Gen. Christmas Wish #11

11. Virginia: Several families hailed from Virginia [Gulley, Land, Sumter, among others], so the state is ripe for a research venture. I might throw in a few historical sites, as well: Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown and Mount Vernon, for starters.

Christmas Gen. Wish #10

10. Back overseas for #10! A trifecta, of sorts, including stops in Baden, Germany [Wagner & Laubscher research], Zurich, Switzerland [Rinker research] and The Netherlands - Heerde and Naarden to see if Prall origins can be found.

Gen. Christmas Wish #9

9. A US-based genealogy and history research trip with stops in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York [primarily Chenango Co.]. I have a lot of ancestral lines from those states. Among the stops: Quincy, MA [I'm a John Adam's fan], Boston [Freedom Trail & research], Danvers/Salem & Nurse Homestead [Witchcraft trials victim, Rebecca Nurse numbers among my ancestors], most of Rhode Island [lots of folks from there] and previously mentioned Chenango Co., NY for Simmons research.


Oh, by the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas Gen. Wish #8

8. Returning to the US for #8, my next wish is to find out exactly where and when my gggf Isaac Rittenhouse Prall died. A short bio of son Cornelius stated that Isaac died in 1880. The exact date and place of death was not given. A few undocumented family trees give Lancaster, PA as the place. Isaac was last recorded in Clinton Co., OH with daughter Ann Kohler in 1870. Isaac was not living with any of his kids in the 1880 census. Did he die in Ohio? Did he return to Pennsylvania and die there?

For a bonus gift, the exact date of death for Isaac's wife Ann Bathia Rhodes Prall in 1865 would be nice. I have narrowed down to January or February of 1865.

Genie Wish #7

7. My next wish is to travel to Portsmouth and Portsea, Hampshire, England to spend a few days hunting records for documents on the ancestors of NY City tavern keeper John Simmons, who mentioned having property in Portsea in his will.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! [& Wish #6]

Merry Christmas to everyone! I hope you are having a great one and you all received [and gave] the gifts you wanted.

GCW #6. From Wales to Ireland for a week or so in County Cork to investigate my O'Neil ancestors. After that, a nice train ride north to County Donegal to dig into my McHugh family.

Genie Christmas Wish #5

5. A couple of weeks in Wales to research my Rogers, Pugh and Evans ancestors in Merionethshire. Maybe a few days to determine whether or not my St. John family was actually Welsh, rather than from Antwerp.