Turning "Weak" to "Win"
While the Hub's lineage to Isaac Allerton was accepted by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants a few years ago, there was an aspect to his application that has been nagging at me ever since. The historians who reviewed his application made two notations on his completed application. The words "weak" and "very weak" were noted between two generations. These notations meant that while the application was accepted, the evidence I provided to link two generations was weaker than they would like to see. 1 With the advent of FamilySearch's Full-Text Search, however, I have found one document that will solidify the case that Minerva Cushman, who married Edwin A. Taylor, was the daughter of Orlando Weaver Cushman of Castleton, Vermont. This relationship links the 7th and 8th generations between Jim and Allerton. Minerva and Edwin are Jim's 4th great-grandparents. The Full-Text Search tool uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to identify names in t
Such sound advice, and your idea of sending a note with sympathy is a good one. I'm sure the family will be glad to know that her years of research were valued by others!
ReplyDeleteI hope so. The fact that her book is in several libraries in the country is also a good reminder that we need to perhaps send our own research to repositories, like she did, to guarantee that it is available to future researchers.
DeleteGreat advice. We should also thank the people who leave information on trees or in books.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great point! Thanks for reading and for suggesting that.
DeleteYes, an important a reminder. I certainly wish I had done a better job staying connected to some of the people I've met through my research.
ReplyDeleteYes, we can always begin now though. Thanks for reading.
DeleteHello Nancy. « When a person dies it's like a library burning down. » This is so true ! Every ‘family columnist’ has the duty to make the stories out he/she heard from elderly people (with the agreement of those concerned of course). Finding out how our ancestors lived and making it a story for younger generations. Thank you for your last post. Greetings from Belgium. Daniel
ReplyDeleteHello Daniel! Always wonderful to hear from you. Thank you so much for reading my posts. I have an idea for you, but I'll email you. It's related to this topic. Cheers!
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