
13th March 2017, 09:44 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 6
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Originally Posted by Brunetmj
Well I thought this question should be asked. Have you completed any kind of paper trail? Birth certificates, census information?1778-1846 is not that far back and a records search should turn up information. I think genealogy is most powerful when traditional methods are paired with dna evidence.
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Fair question. We've definitely been sifting through existing records. Unfortunately, the records are pretty spotty. Ohio's early census records were destroyed in fire, and his county courthouse burned destroying probates, marriages, etc. Land and tax records have been of some use, but still nothing shedding light on his parents or ancestral origins.
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