geneology help?

[Sarlon]

So as mentioned in another post my mother and I are working on the family forest...But we're missing a few branches that connect 2 family lines together, the edgcombs and allisons...all because the one family members was an orphan...

We think he has a brother, but since we can't find hardly anything on him, and we know that this gentleman is the father or grandfather of my second cousins mother, hes related....but we can't trace him back.

We've tried ancestry.com, but can anyone else thing of anyplace to try? We're talking easily the mid 1840s if not a little earlier.

[Sunshine]

Try registries of landownership...maybe the local library in his area will have some newspapers from that time period..good luck

[FormerCallingCardRep]

I totally know what you are talking about. I have two in my family tree. My Hybby's Grandmother was adopted when she was 3. We have her birth name, but can not get the adoption records opened. The adoption was in 1903. The other is my Great Grandfather. He was born to a Cherokee woman whose family did not want and mixed bred children. She left my Great Grandfather on the doorstep of a childless family that helped her.

[PepperElf]

if you know the areas they lived in, you might want to try the local churches too if they're still around.

[Sarlon]

all we do know is that he was in Chester County PA

[jedimaster91]

A great resource is NewFamilySearch. It's geared toward LDS members, however the general public is welcome and encouraged to use it as well. You do have to register, but registration is absolutely free.

[malmalthekiller]

all we do know is that he was in Chester County PA

Weird. That's where I live.


The world is a small place.

[Sarlon]

wouldn't be distantly related to William C Allison would ya?

[malmalthekiller]

Hah, no.

I'm not from here, but it's where I live, currently.