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FindMyPast
When I first saw FindMyPast I was particularly struck by the maps which show you the person’s location on that census. I could see many uses for that. And the census maps in FindMyPast would be useful — IF they … Continue reading
Posted in census, Downing, FindMyPast, Logan County, Sangamon County, SSDI
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Mapping My Ancestors
Mapping your family’s historical residences comes up from time to time. Recently blogger Randy Seaver wrote about it in his Genea-Musings. Genealogist Lisa Louise Cooke did an excellent webinar on the subject for RootsMagic. I have her CD set “Google Earth … Continue reading
Posted in Downing, google earth, map my family tree, Seaver
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FEMALE ANCESTORS
How many generations in your direct female line do you know? This question is for females. The way records were kept men can generally go further back with data on male lines than females with their female lines. Mitochondrial DNA … Continue reading
Posted in Downing, Lake Bank Cemetery, Logan County, low, lucas, Ryan, Turner, wood
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Google Images
Randy Seaver, a prolific genealogy blogger, wrote about finding cemetery images on Google Images recently. Naturally I had to try it. I am not sure how it works but searching for “Robert Downing cemetery” brought up his stone, his relatives’ … Continue reading
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This is my maternal grandfather’s mother’s line.Eliza S. “Lida” Harding [1869-1942] m. William H. Downing [1863-1903] m. John Rupp [1878-1935]doBenjamin Harding [1836-1915] m. Mary Ellen Clark [1847-1914]so Daniel Harding [1798-1869] m. Elizabeth Wilson [1801-1884]soJohn Bennett Hardin [?-1849] probable but not sufficiently … Continue reading
Posted in ancestors, Clarl. Wilson, Downing, genealogy, Harding, Illinois, Isgrig, Logan County, Morrow, Shellhammer, Shoup, Winans
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I recently had a lengthy email correspondence with another transplanted Logan County native. We have different backgrounds and no ancestors in common but when we started talking our ancestors, collaterals and their families brushed at so many spots that I … Continue reading
Posted in ancestors, Chenoweth, District 96, DNA, Downing, genealogy, Harding, Illinois, Kirby, Logan County, Matthews, Ryan, Scroggin, South Carolina, Ulster
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William Henry Downing Probate
William Henry Downing’s probate file came from the Logan County Circuit Clerk. Parts of it could be found at IRAD and the whole probate would be in the FamilySearch files.On December 2, 1903, in the typhoid epidemic, William Henry Downing … Continue reading
Posted in beckers, brooker, Downing, FamilySearch, Harding, Illinois, IRAD, Logan County, probate, Shellhammer, upp
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Delilah Downing Downing Shellhammer Will
Delilah Downing Downing Shellhammer was the youngest child of Robert Downing whose probate was previously discussed. I had never considered that she had a will or probate but I found it in the probate records posted online at FamilySearch. These probate … Continue reading
Posted in Downing, FamilySearch, Illinois, Logan County, probate, Shellhammer
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Robert Downing Probate
This is the first of several planned posts on probate. This probate file was obtained in the standard way from the Logan County Circuit Court Clerk. On June 14, 1887, Robert Downing died. The War of 1812 veteran and one … Continue reading
Posted in Downing, illnois, Logan County, probate
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Samuel Downing, my ggg grandfather, was second of 16 children. His immediate younger brother Thomas followed him to Illinois and purchased neighboring land. Thomas had three wives. He apparently had a thing for the number 13 too. [Remember that.] He … Continue reading
Posted in Downing, french, huff, kellison, Logan County, sherman
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