Category Archives: Surname Projects

Ancestor Sketch – Emily S. Earle (1850-1926)

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Don Taylor

Bradley-Hingston Project By Don Taylor As I get to know an ancestor, it is my practice to look at an individual’s life in several passes. The first pass is, “Just the basics.” That is to say, determine the birth, marriage, … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – Thomas Washington Harris

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Don Taylor

Welch-Harris Line By Don Taylor   Welch-Harris Project – Ancestor WH12 List of Grandparents 6 – Grandfather: Living 12 – 1st Great-grandfather: Thomas Washington Harris 24 – 2nd Great-grandfather: Raymond O. Harris 48 – 3rd Great-grandfather: Thomas L. Harris Thomas … Continue reading →

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Sketch – Albert B. Chase

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Don Taylor

Blanchard Project Utterstrom/Chase Research by Don Taylor It is so good when everything comes together during an initial inquiry into an ancestor. To me, an initial inquiry includes finding birth, marriage, and death records for the individual, plus following the … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Bio – Oscar Hopfe

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Don Taylor

Hopfe Project By Don Taylor One of my favorite documents to find is a Naturalization Record.  I was recently researching Oscar Hopfe. Oscar was born in Germany on 12 April 1896 and came to the United States, arriving on 2 … Continue reading →

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Ancestry DNA – DNA Story

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Don Taylor

One of the kits I manage, I’ll call “JS,” has received his Ethnicity Estimate and he now knows he is 88% descended from England, Wales, and Northwestern Europe, 10% from Ireland and Scotland, and two percent from Germanic Europe. Pretty … Continue reading →

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