Family Trees... How To Go Further Back?

[diggummup]

Seems I can't find out any info. past my great great great great grandfather who was born in NC about 1813. Where do you go from here? Do you try to search county records somehow? I did find a little excerpt on my great great grandfather. It mentions him being a descendant of President Andrew Johnson but no specifics. I guess that makes me a descendant too, lol. Pretty cool.

https://books.google.com/books?id=904SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87&dq=charles+johnson+SMALLWOOD&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8q-Pm8qnTAhUD4oMKHYVzDlQQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=charles%20johnson%20SMALLWOOD&f=false

 

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[DeepseekerADS]

One thing that helped Mom was that we still own the land we settled here, and she had the family bible from the early 1800's. The nicer bibles had areas devoted to births and deaths. So she already knew generations. How she made her way to Scotland, I have no idea - but it took her years and years to trace the lines.

There's a whole lot of money grubbing ventures on-line which help you trace lineage. I'm sure there's good ones too.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Interesting link you posted there! Thanks!

 

[alabama11]

Another thing you can do is have a y DNA hyplogroup test and it will tell you where the male line originated. On Ysearch dot org you can compare your results and find others from the same line living all around the planet. I found someone in New Zealand who supplied me with a lot of info leading to a county in Ireland where family still live and farm.

 

[piegrande]

A lot of family history books written for a family included fictional material to justify the high cost to the writer.

And, a Mormon (LDS) told me that before a certain date, around 200 years ago, but I forget, the church will not seal records over that age, because too much of it is false, UNLESS it is proven to be part of royal records, as verified by the Royal Record LDS team.

I have a nephew who claims we were descended from an Irish, or Scottish, king, I forget, from around 800 a.d. No one else can find such a link.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Just found this forum so I am a little late replying. Do you use any of the online genealogy sites? I use FamilySearch.org and findagrave.com in my research. So far I am back 11 generations to the mid 1500s in Switzerland. Here's a link to Charles Johnson on family search. It's interesting to note that Smallwood is my wife's mother's maiden name. Maybe there is some relation?

https://familysearch.org/search/rec...+birth_place:Virginia~ +birth_year:1861-1863~

 

[diggummup]

Just found this forum so I am a little late replying. Do you use any of the online genealogy sites? I use FamilySearch.org and findagrave.com in my research. So far I am back 11 generations to the mid 1500s in Switzerland. Here's a link to Charles Johnson on family search. It's interesting to note that Smallwood is my wife's mother's maiden name. Maybe there is some relation?

https://familysearch.org/search/rec...+birth_place:Virginia~ +birth_year:1861-1863~

Can't get the link to work

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[fyrffytr1]

I believe you have to register before you can use the site. It is free.

 

[diggummup]

I believe you have to register before you can use the site. It is free.

Just registered. Doing a little digging today.

 

[Kurios1]

Just found this forum so I am a little late replying. Do you use any of the online genealogy sites? I use FamilySearch.org and findagrave.com in my research. So far I am back 11 generations to the mid 1500s in Switzerland. Here's a link to Charles Johnson on family search. It's interesting to note that Smallwood is my wife's mother's maiden name. Maybe there is some relation?

https://familysearch.org/search/rec...+birth_place:Virginia~ +birth_year:1861-1863~

Thanks for the link. I registered and was able to identify my pair of baggage tags to the family through the sight. I will be returning my old brass railroad baggage tags to a family member. Very much appreciated link.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Here's another free site that is very interesting.
https://findagrave.com/

 

[jharhed]

County/parish archives office, that's what I did.

 

[piegrande]

Find-a-grave will tell you where a person is buried if the grave is registered. In my family, a genealogist also often puts other family members, even known ancestors, on the page for the person. Yes, it can be a very valuable resource as more graves are recorded.

 

[Hubbard]

If in the US, the US Census data is pretty common to use back to 1850. It is still useful further back but with less detail.

I have found that deed information can be a great help in keeping track where your ancestors were and if other family members were in the same area. Once that is established, other government records in that area may fill in some blanks. One word of caution regarding wills is that they may not include all family members (if someone ticked off dad). Local histories may include your ancestors as well.

Remember that your family's history is a puzzle to be worked. Never assume that someone else's work is correct without some verification by you. If you need further help, let me know.

Best of luck.

Hubbard

 

[Mackaydon]

Dig,
You may wish to contact your county's archivist (historian) who can be found directly or through your library (Reference Desk).
Don..........