Good ol’ Joe

As I always do around this time of year, I've tried to buckle down and focus my research. I have been all over the place, honestly, and its resulted in me not getting far on anybody. I'm crossing my fingers that I can force myself to research one tree in completion before moving on to…

So frustrated!

Ugh! This family is driving me nuts! I'm still looking for Garrison Bush and his family and I swear, the more I dig, the more confused I get. In the 1850 Census, this is what his family looks like: Garrison Bush, age 32 - head of household Emily, age 26 - implied wife William, age…

Alien abduction in 1870!

I have decided that the entire family of Andrew Jackson Trim, his wife and six of their children were all beamed about a spaceship with E.T. in June of 1870. There isn't any other logical explanation of why they are all completely missing from the US Federal Census for that year. Do you ever run…