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I was able to add a couple DNA matches to the tree this week. I already had a parent of the match in my tree and merely updated that generation and added the most current. One was for my McCullough line which I hope to start delving into late next year. The other was a cousin on my mother’s side of the family.

I am continuing my research on William Taylor’s descendants. His daughter Amanda had quite a few children so this could take some time to complete.

  • Jesse Cox + Mary Waugh > John Cox + Mary Parks > Louisa Cox + David Taylor > William F Taylor + Mary Lucy Pearson
    • Taylor
    • Babb
      • Kentucky: Estill, Madison
      • Ohio: Butler
    • Lee
      • Ohio: Butler
    • Kirby
      • Kentucky: Estill
    • Farthing
      • Kentucky: Estill, Clark
    • Benton
      • Kentucky: Estill
    • Richardson
      • Kentucky: Estill, Madison
    • Brunner
      • Ohio: Butler

Error resolution. The last available update: I have 5052 errors in the tree–527 possible duplicates, 4074 with no documents, 451 other errors.

  • .The wife of a distant cousin from the 19th century on my mother’s side needed a source. A marriage record was available. NOTE: I thought that would resolve the error. WRONG! It would seem that I now have a duplicate issue to work through. The distant cousin was Pierre Vachet. I have two men with that name in my tree. One is a nephew of the other. The hint in Ancestry was from an index and did not include information on the groom’s parents. A marriage index on FamilySearch does include the parents’ names. These records were compiled from records kept by St Francis Xavier Catholic Church. An image of the actual record may be available, however, I am not currently at an Affiliate Library. I’ll look for it when I am there next week. The correct Pierre Vachet is the nephew born in 1815. I can remove the duplicate record from the uncle.
  • A mother-in-law of a distant cousin needed a source. She will be pruned from the tree along with her husband.
  • The wife of a distant cousin from the 20th century needs a maiden name and a source. I found a source for her birth date which will have to do.

Goals and progress…
Beginning of Week: 27,919 people
End of Week: 28,003 people
Change = + 84 persons
Tasks for coming week:

  • Continue research on Isaac Cox, “The Immigrant” and his wife Susannah Tomlinson.
  • Review Coxes of Cox Creek
  • Run newspaper search, especially for articles recounting local history
  • Review the Cox package of information from Sweden
  • Look for documents in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky