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5th Great Grandmother Julia Smith filed a petition with the Orange County, New York Surrogate Court concerning dower rights she never receiv...

Henry Conkling Smith married Julia Vail May 9, 1783, at the First Presbyterian Church in Goshen, Orange County, New York. Caleb and Abigail ...

Today I would like to tell you about Fanny Smith and the challenges I met while researching. I do not know Fanny’s birthdate but guess she w...

Amy Johnson Crow’s ‘52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge’ prompted readers to write about an overlooked ancestor. Fourth Great Grandmother Fan...

  The January 6, 1887, issue of the Valley Virginian published in Stanton, Virginia mentioned James A. McFall and his chicken in their colum...