Category Archives: Parsons

John Parsons, AGBI, and the 1790 Census

Census Sunday By Don Taylor Sometimes you encounter sources that don’t make sense. Recently, I encounter several trees that identified John Parsons being in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Volume 131, Page 462, and that the AGBI was the source. … Continue reading

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John Parsons (Jr. & Sr.) in the Sandisfield Town Records

Amanuensis[i] Monday Brown-Sanford-Parsons By Don Taylor Microfilm, 1728095, microfilmed by the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah at the Town Hall, Sandisfield, Massachusetts provide a treasure of information regarding the various families of Sandisfield. Image 377, (Page 335) provides two … Continue reading

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Chester Parsons in the News – Lawsuit Settled & Real Estate for Sale

In the News By Don Taylor  In the News” is my reporting of discovered newspaper articles and advertising regarding ancestors I am researching.  Chester Parsons is a fourth great-grandfather of mine. The information found in newspapers often raises more questions … Continue reading

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

My Irish Ancestry Brown/Sanford/Parsons/Maben Roberts/Scott I grew up being told I was English, Irish, and French. And modern DNA testing results have confirmed that.  Ancestry indicates that I am 18 percent Irish and the rest “Great Britain” which included England, … Continue reading

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