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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Unrehearsed Genealogy Research #18: Does John Willson have one wife or two?


James & Richard evaluate existing research for John Willson and his two wives, children, and parents. They look at Google and Internet Archive for relevant books, wondering if John was a loyalist during the U.S. Revolutionary War.

We now have a table of contents to various parts of the video.

0:00 Intro
0:34 Problem description: Does John Willson have one or two wives?
2:08 Analyze the two women's lives
5:07 Check the children's births 
8:02 Check relationship to parents
10:48 Maybe they were loyalists during Revolutionary War?
12:50 Check Findmypast for surname popularity in Ireland and England
14:10 Check descendants for existing research and opportunities
17:52 Discussing the FamilySearch "No Children" feature
19:48 Searching for books on Google and Internet Archive

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