Category Archives: Projects

DNA – Glennis’ Paternal Search – Part 16

It’s a new first cousin. After years of researching, we are getting closer to determining my half-sister’s (Glennis) biological father. In AncestryDNA matches, Glennis had a new match with a woman, I’ll call “A,” with whom Glennis shares 1,045cM across … Continue reading

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Vigo County Public Library

Some time ago, I was researching ancestors who lived in Vigo County, Indiana. While researching, I found the Public Library there had some excellent genealogical resources. I added their website, https://www.vigo.lib.in.us to my bookmarks and promised myself that I’d return. … Continue reading

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DNA Doesn’t Lie – John Montran

Brown-Montran Line By Don Taylor For a few years, I’ve hypothesized that my great-grandfather, John F. Montran and John Foster Montran were the same person. I have been unable to find a record of John F. Montran and my great-grandmother, … Continue reading

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Descendant Bio – Dorothy Bell Cologne (1924-2017)

John Foster Montran Descendants By Don Taylor The John Montran Descendants Project is a personal project to explore the possibility that my great-grandfather, John Montran married twice. Once to Ida May Barber and once to Maude Minnie Winter. I believe … Continue reading

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Hemsworth Speculation

Hemsworth Speculation Leads to a Conclusion. Peterson Paternal ProjectBy Don Taylor I think I have enough information to finally speculate on my half-sister’s paternity. I’ll call each of the individuals in this study by the amount of DNA they share … Continue reading

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