Category Archives: Brown-Montran

Arthur Brown in the Censuses

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Don Taylor

Census Sunday Brown Line By Don Taylor Introduction I have long believed that Arthur Durwood Brown, my great-grandfather was the son of William Henry Brown and not the son of Henry Mack Brown. I think that the 1870 and 1880 … Continue reading →

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Sanford – Surname Saturday

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Don Taylor

Name Origin Sanford is an English variant of Sandford that relates to geographical locations. Possibly refers to ancestors of the Sandford parishes in Devon and Oxfordshire, a township in Berkshire or Salop or other Sandford locations.[i] Geographical Today the vast … Continue reading →

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John Parsons, Jr. & The Family Search Wiki

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Don Taylor

John Parsons, Jr. & The Hartford – Albany Turnpike By Don Taylor Sometimes, the obvious eludes me. After my first pass on an individual searching Family Search, Ancestry, and drafting up a basic sketch for an individual, I like to … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – John Parsons, Jr.

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Don Taylor

Brown/Sanford/Parsons Line By Don Taylor One of my processes is to tentatively accept conflicting data regarding an individual. As I continue my research, I look for info to help corroborate either fact. When I finally do my ancestor sketch, I … Continue reading →

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John Parsons, AGBI, and the 1790 Census

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Don Taylor

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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