John Maddox (1745-ABT 1810)
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I did some work this summer at the Historical Society of Harford County in an effort to find “nuggets”–in other words, any information that might lead to more information about the Maddox family that could illuminate their lives or lead my on a new trail. I thought I would transcribe and comment on some of
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I’ve learned a few things about DNA since I last wrote. First (and most startling), Joseph Scott of Baltimore or wherever (my great-great-great grandfather) is NOT related to James Scott of Campbell County, Virginia. We differ on four out of twelve markers tested. Secondly (but most easily corrected) I really ordered the wrong test. I
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Next year commemorates the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. Maryland has a long list of events planned, culminating in a reenactment of the Battle of Baltimore in 1814. The War of 1812 is often called a “forgotten war” and nationally, Baltimore’s part is most remembered for the bombing of Ft. McHenry, and Francis Scott
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Since little old ladies have been getting together and forming lineage societies, little old ladies have been creating fantastical ancestral lines for their families. In years past, no one was interested in “social history”, only “high society’s history”. If you didn’t fit in (but had enough money) your true past and that of your ancestors
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If we had the ability to blog back in 1991 when I started this search, you would have seen quite a different starting point. My family was from Baltimore, just Baltimore. They got off the ship, walked a few blocks, settled in Baltimore. There was no other location in family memory, except “Germany” for some
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Over a decade ago, I made my first “leap” backwards, into my family’s past, a past that was beyond my grandfather’s memory. That was significant, for Pop had quite a memory, and his passion for storytelling had become my passion for finding the “truth” behind the stories. On that day I found that my great-great-great
Finding Eliza Jane 