Heartland Genealogy

Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit the Family History Center in Topeka, Kansas. During this visit, I was able to access digitized images from Botetourt County, Virginia. I was thankful these records were available at the family history center since they were locked at affiliate libraries. Botetourt County, Virginia List of Tithables, 1770-1789 FS Film 9106467 DGS 7856374 Looking for Crawford, Douglass, Maxwell 1770 Image 9 Anderson, Lemuel - 1 Crawford, James - 1 Dooley Kenery - 1

On my way home from the Northeast Kansas Library System's monthly board meeting, I stopped in Topeka to use the library and archives at the Kansas State Historical Society. One of the books I used was Montgomery County, Virginia: The First 100 Years. [Text by Judge C. W. Crush; Index by Mrs. Frances Terry Ingmire. St. Louis, MO: Mrs Terry Ingmire, 1982.] On page 94 of this book is a list of Captain Love's Company of Militia. Since James Crawford was listed as a lieutenant for the company, this list may prove useful to my Crawford research. By knowing the names of the various men in this company, I can search their pension records for mention of James Crawford (or any other Crawford). Page 94

Have you used 'shared events' in your genealogy software? Michelle Simmons Lewis had a Facebook post today that is causing me to re-visit the concept of shared events. In her post, she indicated that she was using shared events to help with a one-name study in early South Carolina. This post caught my attention today for two reasons: My Crawford research in Kentucky is similar to a limited one-name study; I could be using shared events to tie the various members of my Kentucky FAN club together. Unfortunately, Michelle Simmons Lewis' post contained hints for Legacy Family Tree software and I use RootsMagic. Knowing that the software packages are similar, I looked for information on shared events in RootsMagic. I found a video by Bruce Buzbee explaining shared events in RootsMagic.

Lincoln County Kentucky Court Order Books 1781-1919 Vols. 2 1785-1786 FS Film 192253 - DGS 7763893 A suit against George Douglass for ejectment was discontinued. Image 339 June Court 1785

Have you ever re-looked at some tax records and discovered that you can now figure out who these people might be when before they were just a list of names found in that county? Well, that has been my experience as I'm going back thru some of my Crawford Kentucky research in hopes that it leads me back another generation. I've recently re-looked at Madison, Lincoln and Garrard county tax lists and combined with land records, I have a much better understanding of who the various Crawfords listed in these tax roles are. Since I have deeds indicating James Crawford (husband of Martha Knight) lived in Barren County, Kentucky, I decided to re-look at those tax records. I first searched the Barren County KY tax lists some time ago. Based on the "V20-0014" notation on my notes, I'm guessing I used the American Genealogical Lending Library to research these records at home.