Michael and Franciska Trautvetter and one headed by a Michael and Franciska Turnhoffer. Both are of German descent. They are two entirely different couples. Similar names do not always imply the same people. ——————— Genealogy Tip of the Day is sponsored by GenealogyBank—search for your ancestors.
When ancestors “disappear” from records after they’ve reached a certain age, it usually is suggested that if they “didn’t die where they were supposed to,” that one look for them living near or with one of their adult grown children. Several of my ancestors who “disappeared” were actually living near one of their children after their “disappearance.” Melinda Newman and her husband were living in White County, Indiana, after their children had left for other states. When I could not find Melinda after her husband’s 1861 death, it was because she had moved to Linn County, Iowa, to be near several of her grown children. But…. Not everyone does that. Melinda’s own son, William Newman, did not. After his children had all left the nest, William and his wife […]
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