Category Archives: Projects

Vigo County Public Library

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Don Taylor

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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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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Ancestor Sketch – Ruby Foster Wilmoth (1912-1966)

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Don Taylor

Rittenberry Project Rittenberry-Shoemake-Wilmoth By Don Taylor Names fascinate me. When I was a child, I had a pastor whose name was Joyce. Since then, I’ve encountered other men with names that were unusual for men to have, such as Nancy … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Sketch – William Cameron Bradley

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Don Taylor

Bradley-Hingston Project Bradley Line By Don Taylor It is often difficult to keep track of individuals with the same name. In the case of William Cameron Bradley, there were two William C. Bradley’s that lived in Philadelphia at the same … Continue reading →

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