Thanks to my distant cousin Joan Sickles
I now have the parentage of Hannah Paddock
Hannah married Simeon J. Caryl of Vermont
Hannah parents are John Paddock & Lydia Whitney, they had moved to New York state.
What brought me to the clue was the birth place of their son Simeon N. Caryl, which is Brownville, Jefferson, NY
I entered into Google search: Brownville, NY census 1820 Paddock?
I was astonished to see that there were several places to look for info. So yippy I have a Brick Wall solved.
Use Google see what brick wall you can break down. Find your Ancestors
Showing posts with label Brick wall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brick wall. Show all posts
20 January 2013
05 September 2012
Brick Wall : Hannah Paddock
Brick Wall: Hannah
Paddock
I have a new clue.
Today I saw on a public tree in
Ancestry.com Hannah
Paddock with a
father listed as Frederick E. Paddock.
No mother listed though.
Hot digity dog. I
hope I can retrace the
steps of the maker of that tree. I want to
see if I can get the same conclusion
29 March 2012
Strategies to break down the Brick Wall
What to do when you have gone everywhere possible that you can think of?
1. Ask a librarian that your familiar with where they would look for more clues if they were you.
2. If you have not yet searched data bases on-line do so, which includes a Google search, name of person & birth date ie... Daid Putman b. 1783
3. Have you gone to the local town/city library where your brick wall was born, married or died ?
4. Looking through land records might also be in your favor.
5. What about Probate records there could be a will etc...
6. Newpapers.
7. Ask your family members again if they remember any stories about the family history.
8. Reread your Research, documents etc...
9. Have you looked for your same generation/ or older-younger cousins who might also be searching your same family line.
10, Ask a contemporary to ask questions of you it might help you to find something you have not asked yourself yet.
1. Ask a librarian that your familiar with where they would look for more clues if they were you.
2. If you have not yet searched data bases on-line do so, which includes a Google search, name of person & birth date ie... Daid Putman b. 1783
3. Have you gone to the local town/city library where your brick wall was born, married or died ?
4. Looking through land records might also be in your favor.
5. What about Probate records there could be a will etc...
6. Newpapers.
7. Ask your family members again if they remember any stories about the family history.
8. Reread your Research, documents etc...
9. Have you looked for your same generation/ or older-younger cousins who might also be searching your same family line.
10, Ask a contemporary to ask questions of you it might help you to find something you have not asked yourself yet.
09 March 2012
Never Give Up in Your Research
By never giving up you are endeavoring to bring about the real truth of your Family history. Was Reba McIntire lucky or what. All the great Genealogist & Historians helping her out. If we all could have such help. Probably 80% of us of European heritage would know exactly who we are even without DNA testing.
For example in my family lines. I have French Ancestors that left France went over to the New World. Every generation is documented along the way. I have read several books containing this valuable information. Once I was able to piece the back way generation with the forward generation Voila I had them. [ By the way it took a cousin John Baudet of NJ to direct me. Thank goodness for cousins, does not matter how many times removed, yea Cousins.] The way John found me, of course this is well before GenForum & Message boards, was by a LDS service where I sent in a small form that contained a Female ancestor name. Along with my contact information.
I had not given up it was just a few years of waiting. I have also had much luck with the message boards. Have you! You won't unless you add your information your seeking to a board. These services are free. You can even have a email sent when there is a new post to that particular board. by all means read through the instructions to see if you need to create a new board for the particular family name.
I started a board for a client. It is a difficult challenge to find information when your not able to go in person.
The board is less then a year old. It has connected some other cousins with each other. But the search is still on for verifiable information. As well as someone knowledgeable to help in the search. I just know when the right person reads the post they will get back to me quickly. The answer will be there.
I know theses days with the computer we can easily fill in a family tree in a day. But we all know of the Brick Walls. One thing I tell myself is that there is someone out there with that piece of info. When will they contact me & pass it off to me?
Going forward in genealogy allows you to time travel.
For example in my family lines. I have French Ancestors that left France went over to the New World. Every generation is documented along the way. I have read several books containing this valuable information. Once I was able to piece the back way generation with the forward generation Voila I had them. [ By the way it took a cousin John Baudet of NJ to direct me. Thank goodness for cousins, does not matter how many times removed, yea Cousins.] The way John found me, of course this is well before GenForum & Message boards, was by a LDS service where I sent in a small form that contained a Female ancestor name. Along with my contact information.
I had not given up it was just a few years of waiting. I have also had much luck with the message boards. Have you! You won't unless you add your information your seeking to a board. These services are free. You can even have a email sent when there is a new post to that particular board. by all means read through the instructions to see if you need to create a new board for the particular family name.
I started a board for a client. It is a difficult challenge to find information when your not able to go in person.
The board is less then a year old. It has connected some other cousins with each other. But the search is still on for verifiable information. As well as someone knowledgeable to help in the search. I just know when the right person reads the post they will get back to me quickly. The answer will be there.
I know theses days with the computer we can easily fill in a family tree in a day. But we all know of the Brick Walls. One thing I tell myself is that there is someone out there with that piece of info. When will they contact me & pass it off to me?
Going forward in genealogy allows you to time travel.
07 March 2012
Brick Walls Discussed 1 At Time :Hannah Paddock
Brick Walls Discussed 1 At Time :Hannah Paddock
A birth date for Hannah is 12 March 1816 in Jefferson County, New York
Married Simeon J. Caryl in New York, one child Simeon N. Caryl.
Moved with son to Michigan by 1874
Death date 09 Sept. 1874 in Oregon Township, Lapeer County,
Michigan
As you can note no parents names are listed.
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