This weekend has been exciting for a student of genealogy.
First, I ran across an 8th cousin once removed who was able to provide records from my great-great-great-grandmother back to our shared ancestor, Sarah Boarman. Only a day later a 2nd cousin provided documentation that confirmed at least back to her granddaughter and my 5th-great-grandmother, […]
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Grandpa Charles, King of the Franks
January 1, 2007 – 11:19 pm
The abduction of Samual Gillham
February 28, 2005 – 11:27 pm
My great-great-great-great grandfather Samual Gillham was born in 1778 to James Gillham (himself the son of Thomas Gillham, a soldier in the American Revolution). In 1790 James and his son Isaac were working in the field when Samual, his brother Clemons, one of their sisters and their mother Ann were kidnapped by Kickapoo Indians.
Clemons […]