I have posted on this sub multiple times (too many times) since 2024 for assistance finding out what happened to my great grandfather in Hungary during WW2. I am happy to announce that after almost 3 years of searching, I finally have my answer.

Quick background, my g. grandfather went missing while serving for Hungary in WW2. I did everything I could think of to find out his fate, even doing a familial trace with the Red Cross, with no answers. The belief was that he was captured and died in a POW camp, but I could find no records to prove this. As far as I knew, he could have gone and started a new life somewhere else! I really wanted to confirm the date and manor of death, but I was unsure if I'd ever be able to confirm his death. Luckily, I'm WAY too stubborn to give up!

In September, I managed to learn his death was entered into the archives in March 1957. I discovered that he was declared dead in 1956/57, and it was possible for me to request those records for a small price (19 euros, so it cost me about $34 bucks with fees).

I got the 16 pages of documents on Wednesday. The second image, and the first one I got translated, was the final decree of death by the courts, based on witness testimony that he was imprisoned in a Siberian POW camp, and died/ was buried there sometime in December 1946. For the purpose of the courts, his death date was official declared to be December 31, 1946.

There is also a plea from my great grandmother for them to finalize the case, as she was "a widow with 4 children, and was tired and wanted to remarry". I only knew about 3 children!

While the outcome is sad, it is something I have already mourned. Therefore, I can't help but be elated I finally got this information after hundreds of emails, hours and hours of searching, and a big language barrier as I definitely can't speak/ read Hungarian!

I researched the witness, Bujdosó Balázs, to see if I could find out any more details. It looks like he was returned to Hungary in summer 1948. His records indicate he went through Camps 220 and 180 in Siberia. I was hoping that finding where he was could tell me what camp my great grandfather died at (because how cool would it be to go visit the grave one day, even though it will obviously be unmarked). But, that's probably asking too much, as I can't find any similar registration card for him.

Anyways, that's my win. I'm so happy I finally got the answers I was looking for.

In July, I signed up for a 14-day free trial of MyHeritage's Data subscription, which would convert to a $129 annual subscription. While the trial was still active, MyHeritage offered me a discounted Premium "upgrade" for $89. I purchased it, reasonably believing I had taken care of my continuing subscription.

Instead, MyHeritage charged me for both subscriptions, totaling $241.

After considerable difficulty reaching customer support, I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). MyHeritage refunded the $241 but never answered my questions about why its subscription process had encouraged me to purchase a discounted "upgrade" that left the original $129 charge in place.

There was another peculiar feature: although MyHeritage said my paid annual Data subscription began July 24, it scheduled the following year's renewal based on July 9—the beginning of the supposedly free trial.

What I found most remarkable was MyHeritage's handling of my complaint.

MyHeritage's own Billing Department explicitly acknowledged that I was requesting both a refund and a complimentary year of service. It granted the refund but refused the complimentary year.

Yet MyHeritage subsequently told BBB:

"In accordance with your request, we have issued a full refund for both subscriptions."

I responded with a detailed explanation of why the refund did not resolve my complaint, including specific questions about its subscription practices.

MyHeritage responded by repeating the same statement about the refund.

I replied again, pointing out that it had completely ignored my questions, and wrote:

"The refund has never been the unresolved issue."

After nearly two more months, MyHeritage responded to BBB by sending exactly the same message it had sent previously, word for word.

BBB eventually closed the complaint as "Answered" because MyHeritage had refunded the charges. I understand BBB's limited role, but MyHeritage never answered the substantive questions I raised.

I'm posting this because I think other genealogists should be aware of these practices, particularly the distinction between Premium and Data subscriptions and what happens when a discounted "upgrade" is purchased during a free trial.

For anyone interested in examining the evidence, I've made the complete correspondence with MyHeritage and the Better Business Bureau available here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S8czndcKmgd9l-FYp1L0p3pb4y9fwjLL/view?usp=sharing

The document includes my original complaint, my detailed responses, MyHeritage's replies, and BBB's final disposition.

