☑ Find Death Date of Philippe Adolph Gout (Completed)
In family search there’s already a death date for him- 1850. But there’s also two marriages, and like 5 children that happened AFTER that date. So either the death date is wrong (there is no source cited for it) or … Read More
Search Ancestry.com’s public family trees
The thing you are researching may have already been found and published by a distant relative on ancestry.com. Go to the ancestry.com public member tree search page, and then enter the information you know about the ancestor for whom you … Read More
Search FindAGrave.com
FindAGrave.com is a database containing photos and information from 162 million graves. Often there are pictures of the graves, but usually there is important vital information like birthdate, date of death, parents, spouses, and children. Just go to findagrave.com‘s search … Read More
◻ Confirm “Agnes Margaret Agnes Connacher”
On Ancestry.com I found someone who seems to be a relative who has similar family: https://www.ancestry.ca/dna/tests/3B0F211F-8181-4C65-8034-41EB5B41BE28/match/C66199CD-ABF6-4921-BCD5-80BD0C275B45?filterBy=ALL&sortBy=RELATIONSHIP&page=1 They list a child of John Connacher and Anges Nelson: Agnes Margaret Conacher. Family Search seems to have a matching record, KZ1M-QQQ, but they say … Read More
☑ Find Husband of Agnes C Nelson, Daughter of James Nelson and Agnes Pippard (Completed)
Trying to find the husband of Agnes C Nelson, 2MGL-VLQ Conclusion: John Connacher 1842-1900 LTXK-P2L in Family Search
Inspect sources in family search
If your ancestor is listed in familysearch.org, chances are there are some sources attached to them about their birth, death, etc. Sometimes the details on the sources give you some other clues. Eg, the source on the person’s birth might … Read More
☑ Find John Nelson’s parents (Completed)
I’m pretty sure he was an Irish Methodist minister, family search is 2MGL-2LJ. Family Search had a source for his christening from the obituary of his nephew, William Nelson Ford in the St Marys Argus, 19 May 1910