Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Choose a direction already!

With so many ancestors sometimes it is hard to choose a path of discovery and actually stay on it. You know what I mean. You start with Grandpa and soon you are on his uncles cousin who has a prison record and much more exciting than anything in your direct line. I suffer from these distractions but am trying to make a concentrated effort to be more focused. And not neglect my blog project.

After finding potential witches from Salem in my family line, yes, direct line, I decided to really get down to getting all the documentation I could to make that link error proof. I got stuck on Anson Preston 1800-1891, my 4th Great Grandfather. Oh I have lots of documents on him, census records, grave stones, listed on childrens death certificates, but I don't have his death certificate or birth for that matter.

I did discover that there is an obituary in the Findlay Weekly Jeffersonian that very well could be him and after lots of procrastinating I put in an order for a copy. Now I await the arrival and cross my fingers that there is a mother load of information in the obit. In the meantime, I will stay on track and look for birth records, maybe...

16 comments:

  1. Welcome to Geneabloggers. I am the same way! Family History is Family History, and I tend to jump around too. :-)

    Yvette

    www.yvetteportermoore.com

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  2. Welcome to GeneaBloggers. Sometimes it helps me to go to something else and then come back and look at the "brick wall" with different eyes.

    Grant

    thestephensherwoodletters.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks Grant, I agree moving on and coming back does work.

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  3. Penny, everyone loves a great story, so I can hardly fault you for wanting to jump around! Eventually, it will all come together as you piece together each portion of your family constellation.

    I found your blog today, thanks to GeneaBloggers. I couldn't help but notice you are also researching a Stevens line. Of course, the chances of a connection are pretty slim, but maybe...

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    1. Thanks Jacqi, my Stevens are from West Virginia how about yours?

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  4. Welcome to Geneabloggers. I have so much trouble staying focused on one problem at a time.

    Regards, Jim
    Hidden Genealogy Nuggets

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  5. Welcome to geneabloggers! Keep up the great posts.

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  6. Welcome to geneablogger! I enjoyed reading your posts.

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  7. Funny how we all have Genealogy ADD in common! For me this hobby is one place where I can skip around to the "interesting" things and there are no consequences. Happy hunting!

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  8. I hope you find the information you are looking for in the obit. I'm sure you've already thought about this, but is it possible that Anson left a will? There might be some more information in that.

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  9. Welcome to GeneaBloggers! I have been known to get quite distracted myself while researching my family. Good luck and have fun with your research!

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