In preparation for our stake Family Discovery Day, I've viewed several RootsTech presentations and tutorials about the FamilySearch Tree descendancy view. All emphasized the temple icon and neglected the other three. I explored the opposite approach. Happily only two of my Teter cousins showed problem icons, about pre-adolescent brides. With historical record hints I adjusted a too-early marriage date for one bride and a too-recent birthdate for the other. Problems solved.
The system did not mind that John Poole of England, husband of Mrs. John Poole, had been combined with John Whipps Poole of Maryland and Ohio, husband of Ann Pierce and Rebecca C. John Whipps Poole had daughters with his second wife, Rebecca, born in Ross County, Ohio in the years before and after John Poole's son George was born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England. The pregnancies would pass a math test but not a geography check. Searching the Tree turned up a record for John Poole of Wiveliscombe, stripped of relationships but with the same no-contact contributor as George and Mrs. John.
I like being the lifeguard on duty.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Pancakes
A cousin who wants to join the DAR recently traded some information with me. At last I know that Matilda G. Teter McKenzie and Edith T. Teter Pancake, found in Ross County, Ohio marriage records, were daughters of Samuel D. Teter and Henrietta Given. Both women's death certificates named their parents.
A few months ago I would only attach a FamilySearch historical record to the principal individual, and only tag the date and place it documented. Then, remembering the joy of connecting Samuel D. Teter to his parents George and Christiana Davis Teter through land partitions, I began attaching the historical records to everyone mentioned, documenting relationships as well as events.
Names I'm still reluctant to tag, changeable as they are in the historical records. Edith Pancake's first known son was either Rolle, Rollins, or Roland. Her second was Darrel or Dorrel, and her third was Forest or Forrest G. G for Grant, not Gump. I trust the names on the World War I draft registrations when I can find them; that's one place where the middle name was unabbreviated.
I've attached all the hints for four children and six grandchildren. FamilySearch wants me to look for more, but I think ten Pancakes is enough for one day.
A few months ago I would only attach a FamilySearch historical record to the principal individual, and only tag the date and place it documented. Then, remembering the joy of connecting Samuel D. Teter to his parents George and Christiana Davis Teter through land partitions, I began attaching the historical records to everyone mentioned, documenting relationships as well as events.
Names I'm still reluctant to tag, changeable as they are in the historical records. Edith Pancake's first known son was either Rolle, Rollins, or Roland. Her second was Darrel or Dorrel, and her third was Forest or Forrest G. G for Grant, not Gump. I trust the names on the World War I draft registrations when I can find them; that's one place where the middle name was unabbreviated.
I've attached all the hints for four children and six grandchildren. FamilySearch wants me to look for more, but I think ten Pancakes is enough for one day.
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