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Case Study - Connecting Post Civil War Cousins in Tennessee
From Richard Bynum:
My 2nd Great Grandfather, Hillery, was born during the last decade of slavery and (through by grandmother) suggested he was raised by his older brother Booker. My grandmother has also shared the names of several cousins in he small town in Tennessee where my maternal line is from.
While I've been able to "connect" several of these cousins to Hillery in generations after his birth, there are other sets where I can find no sourced connection (other than my grandmother). In looking through many sequential 1870 census pages, all of these people lived with walking distance of each other. That, and my G-mother's insistence, leads me to believe that they are all related.
What are some strategies that might help me make these connections in a primarily online fashion? Career, family and social obligations make it difficult to travel for genealogical reasons at this point in my life. Thanks for any assistance.
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We're looking for some Tennessee researchers.
Richard will undoubtedly supply us with some more pertinent information to go on!
My 2nd Great Grandfather, Hillery, was born during the last decade of slavery and (through by grandmother) suggested he was raised by his older brother Booker. My grandmother has also shared the names of several cousins in he small town in Tennessee where my maternal line is from.
While I've been able to "connect" several of these cousins to Hillery in generations after his birth, there are other sets where I can find no sourced connection (other than my grandmother). In looking through many sequential 1870 census pages, all of these people lived with walking distance of each other. That, and my G-mother's insistence, leads me to believe that they are all related.
What are some strategies that might help me make these connections in a primarily online fashion? Career, family and social obligations make it difficult to travel for genealogical reasons at this point in my life. Thanks for any assistance.
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We're looking for some Tennessee researchers.
Richard will undoubtedly supply us with some more pertinent information to go on!
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Permalink Reply by Andie Mack on
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I'm thinking vital records may unearth family connections. The death cert of any of the individuals may list parents names; birth and marriage records might list the same.
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