SAMPLE pROJECTS
Genealogy is more than just when a person was born, married, the number of children they had, and when they died. Here are some examples of that information can be used as a start to fill in "the rest of the story."
JOB SNELL - Job Snell was a Revolutionary War Patriot from Rhode Island that was researched, documented, and submitted to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and was successfully accepted and added to the DAR Patriot Database.
SHADRACH SNELL - Shadrach served in the War of 1812 in upstate New York, was captured by the British, moved to Dartmoor Prison in England where he died a prisoner of war. Researching and working with local historians and the city of Martinsburgh, New York resulted in an approved headstone application with Veteran's Administration; a grave site for the stone next to the flagpole in the city cemetery; the village honoring him by declaring Shadrach Snell Day with family descendants, local dignitaries, New York State Fireman's Association Chaplain, Daughters of 1812, Sons of the American Revolution, VFW honor guard, and re-enactors from Snell's Unit, Forsyth's Rifles, also serving as part of the honor guard.
WHO WAS BURIED NEXT TO VALENTINE? - When there were no death records for Valentine Krafnick's wife, Thresa Achmann Krafnick, and the woman buried next to him was in the cemetery records as Teresa Landin, the research led to an unknown family story. Thresa had remarried after Valentine's death; was arrested by the FBI, convicted and sent to prison for brewing and selling beer during prohibition with her new husband; divorced her husband; moved to another state where she died at her daughter's home.
SHADRACH SNELL - Shadrach served in the War of 1812 in upstate New York, was captured by the British, moved to Dartmoor Prison in England where he died a prisoner of war. Researching and working with local historians and the city of Martinsburgh, New York resulted in an approved headstone application with Veteran's Administration; a grave site for the stone next to the flagpole in the city cemetery; the village honoring him by declaring Shadrach Snell Day with family descendants, local dignitaries, New York State Fireman's Association Chaplain, Daughters of 1812, Sons of the American Revolution, VFW honor guard, and re-enactors from Snell's Unit, Forsyth's Rifles, also serving as part of the honor guard.
WHO WAS BURIED NEXT TO VALENTINE? - When there were no death records for Valentine Krafnick's wife, Thresa Achmann Krafnick, and the woman buried next to him was in the cemetery records as Teresa Landin, the research led to an unknown family story. Thresa had remarried after Valentine's death; was arrested by the FBI, convicted and sent to prison for brewing and selling beer during prohibition with her new husband; divorced her husband; moved to another state where she died at her daughter's home.