My Genealogy Trails

Greetings! As you might guess I am still digging.  However, with the DNA results and a ton of cross referencing with other matches I have come up with a theory as to the parentage of my great great grandfather, Benjamin B Parker.  I have mentioned in many past posts that he is my brick wall.  He still is but now I have a theory that I think is pretty solid.  I am still digging to try to either prove or disprove this theory and move on to the next one if need be. First, I have a friend, Richard, who is a descendant of a Charles M Parker.  We do not match in the DNA results, however we each have matches that match to both of us.  In other words,  person A matches to my DNA on the Parker line.  She is also a great great granddaughter of Benjamin.  But she also matches to Richard but with no names in common on their trees.  Her tree is minimal though as she has not gotten back very far on her research yet. Richard and I share an ancest...

Greetings!! Yesterday I had a real stroke of luck and broke down a huge brick wall.  I am so excited!!  A distant cousin had told me that my great great grandmother Emeline Parker's, (wife of Benjamin B Parker) maiden name was Horton.  Turns out that was wrong!!  I had searched for a Horton that would fit the correct location and time frame for years to no avail. I had found that on my great grandfather's military records it said his mother's name was Elen Bennet.  Elen is Emeline's middle name and often members of my family went by their middle name.  Anyhow, I asked the cousin about this record but he stated it must be wrong because we "know" Emeline's maiden name was Horton.  He was sure of it.  So, I took him at his word and kept searching.  He had also stated she was from Wayne County, PA.  A statement he now denies.   After a long time searching I finally decided to take a look at the last name Bennet.  Primarily be...

Greetings!! I'm sorry it has been a while but I have been on the hunt, LOL.  Genealogists always hunt for more information.  And here I am hunting, LOL. The following newspaper article was written in 1843 in the Monticello, NY Republican Watchman and I obtained it from fultonhistory.com  a wonderful FREE newspaper site.  Check it out if you have not already! In the article is mentioned a Capt. B B Parker.  He was my great great grandfather.  He would be forever remembered as "Captain".  I have been trying to find more information about the Lumberland Rifle Company since I found this article.  Unfortunately, without success so far.  But the search will continue until I do or I have completely exhausted all resources. Lumberland was the name of a township in Sullivan County NY.  At the time of this article my Parker ancestors lived in Lumberland Township.  Later, the township would be divided into additional townships an...