The research continues on the Madsen Family photo using a process of elimination. In this episode we expanded the possible men in the photo to a witness in a marriage certificate and a good friend of the family and the story behind the friend. We also talk about how important it is to use Floating Trees in your tree on Ancestry. Lastly, we explored land records using the General Land Office aka BLM (Bureau of Land Management) website.
What records actually prove a marriage, and which ones are simply evidence that it likely occurred? In this video, I walk through common genealogy records and explain what each one...
North Carolina genealogy research is much bigger than Ancestry and FamilySearch. Understanding the colony and state’s changing governments, settlement patterns, migration routes, county formations, and record repositories can help you...
