If you are fortunate enough to have a list of people who purchased property at your ancestor’s estate sale, consider locating those people in the decennial census before and after the sale–at least as a place to start finding out more about them if census records are available for the time period. Where the purchasers were from or where they moved to may help you on your ancestor. Purchasers at an estate sale can be one way to find out names of ancestral associates. Sometimes one finds the same names (or at least last names) as neighbors of ancestors when they lived in other locations.
Many records make no distinctions between full and half-siblings. Is it possible that siblings you think are full siblings are half-siblings and someone was married before or had a previous relationship? And there’s always the chance that people referred to as siblings are actually step-siblings.
My “Charts, Organizational Approaches, and Color” webinar was held yesterday and was a hit with our attendees. The recording and handout have now been made available for purchase and download. More details on our announcement page.
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