Comments on: Using Ancestry.com Like a Detective – in your own research and on CSI!

By: Sheri McInturff

Sheri McInturff — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:49:24 +0000

I do feel like a detective or CSI using ancestry.com. I found my husbands grandmother who died at age 25 in the Los Angeles area. We all thought she had died in Arkansas. Also, found that she had a son prior to marrying. I’m still trying to find her father, Sargeant Pelsor. Last info we have on him was 1910 census, living in Webb,OK. I think he may have died before 1920 as I find his widow, Loretta Pelsor, was the postmaster/mistress in Pelsor, Arkansas around that time but no mention of him.

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:35:42 +0000

Re: #5 Rebecca

If he was cremated the crematorium should have a record of who ashes were released to, who paid, and perhaps their address at the time.

Remember, not everything is online. Have you checked with the Jackson Library to see if they have copies of the Clarion Ledger, or the Mississippi State Archives?

By: Rebecca Worthley

Rebecca Worthley — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:03:56 +0000

We have looked extensilvely for any record of William Smith Nixon Sr.’s death in the obituary. He was drowned in the 1950′s at Granda Lake, Ms. His obituary was ran in Jackson, Miss Calrion Ledger. However, we cannot find it and he was cremated so there is no burial record either. His wife was Rebecca Corinne Parker Nixon and his son was William Jr. Do you have any ideas. We are at a loss. Rebecca

By: Connie Johnston

Connie Johnston — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:00:36 +0000

Hello Lynda,

I wonder if you have seen the 1910 census for Nymore, Beltrami, Minnesota. Lewis Lafleur was spelled —Louis Saflore. It lists several people. 1920 census for the same town has your family, I believe, at the top of the census page.
1940 census for Columbia, Oregon at the top of the page, also has some LaFleur’s listed that could be your family. Good luck with your research.

By: Connie Johnston

Connie Johnston — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:59:33 +0000

Lynda,

Check out the 1910 census for Nymore, Beltrami, Minnesota. Lafleur was spelled Saflore under Louis and Phobie. The whole family is listed.
In the 1920 census, Lewis Sr is first listing and Lewis Jr with wife Eglia is listed. Check out the 1940 census for Columbia County, Oregon also. Good Luck with your search.

By: Audrey Babbitt

Audrey Babbitt — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:21:54 +0000

Without knowing, I have used ancestry.com as a detective. My Father had 4 brothers but only talked about 2 of them which I had met.

Strong, steady and slow research I learned that one brother whose name was Donald died at age 2, I found his grave stone.

The other brother whose name was Edward or Edwin, had been according to the times ‘feeableminded’ and lived his entire life in a state mental hospital, he lived to be 44 years of age and is buried in the state hospital’s cemetery next to the hospital that is to this day still operating.

Where there is a will there is a way!

By: Diana Ellison

Diana Ellison — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:15:08 +0000

Lynda,
Have you tried looking for his siblings? Sometimes that is helpful. Do you have his death certificate. That might have the names of his parents. It looks like there are a few Lefleur families living in Stillwater, MN in the 1900 census.

By: Lynda Prado.

Lynda Prado. — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:14:06 +0000

I’m trying to find my great grandfather’s parents but I haven’t been able to. Does anybody have any search tips or ideas?
I’ve tried going to different sites but nothing has worked. His name was Louis Lafleur and he was born in 1895 in stillwater MN. But that’s all that I know.