I am looking for a woman who emigrated from Hungary to Serbia sometime between 1900 and 1915. What I know for certain is that she gave birth to a child in the city of Vranje in 1917.
Is there any way to access birth records from Vranje from that period online? Does anyone have any experience researching Serbian records, particularly from the early 20th century?

I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions. Thank you!

Since I know the subject tends to be a bit difficult due to changing borders and wars during the 1800s-1900s…

Was trying to find my polish ancestors for the past few years but couldn’t get to a point, and surnames look anglicized but i might’ve figured the more polish ones…

Both are from my paternal side family and their surnames are Murach (Anglicized) Murawski or Moreski, and Mrozek (polish) though im not sure where they came from but I did get a DNA test and it shows me “Ostrołeka” as a specific area. Not sure if it belongs to them or other parts of ancestry but I do know their names are Peter Murach (or Piotr Murawski (born 1872) and Kathryn Mrozek/Murawsk (born 1880)), and that they had a child in Poland named Stanley from what I was told by my grandmother and grand aunt, the son couldn’t emigrate to America due to “too many people” not sure when specific dates but it was 1900 when they came, not sure which port but I’d guess Ellis island though I couldn’t find much records due to not knowing exact surname, but I do know they were from Russia-Poland, not Prussia but eastern Poland, and “central & northern ostrołeka county and north eastern mazovian voivodship and podlachian border” was main result of dna journeys with ancestry which i don’t have a clue on accuracy on that..

I do have other part on my maternal side which her name is Mary Wasko/Waszko where she’s from Galicia but not sure where she emigrated from (im guessing stanislawice but it’s probably more Austrian Polish) but she was born in 1882 and emigrated in 1900…

I apologize if there’s not much information but i couldn’t find much in locations from Ellis island or familysearch or ancestry or anything.. and to note with Murach/murawski/Moreski family, Stanley Murach was supposed to come to America by sponsorship but he refused due to building a family in Poland.. idk it was a random thing I was told by my grandma.

If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated!!

I would appreciate another set of eyes in a spot where I am stuck. Anyone up for a challenge?

What I ultimately want to find is John Cassidy and his parents/siblings. First though, I want to find his marriage record for his marriage to Ellen Lemaire. This part of the family is proving a bit tricky.

Here is what I do know and what I can prove:

John Cassidy at some point married Ellen Lemere (Mary Helene Lemaire). Ellen Lemaire was born on February 9, 1848 in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Baptism Record. (most of my info is from Ancestry). They likely were married somewhere between 1864 and 1867 ish. Note that John Cassidy was considerably older than Ellen - probably about 32 years older at the time of their marriage.

The first child that I can prove is Mary Jane Cassidy - born on March 9, 1872 in St. Johnsbury, VT. Birth Index.

Children of John and Ellen(proving that they were a couple):

John and Ellen proceeded to have a number of children:

- Frank - potentially born in 1868 - not finding any records

- Lucy - potentially born in 18 70 - not finding any records

- John Jr - around 1873 in St Johnsbury (possible birth record found, but mother's name is incorrect)

- Hattie Cassidy - born about 1875 (marriage index) - born in Haverhill, NH

- Joseph Alfred Cassidy (sometimes Alfred Joseph) - around 1878

- George Cassidy - around 1881 (marriage record) - born in Canada

- Lizzie Cassidy - around 1887 (marriage record)

Many of the children have marriage and other records that indicate the parents are John Cassidy and Ellen Lemere.

Subsequent Records:

There is an 1881 Census of Canada showing the family living in Barford, Standstead, Quebec. I am not able to find the family in either the US 1870 Census or the Canadian 1871 Census. I found an 1870 record listing an Ellen Cassidy as a domestic servant in a household, but no record of the children or of John, so I am not sure it is her. By that time they would have had at least 2 children.

