March 21, 2025 Probate is the process of the settling of a deceased person’s estate. Probate records can provide important genealogical information. This can include death dates, names of the decedent’s heirs, married names of daughters, and other details about the deceased person’s life. You will not find a probate file for every ancestor. …
An Uncommon Name
March 14, 2025 The first Parshall Terry was born in 1737 on Long Island. He was the eldest child of Jonathan Terry and his wife Jemima Parshall. It’s easy to see why his parents chose young Parshall’s name. They didn’t know it, but their unusual name choice would echo through the Terry Family for the …
Farmers All
March 7, 2025 If you’ve spent much time building your family tree, you’ve probably learned that many of your ancestors were farmers. In my own family, six of my eight great grandparents lived on farms (The other two lived in Oslo, Norway, and my great grandfather was a lamplighter for the city). It isn’t …