My Turner lineage has been one of the most difficult and troublesome to trace. Of the…
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Genealogy challenges: Part 1 – General overview
The vast majority of my posts have been about successes in tracing my ancestors and their…
Death Records: a bit grim but worth accessing
Ok, in Western societies, death is a taboo subject. We don’t like it and we don’t…
Southern African-American 19th Century naming conventions
Understanding 19th and early 20th Century naming conventions – the structure and method of naming children…
Mystery#1: Getting to grips with James Mitchell Zachariah Sheffey [Mitchell Sheffey]
James Mitchell Zachariah Sheffey, Dicey Brock, Jersey (or Judy) Clark, Emily Cook, Martha Ann Hill and…
James Zachariah Mitchell Sheffey [Mitchell Sheffey] family tree
Wythe County, Virginia You can view this full screen by clicking the full screen options (the…
Recording names: Maiden names
One of the common challenges I come across in my family history research has to do…
Genealogy adventures: sifting family facts from myth
One of the earliest myths around the Sheffey name that I can remember is that the…
What’s in a name #2: Getting to grips with the misspelling of names
There is another fun aspect of searching for your ancestors in historical records: the misspelling of…
What’s in a name #1: abbreviations & nicknames
Abbreviated first names one of the things to get to grips with when searching online census,…