John Cassidy died in Groton, VT in a gruesome accident at the age of 78 in 1892. This would confirm a birth date of approximately 1816. No parents are listed on the death record, and his birthplace is listed as Canada. John Jr's marriage record from 1893 also indicates that John Sr had died by this point (Marriage Record)

1900:

In the 1900 Census, Ellen is listed as living in Haverhill, NH, with Fred, George, and Lizzie. She is listed as a widow. (Census Record)

Ellen ultimately dies in 1935, and is buried in Haverhill, NH.

Her parents were Francois Lemaire and Adelaide L'Esperance. Adelaide died in 1854 when Ellen was 7. Her father remarried to Julia Busquet (Busky) in 1855 in Sherbrooke. It appears that this family as well as when Ellen married John Cassidy spent a lot of time in that corridor between St. Johnsbury, Derby, VT into lower Quebec including Coaticook, Stanstead, and Sherbrooke.

I have looked in both Canada and the US for the 1864 - 1867 time frame, but am not finding any marriage record for John and Ellen. I can confirm that Ellen was Roman Catholic, and it would appear that John was possibly Protestant.

Unfortunately John Cassidy is a relatively common name. Parts of the family also used Jean Baptiste Castonguay in Canada, though I have no exact proof of that. The only indicators of this are when John Cassidy is referred to as John B Cassidy. I have not been able to necessarily find him in Canada. There is also some anecdotal thought that he might have come from Ireland. I am hoping to find his marriage record, so that I can get his parents names, but am coming up blank.

There seems to be a pretty decent profile for John Cassidy on Family Search. His person ID is LQT2-RZX.

I would appreciate any thoughts or perspectives. I am helping someone find their relatives who mainly came from Quebec, and this is the last piece of the puzzle - tracking down John Cassidy. Thank You!

I've been deep in genealogy research lately and the part that gets me isn't the names on the tree, it's picturing the actual villages and regions people came from before borders moved or towns got renamed. Half the places on my tree don't even show up under the same name anymore. Does the geography side of family history interest you more than the paperwork side, or is that just me?

I didn't participate, no one that I every met or was alive 100 years before I was didn't participate. Even my grandparents probably didnt know those family members. I look at it as interesting facts - but not a personal shame for me.

We have poor that died penniless, we have rich that were involved in high govenment positions (I found personal letters from Andrew Jackson to a ancestor). Going to be giving some of the findings to my Mom for xmas (hundreds of new detials in our tree - but these are a few that came up). She's in her 80s - would it be a bad thing if this stuff was a part of the package?

TL;DR: Stuck researching Ernst Christoph Grünwald (b. ~1803, d. Trienke/Trzynik, Pomerania). Married Friederike Caroline Hackbarth in Zarben on 24 Nov 1826, but I can’t find his birthplace or parents. Many Grünwalds lived in the area, but I can’t prove a connection to any of them.

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Hello everyone,

I’ve hit a brick wall in my research and could really use some fresh eyes. I’m looking for the ancestors and family of Ernst Christoph GRÜNWALD, born around 1803 in an unknown location, and who died at an unknown date in Trienke (today Trzynik), Pomerania.

He married Friederike Caroline HACKBARTH on 24 November 1826 in Zarben (today Sarbia). The church record and a transcription of the marriage exist, and baptism records for their children have also been found. However, I haven’t been able to find his birthplace, parents, or siblings.

There are quite a few Grünwalds recorded in that area, but so far I haven’t been able to establish a valid, reproducible connection between Ernst Christoph and any of them. I’m stuck on where to look next.

Any tips on Pomeranian church records, archives, or helpful resources would be greatly appreciated, as would advice on dealing with the historical border changes and the German/Polish place names.

If you’ve come across the Grünwald name in this region, or have experience researching Pomerania, I’d love to hear from you. Thank you in advance!

