Posts in December 9, 2020

The couple had the last of their dozen children in Massachusetts around the turn of the 19th century. That was approximately the same time their oldest child got married and shortly before the husband sold property he had owned for over twenty years. A genealogy of the husband’s family fails to mention anything about the couple after the real estate is transferred. Marriage and death information is included for some of their children and there is some information on what happened to the husband’s siblings. While it’s tempting to say that the couple went in the witness protection program or were abducted by aliens, the reality is likely somewhat different. My approach is to look for them in the areas where their children settled and lived. I need […]