Monthly Archives: September 2022

It seems so long ago that I was studying research methodology to a high degree, which I never thought would be applied to genealogy. The result of this is exampled in these notes, concerning families of Holland, Wheeler, Irby, and … Continue reading →

To repeat from earlier notes, by way of placing families within their kinship group : The case for the ancestry of such Virginia settlers as Thomas Harris, d. 1672, Thomas Harris, d. 1688, and Thomas Harris, d. 1629/30, is made … Continue reading →

In any attempt to make sense of relationships between families of early Virginia settlers, it is important to understand their social norms – families had interm. in England for centuries and lived next to each other – norms that were … Continue reading →