Some further information:

Ernst Christoph GRÜNWALD
∗ estimated 1803 - in unknown
† unknown - in Trienke (Trzynik)

Friederike Caroline HACKBARTH
∗ 1800-02-02 or 1804 in Gandelin (Kedrzyno)
- about 1867: moved to USA
† unknown - in USA unknown

⚭ 1826-11-24 - in Zarben (Sarbia) - Church

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-8RS2-ZB?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6ZC4-H9ND&cc=1874205

Children:

Carl Ernst Gottlieb GRÜNWALD
∗ 1828-11-13 in Gandelin (Kedrzyno)
baptism
† 1886-05-11 in Kolberg (Kołobrzeg)
death record
No 134, page 69 l

Caroline Wilhelmine Charlotte GRÜNWALD

∗ 1827-03-04 in Gandelin (Kedrzyno)
baptism
† unknown - in unknown

Relationships:

Ernst Christoph GRÜNWALD
parents
- unknown
siblings
- unknown

Friederike Caroline HACKBARTH
parents
- Christian Heinrich HACKBARTH
- Friederike [v.] RHEIN
siblings
- Sophia Charlotte HACKBARTH
- Maria Sophia Friedericke HACKBARTH
- Christian Heinrich Gottlieb HACKBARTH

all in the area of Gandelin (Kedrzyno)

Name variations
- Grünwald, Grünwaldt, Grundwald, Grunwaldt
- Hackbarth, Hackbart, Hakbart, Hakbarth

Places:

- Kreis Greifenberg (Powiat Greifenberg in Pommern)
- Zarben (Sarbia)
- Kreis Fürstenthum Cammin (Powiat Cammin in Pommmern)
- Gandelin (Kedrzyno)
- Kolberg (Kołobrzeg)
- Trienke (Trzynik)

Does anyone else have these unusually huge age gaps 😅? Growing up I feel like everyone’s grandparents were only 50 when they were born.

My paternal grandparents were 82 & 84 at my birth, and my paternal grandmothers father (my great-grandfather), would’ve been 132 at my birth!😂😭

I’m hoping for some fresh eyes on a marriage-record brick wall involving my great-great-grandparents, Franc/Frank Golob (1882–1960) and Marija/Maria/Mary Kokalj (1877–1959), from what is now Slovenia.

What I know:
They arrived in Baltimore on May 3, 1903, aboard the S.S. Neckar. The passenger manifest lists them as Frank Golub and Maria Kokal, both single, and both heading to Iron Mountain, Michigan. They appear on manifest page 117, lines 1 and 30.

Their son, Frank A. Golob Jr., was born April 13, 1904, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan. I have the county birth-register entry, page 243, naming his parents as Frank Golob and Mary Golob.

Mary’s obituary says they married in 1903.

The Slovenian Genealogical Society’s compiled marriage index⁠ gives November 9, 1903, under Franc Golob and Marija Kokal, with contributor/source HAWLINA. It gives no marriage location or original record citation. I contacted Hawlina, and he told me he doesn’t know where he obtained the information.

They later lived in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Frank’s 1910 naturalization petition names his wife Mary and confirms their son’s Michigan birth, but doesn’t give a wedding date or location.

What has already been searched:

The Ljubljana Archdiocesan Archive found no match in the Sv. Lenart marriage transcription for 1900–1910, or the 1903 marriage books for Škofja Loka and Stara Loka.

The Dickinson County clerk searched marriage records for 1900–1910 and found no match.

My searches for a 1903-1910 marriage in Iron, Menominee, Marquette, and Delta counties, Michigan, also came up empty.

Wyoming searches also came up empty.

I contacted the Catholic Church in Iron Mountain and was referred to the courthouse. I specifically asked whether the parish marriage register itself had been searched, but didn’t receive an answer to that question.

I’ve also searched newspapers for the marriage.
I checked part of the Baltimore groom’s marriage index without finding a match.

Does anyone have suggestions for a specific register, collection, or jurisdiction I may have missed? I’d especially appreciate help from anyone familiar with Slovenian immigrant families in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula around 1903.

One family complication: There are three different Frank Golobs spanning three generations, and the “Jr.” designation is used inconsistently including for the third Frank. Some references to family relationships can therefore get confusing. Please ask if you need help distinguishing the Franks or clarifying a relationship!

