Deed Work – Part 10

This is a continuation of my transcription of the Russell County Deed Index book.  Working on the B’s.  Some pages were microfilmed in such a way that the page numbers were unclear.  If that was the case, I noted the Book only. 1840 Ballenger, David Owsley, Bryan Y. D-54 1841 Basheers, John Judd, Nathaniel D-59 [...]

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Frustrated in DEED!

I have looked at very few deeds during the coarse of my genealogy research.  The ones that I have in my records have all been sent to me by other researchers and they were usually sent because they proved clues to family relationships.  So I knew that deeds could be very valuable and I ordered [...]

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When software THINKS it knows what I want…

I began my attempt to begin a new tree without actually starting from scratch in order to fix my source citations.  (My hat’s off to Amy at WeTree!  I wish I had the determination to do it the way she is!) My plan was to install my new FTM 2010 software and to download my [...]

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Deed Work – B’s part 9

This is a continuation of my transcription of the Russell County Deed Index book.  Working on the B’s.  Some pages were microfilmed in such a way that the page numbers were unclear.  If that was the case, I noted the Book only. 1834 Bell, Benjamin Drydin & Bledsoe C 1837 Borslin, Benjamin Hill, Dempsey S. [...]

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Deed Work – B’s part 8

This is a continuation of my transcription of the Russell County Deed Index book.  Working on the B’s.  Some pages were microfilmed in such a way that the page numbers were unclear.  If that was the case, I noted the Book only. 1833 Bernard, John & c Hopper, Sampson B 1833 Bradley, Sian Blankenship, Joel [...]

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Scrambled Sources

I’ve been doing genealogy research for a long time and I’ve learned a lot about what NOT to do and sometimes I have an overwhelming desire to start over!  When I first started researching my family, I documented nothing.  How could I possibly forget the joy of finding that piece of information?  SURELY, I didn’t [...]

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Deed Work – B’s part 7

This is a continuation of my transcription of the Russell County Deed Index book.  Working on the B’s.  Some pages were microfilmed in such a way that the page numbers were unclear.  If that was the case, I noted the Book only. 1826 Blankenship, A. Crogham, Thomas A-29 1826 Brockman, Ambros Triplet, Lerois & c [...]

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Deed Work – B’s part 6

1825 Bradley, Richard & c Wilburn, William A 1826 Boyd, William & c Boyd, John & c A 1826 Boyd, William & c Boyd, James A 1826 Boyd, William & c Boyd, George A 1826 Boyd, William & c Boyd, George A 1826 Bradshaw, Isaac Slone, William A 1826 Beck, John McMillen, Joseph atty A [...]

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Test driving the log

Yesterday was my first opportunity to use the research log I had created for Joseph Scott and I loved it!  It kept me on task and helped me to keep track of what I was looking at.  I quickly found a couple of mistakes between my database information and notes I keep in the folder.  I could [...]

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Research Log – Version 1

Last week-end, I had a 3 hour car ride to contemplate what my “ideal” research log would look like.  I had printed out my notes for Joseph Scott (1832-1914, Russell County, Kentucky) and purposely did not bring along anything else so that I would be totally focused on the one family.  For 3 hours, I [...]

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