When you know where your ancestors should be but you can’t find them in the records–where do they go? What if they went to a place where there are no records? When I explored my Williams family line I found they disappeared from records and went to an area termed “unorganized territory,” where there were no records. The article, “The Williams Family Who Disappeared from Illinois into Unorganized Territory,” is in the Spring 2023 edition of the Illinois State Genealogical SocietyThe Quarterly.

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Vanessa Wood is a genealogical researcher and writer. She enjoys researching families from the southern United States. She is a DAR member and a member of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. Vanessa is the author of the book Pryor Wives: Stories of Family, Fortune, and Fiasco. Her books are available on Amazon.com. She can be contacted via email.

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