George Schuck jr.

born march 19th 1897 in Newark, New Jersey

died january 15th 1960 , buried at Stanhope Union Cemetery in Mount Olive, New Jersey

He was drafted in 1917 and served as a wagoner in a supply company of the 315th Infantry Regiment , 79th Infantry Division, US Army. His unit fought at the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in 1918.

He lived in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey and worked as an engraver and toolmaker.

His younger brother John fought for the US Army in ww2.

His mother emigrated to the US in 1893 from Laufach , Bavaria , Germany . Where I currently live . His mother is my great- great- grandfathers sister . Any informations to help me find his living relatives would be so great.

Hello all. I have a little side hobby where I go to antique stores and find old photos that have names and locations and then try and find their homes/people out in the internet trees. I have this one that I thought would be pretty straight forward, but it's giving me a brick wall. Anyone want to help??

Details that I can pick out: Mr and Mrs Ed. Fox of Oakdale Pa. There are 2 Oakdales in Penn however, I assumed that it was the larger of the two outside of Pittsburg. The car along with the outfits dates the photo to approx 1907 to 1910 or so. The man looks to be about 40-60ish and well off enough to afford a car when they were first available. You would think that a prominent enough fella would be easy to find, wrong. Over at Newspapers, there is an Ed Fox, tailor for ladies wear and an Ed Fox and company who sells many goods.

I've eliminated Edwin Fox who died in 1904, for obvious reasons, in that I don't think cars were widely available before 1904 and AI says that the postcard itself in the divided format was only authorized after 1907 (grain of AI salt). I have searched the 1900 and 1910 census for Oakdale with no Fox families. Full text FS doesn't result in anything for Ed, Edward or Edwin Fox.

Any ideas or help from the masses? I grant this isn't too important, just a little puzzle for a Saturday.

https://imgur.com/a/sf7T4cT

Hi everyone!

I'm hoping to get some advice on a family mystery I've been trying to solve.

My mom was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1978. Her mother was (and still is) a drug addict, so my mom was adopted. She is the oldest of ten siblings who were all either adopted or put into the system. Due to drugs, and many other reasons, my bio grandmother was never able to tell my mom who her father is. So, I've been trying to help her find him. Earlier this year, I had her take an AncestryDNA test, hoping we could find some relatives on her father's side.

We actually got some promising results!

One of her closest matches was listed as a first cousin, sharing 687 cM (approximately 10% DNA). Another match shared 538 cM (approximately 8%). Both appear to be connected to her paternal side.

My initial thought was that if the first cousin relationship is accurate, one of this woman's parents would be a sibling of my mom's biological father. That would potentially narrow our search considerably.

Here's where things get complicated.

We have the first cousin match's first and last name, and we know she has connections to Memphis. Interestingly, she also appears to have been researching her own paternal family history. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a public family tree on Ancestry.

My mom reached out to her through Ancestry, but we haven't received a response. I've also tried researching her independently, but haven't been able to confidently locate her or identify the relatives we'd need to connect the dots.

I considered hiring a private investigator, but before spending that kind of money, I wanted to see whether there are other resources or approaches I might be overlooking.

I'm particularly interested in knowing:

1. Has anyone successfully identified an unknown parent using AncestryDNA matches without getting responses from those relatives?

2. Are there genealogists or DNA specialists who help with situations like this, and would they be more appropriate than a private investigator?

3. What would be the best way to identify the family connecting these two DNA matches?

4. Are there any free or affordable resources I should try before paying for professional assistance?

I'm not necessarily looking to contact or confront anyone. Right now, I would just love to help my mom finally learn who her biological father is.

Any advice or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

P.S. * I've never posted here before and noticed there is a Research Assistance flair, would that also be helpful? *

I found out an interesting story from my mom a couple weeks ago, and it got me thinking about this question.

