tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post7369286224758840044..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Children, Parents, and Records to Identify ThemNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-34790289590455891572015-01-14T23:09:33.557-05:002015-01-14T23:09:33.557-05:00Thank you, Mike. These are great suggestions, one...Thank you, Mike. These are great suggestions, ones I had not thought about. I'll see what I can find.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-61377354167944980462015-01-14T22:39:36.545-05:002015-01-14T22:39:36.545-05:00Thank you, Leah! You've given me some great s...Thank you, Leah! You've given me some great suggestions. I could be researching a few years (or more) to find answers to all the questions and follow the leads you've given. I obviously had not thought beyond the absence of birth and death records.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-67106131778796022662015-01-14T22:29:20.531-05:002015-01-14T22:29:20.531-05:00Thank you for this suggestion, Wendy. I haven'...Thank you for this suggestion, Wendy. I haven't done much with property records/deeds so this could be a great learning opportunity. I'll see what I can find.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-32929123866366812452015-01-13T21:21:32.060-05:002015-01-13T21:21:32.060-05:00Don't ignore other probate records. Either of ...Don't ignore other probate records. Either of their maternal grandparents may have left them something. An aunt or uncle with no children might also have left something to them, which could be years after these children were grown up. This is where the abstracts can be handy.<br />MikeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629740511002913794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-17640950115420922832015-01-13T18:35:38.054-05:002015-01-13T18:35:38.054-05:00I like the land records idea Wendy had. You might...I like the land records idea Wendy had. You might also want to look at the neighboring families of Thomas' and the families that married into Thomas', like his sibling's spouses. It is possible Rebecca was named after her mother, especially if the mother died in childbirth. Are there any neighboring families that used Rebecca as a common given name? Do you know where Thomas' family originated? Do you know why they left that place (religious reasons? historical event?) to go where Rebecca was born? If so, I would look at other families that made the move with the Smiths and look into record sets corresponding with that migration, if they exist. Was Thomas indentured out or raised by anyone other than his family? If so, perhaps he married into one of those families. Have you looked into non-family members mentioned in Thomas' probate file, like the witnesses and people he owed money/owed money to him? Perhaps they are related. Maybe Rebecca's mother and Martha Red(d)ick were related? Good luck!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918752742296339994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-11570965524036088742015-01-13T07:09:21.475-05:002015-01-13T07:09:21.475-05:00How about land deeds? Rebecca's mother could ...How about land deeds? Rebecca's mother could have inherited land from her father. Then if she and Thomas sold it, perhaps the mother's name would be on the deed or in the clerk's statement that she was questioned and agreed to the sale.<br /><br />Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com