March 2010 – Granny Pam

Mar 31

The Fellows Family Land Records, Newaygo County, Michigan

By Granny Pam in Tools and Information, Papa's Ancestors

This entry is part [part not set] of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I recently outlined the land transactions of Belle Lamunion and Henry Fellows, Belle Lamunion and Charlie Tinker, and some of their descendents in Wexford County, Michigan. Belle and Henry, and later Belle and Charlie, lived a large portion of their lives in Wexford County, Michigan, but had previously lived in other locations. In genealogical research, …

Mar 30

Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 114 page 227 & 228

By Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors

This entry is part [part not set] of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford …

Mar 29

DNA, Another Step in the Search

By Granny Pam in Granny's Ancestors

This entry is part [part not set] of 1 in the series DNA in Genealogy Research

If you haven’t read about my search for my great-grandfather’s surname, you can find out more here, here, and here. After I found my grandfather’s family, I was thrilled, and did quite a few happy dances, visited the cemetery, got his will and every record available about him and his family in his hometown of …

Herrington, Palmer, Yearnd, Yournd, Askey, Ascha, DNA
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Mar 27

Surname Saturday, Herrington/Harrington

By Granny Pam in Granny's Ancestors

How this one is spelled among my ancestors depends on the person, the time and the place. You can see posts in which I mention this line by clicking this link. My mother searched for many years and never found out why her mother had left, or where her mother had gone, and I still …

Mar 25