Private Robert Anders

Cathey’s in Cooper County, Missouri The following is the earliest record I have found of Captain George Cathey living in Cooper County, Missouri.  His son John Cathey was also summoned at the same time for contempt; again the charge was for not showing as a juror.  There were no additional papers in the file indicating [...]

Social networking and genealogy I have spent the last couple of weeks exploring Facebook to determine its value as a tool for genealogy research.  I began with building a page for the Familytomb website. The trouble with the create a page for a website option is you are limited in your interactions with the rest [...]

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We are all shocked and saddened at the devastation in Haiti following the massive earthquake on Tuesday.  One way to help is to donate to the American Red Cross.  Please keep all those effected and the rescue and aid workers in your thoughts. The Familytomb

            Since it’s inception on January 1st of 2007 the Familytomb website has gone from 25 visitors each month to 2506 visits in December of 2009 alone.  The database has increased from about 900 names in 2007 to 1600 in 2008, and over 2000 names in 2009!    In 2008 the Familytomb had over 10,400 [...]

Stanton and Behan Genealogy in Adrian, Michigan   Many thanks to Patti for the following: Catalogue of the Officers, Teachers and Students of the Adrian Union Seminary; Adrian, Michigan, 1852-1853. This is another Google Books find!  The Catalogue list students and academic level for the above listed school year, surnames of Stanton and Behen are [...]

Wills of ancestors in the Familytomb database have now been moved to the main-site.  They can be found on the left-side bar under the tab “Wills”.  I have also added a link to the wills on the blog page.  Look to the right-side bar under “Quick Links”.