I took a field trip to White Plains, New York to access probate files from the Westchester County Surrogate’s Court. On the return trip I saw a historical marker at Armonk, New York. The marker at Smith Tavern commemorates the thousands of French troops who marched past that location during …
An error in a court house record could be a bit of spilled ink or a misspelled name. What happens to research when the clerk of the county court gets confused and says the wrong person is dead? How far down the research rabbit hole does that misinformation send a …
Darn it, why is everyone named John Pryor? It’s common to run into a family where they lacked creativity when naming children. Haven’t you found in your family tree a grandma, mother, and child who all share the same name? I was looking at a man named John Pryor in …
During a research for Wilson County, TN records on the Family Search website. I stumbled upon a news clipping for an article titled “Sam Houston was Admitted To Practice Law in Lebanon” from a newspaper published c. October 1963. The article was tucked in next to the page where the …