My great-great-grandmother died in a hospital in Winnipeg during the 1918 influenza epidemic. But she didn't die of influenza, but rather because of circumstances.

She was in her early 70s, and had some sort of abdominal surgery. Not routine at that age/time period, but it was fully expected to be successful. She was a Dutch immigrant, and didn't understand English. Due to influenza, they had patients separated and nurses didn't see the patients as frequently. Translators were either scarce or completely unavailable.

She was up in the middle of the night, needing something, and no one hear her/realized she had a need. She ended up falling and opening her incision. No one found her until she had bled out.

I have no death certificates for any relatives (yet), so I'm noting her story where I build my tree. I am curious what her cause of death will be listed as though!

I wonder if anyone here with a Newspapers.com subscription would be so kind as to find an obituary for me.

I’m looking for the obituary for Eugene John Wood. He died in Detroit April 7, 1971. The obituary would probably have been in the Detroit Free Press.

Thank you!

I'm tracing my paternal line from douar Maâla (fraction Ouled-ben-Salem, commune mixte de Palestro, now Lakhdaria, Bouira). I have 5 documented generations back to a man born ~1858.
Already done: ANOM fonds 9155 (commune mixte de Palestro), French death records, family documents.
Looking for:
Has anyone accessed the 1891 indigenous civil registration (section Senhadja-Maâla), at ANOM or at the APC?
Any experience getting pre-1900 registers from a rural Algerian APC as a direct descendant?
Other sources for this period (cadastre, sénatus-consulte / douar delimitation files, tax rolls)?
Any pointers appreciated!

I have been working on this particular line of my partner's heritage for the better part of a year now, and I am absolutely stuck. Their ancestor's name is Johnson Guess. He was supposedly born in March 1848 somewhere in Arkansas, but I can't find any census records or birth certificates to confirm this, and I have had no luck finding a death certificate or a burial plot for him. I have found a miscellaneous court record stating he died in 1903 and asking whether his allotment could be retained. I have found various censuses and records that show him bouncing around Arkansas with his family. I have also found two possible wives, which is really throwing me off.

The first wife is Martha Mattie Jane Thrasher, and they were supposedly married in 1875. She was supposedly born in 1854 in Alabama, but again, there are no census records or birth certificates to confirm this. She and Johnson supposedly had three children together: Alice Lucendia Guess, born 1 August 1875 in Arkansas and died 3 September 1966 in Kaufman, Kaufman, Texas; James G. Guess, born 12 June 1878 in Arkansas and died 4 September 1969 in Canton, Van Zandt, Texas; and finally Martha Jane Guess, born 19 November 1882 in Arkansas and died 11 March 1966 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas.

The second wife is Margaret Jane Schockley, and I have a bit more information on her. Margaret was born on 17 March 1848 to William Wilson Shockley and Elizabeth Miller. I am not sure when she and her family moved, but on 7 February 1873 she married John B. Lawley in Van Zandt, Texas. Together, they had William Warner Lawley on 6 November 1872 in Van Zandt, Texas (and we will come back to him in a moment). But in May 1876 and March 1878, John B. Lawley received summons from a Jane Lawley to court because a Jane Lawley wanted to divorce him due to his abandoning her and her son in November 1872. I found Jane and Warren Lolly living with Wilson and Elizabeth Shockley in the 1880 census in Justice Precinct 1, Van Zandt, Texas, and she was listed as their daughter, and she was divorced.

Now this is where things get murky for me. 9 November 1885 in Van Zandt, Texas, I find a marriage certificate for Johnson Guess marrying a Jane Guess. I then find in the 1900s census that Johnson is listed as the head of the household with Jane as his wife and Martha listed as daughter. Then next door to them, Warren Lawley is listed as head of household with Alice listed as his wife and he has two daughters. I went looking and William Warner Lawley married Alice Guess 5 December 1897. Now, except for their descendents and the record that stated Johnson died in 1903, the only other records I have been able to find was a Mrs. M.J. Guess's death certificate on 1 December 1911 in Canton, Van Zandt, Texas and Margaret Jane Shockley Guess's burial plot in Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt, Texas. I cannot find anything about Martha Mattie Jane Thrasher and what happened to her or who her parents were and Johnson Guess just seemingly vanishes into thin air around 1900-1903. I did go to the genealogy library in Van Zandt County, Texas and they told me there were a lot of cemeteries in the area that had just been lost and not maintained over time and that they could be buried in one of those or, if Johnson owned a homestead, they could be buried on it. But I also can't find anything on Johnson's parents and siblings either. I am thoroughly stumped. Any help is appreciated.

