My Armstrong search the other day led me to search for Bullingers/Bollingers (Maria Chatrina Armstrong is said to have married Isaac Bollinger in 1783 in Berne, Switzerland). So since I couldn't get much from the Armstrongs, I decided maybe I should look at the Bollingers, but guess what - they are as confusing, or maybe more so, than trying to find Maria Chatrina's ancestors.
It reminds me of my adventures a few years ago working through the Yager/Yeager line of Virginia and Kentucky. (All these are my maternal lines.) There were so many John Yagers in the same area of Virginia, it was hard to determine which one was my ancestor. But luckily a genealogist had worked through the sources and determined which John was which and I was able to determine that my ancestor is Piney Wood John Yager. I found all this wonderful information online.
So I guess eventually, if I do not have the opportunity to go to PA and Switzerland to look at original sources, I will find the research of some other diligent genealogist and be able to find my line. I hope to one day be one of those diligent 'searchers of truth' myself and people can benefit from all my work. The reason I made my Ancestry.com tree private was I found that many people were taking my research as sound, sourced information and it was just a work in progress. I was finding my information in so many different lines and the owners were displaying it as correct.
If you happen across my blog, please register a comment. Maybe I can make a valuable connection. Til then I'll keep recording my journey.
Posted by Reba McMillan at 3/13/2010 7:06 PM
It reminds me of my adventures a few years ago working through the Yager/Yeager line of Virginia and Kentucky. (All these are my maternal lines.) There were so many John Yagers in the same area of Virginia, it was hard to determine which one was my ancestor. But luckily a genealogist had worked through the sources and determined which John was which and I was able to determine that my ancestor is Piney Wood John Yager. I found all this wonderful information online.
So I guess eventually, if I do not have the opportunity to go to PA and Switzerland to look at original sources, I will find the research of some other diligent genealogist and be able to find my line. I hope to one day be one of those diligent 'searchers of truth' myself and people can benefit from all my work. The reason I made my Ancestry.com tree private was I found that many people were taking my research as sound, sourced information and it was just a work in progress. I was finding my information in so many different lines and the owners were displaying it as correct.
If you happen across my blog, please register a comment. Maybe I can make a valuable connection. Til then I'll keep recording my journey.
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