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Category Archives: Geographic Genealogy
Amanda Taft Whitney (1798–1872): An Ancestor Sketch
Born in Massachusetts in 1798 and carried west as an infant by her migrating family, Amanda Taft Whitney spent her life in Broome County, New York — raising ten children and outliving most of her generation. Her story is unusually well-documented. Read on to meet a woman the census records refused to forget. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Features, Ancestor Sketch, Family Lines, Geographic Genealogy, Massachusetts Genealogy, New York Genealogy, Roberts-Barnes
Tagged 1800 Census, 1850 Census, 1855 New York State Census, 1865 New York State Census, 4th Grand-Aunt, Amanda Taft Whitney, Ancestor Sketch, Asa Taft, Broome County NY, Chauncey Whitney, Hinsdale Massachusetts, New England Migration, Partridgefield Massachusetts, Sarah Whitney Taft, Sharon Schoharie County New York, Taft Family, Triangle Broome County New York
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Unidentified Faces – Dyer, Libby, and Six Unlabeled Women
Linwood Dyer Collection, Part 097By Don Taylor IntroductionThe Scarborough Historical Society maintains several important photographic collections documenting people, places, and events. In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine eight more photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Maine Genealogy, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Portland Maine Photographers, Faces from the Past, Libby family, Cumberland County Maine, Dyer family, Scarborough Historical Society, Jackson & Kinney, Cape Elizabeth Maine, Maine genealogy, Cabinet Cards, Linwood Dyer Collection
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Lurancy Taft (1796-1870)
Luransa Taft (1796–1870), Ahnentafel #41, was the daughter of Asa Taft and Sarah Whitney and spent most of her life in Triangle, Broome County, New York. Married at seventeen to Luman Olmstead, she raised a large family and appears regularly in state and federal censuses. This profile confirms her maternal line and helps clarify confusion surrounding similarly named women in the Taft family. Continue reading
Posted in Massachusetts Genealogy, Ancestor Sketch, Roberts-Barnes
Tagged Berkshire County Massachusetts, Sarah Whitney, Taft, maternal lineage research, 19th Century Genealogy, Triangle New York, Broome County New York, Asa Taft, Partridgefield Massachusetts, Luransa Taft, Lurancy Olmstead
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Taylor – Surname Saturday
The Taylor surname traces an occupational origin rooted in England and extends through multiple generations of my family from 17th-century New England to 19th-century Michigan. This article examines three documented Taylor ancestors—John Taylor, Rhoda Taylor, and Fanny Taylor—highlighting their place in early colonial settlement, frontier warfare, Atlantic migration, and American industrial expansion. Continue reading
Posted in Brown-Montran, Surname Saturday, Massachusetts Genealogy
Tagged Parsons, Massachusetts Colony, Taylor surname, English immigration, New England genealogy, Rhoda Taylor Parsons, John Taylor 1641, Montran, Fanny Taylor Blackhurst, Sanford, Michigan pioneers, occupational surnames
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