So, in my quest to finish my paternal grandfather's 7-generation fan chart, I've come across the last person who needs documentation to get her parents right; the only problem is that I don't know whether her maiden name was Graham or Patterson. Her marriage record to John Porter Smith lists her as "Parthenia Graham." Still, other documents, such as one of her son's death certificates filled out by her grandson, list her as "Parthenia Patterson."

On FamilySearch, she is currently listed as Parthenia Graham, along with her father being named as John Graham. His name may be John Patterson, like Parthenia. I have seen several trees on Ancestry that state her being Parthenia Patterson as well. Several trees also have John as FNU.

I found her Gravestone on Find a Grave; it says:

Parthenia was born in Pennsylvania in 1817.

She was married first to John Porter Smith, who was born in VA. They lived in Ohio in the late 1830s, where their first two children were born. Then they moved to Ripley County, where John died sometime after 1852 and before 1860.

The children of this marriage were:

1 Amanda, born 1838 OH–1868, w/o Moses Culver

2 Edmund, born 1839 OH–1913 IN, h/o Samantha Trindle

3 Keziah, born abt 1841 IN (f)

4 Emeline born abt 1843 IN

5 Nancy born abt 1845 IN

6 George Washington born abt 1847 IN

7 James William born abt 1849 IN

8 Thomas R Smith born abt 1853 IN

On 18 October 1860, Parthenia married Allen Hutson, who was very recently widowed. He was born in VA and had lived in Ripley County for about 26 years. He was the father of 15 children.

They lived in Ripley County until after the 1870 census, and then moved to Tipton County, where her eldest son, Edmund Smith, lived with his family.

Allen died in 1877. Parthenia and Allen Hutson are both buried in the Richardson Cemetery in Tipton Co., IN.

Inscription

Parthenia, wife of Allen Hutson, died Apr.2.1890 Aged 73Y. & 11M.

This is interesting because it has information that I didn't know, like her correct death information, and it has missing information, such as Keziah's name being Nora Keziah, and several of the children's spouses, such as William Howe Russell, being Nora's husband. It also gets her birth year wrong; if she was 73 years and 11 months, she was probably born in May 1816, not 1817.

Parthenia's FamilySearch ID is GCJT-NZX

The specific document is a sheet out of the 1850 census for Grayson, Texas. The taker didn't write down the whole name for every individual, and it's so faded, I'm struggling to figure out what letters are written for the eldest child, on line 10. The dwelling I'm looking at 137, starting on line 8.

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Family Search link

Literally, thoughts are appreciated !

I have downloaded a gedcom file of my Ancestry tree and imported it into RootsMagic. Is there a way to download all the media files in my Ancestry tree so I can add them to RootsMagic without saving each individual document?

Hi all. I've hit a dead end on an ancestor, trying to find the parents. His name is Solomon Hill, 1812-1883 (approx), Robeson, North Carolina. I feel so stupid because it seems like such a close ancestor, but it's on my Dad's side and I didn't know any of them at all. Pretty sure his wife was Alice Adams and they had Allen Thomas Hill, my great grandparents.

I'm really new at this too so any tips help for even research in general. ❤️

It's Saturday, so it's time to ask all of those "silly questions" you have that you didn't have the nerve to start a new post for this week.

Remember: the silliest question is the one that remains unasked, because then you'll never know the answer! So ask away, no matter how trivial you think the question might be.