Finding Samuel Jerome
As Linda and I were leaving our hotel in Saratoga Springs I punched Pompey into the mapping app of my iPhone and let Siri choose our route. We were going to the village of Pompey in Central New York State to look for my five times great grandparents, John and Mary...About Roger Hunt
I don’t want to just find my ancestors; I want to discover their life stories and maybe unwind a few family mysteries along the way. Ancestry.com is great for identifying those long dead relatives, but sometimes the best information is not on line at all, sometimes you have to go looking for an original document in a courthouse or church. I love that kind of search, where my reward is finding a document that has been untouched for over a hundred years.
My wife joins me on these scavenger hunts, and together we wade through dusty archives or walk quiet graveyards. Sometimes our search is successful and sometimes not … and sometimes we stumble over valuable information we weren’t even looking for.
We have developed this website and blog to share our stories about family searches and to maybe give ideas for your family search.
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