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From: Delores Rochelle Walls <>
Subject: Re: tips.....
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:12:00 -0800

Linda,

To elaborate on the "cluster genealogy" tip, a good research example is my
Kish line that lived in 1860s Effingham Co. My ancestor's Civil War pension
gave affidavit from his "boyhood friend" Chauncy Chipman of Kankakee Co.,
IL, where the Kish family lived prior to Effingham Co. According to IL
census, the Kish family was from Upper Canada (another name for "Ontario"),
but I was at a loss for the county. By tracing Chauncy's family to modern
Johnstown, Leeds Co., Ontario, I was able to pinpoint where my Kish family
lived in his and my ancestor's "boyhood." In fact, I found several early
Kish-Chipman marriages in Leeds Co. I'm always hesitant to document
Johnstown's *former* town name in my records, as it's the same 7-letter word
describing an illegitimate child, starting with the letter "B." No wonder
the families left for IL! ;-)

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