Central WV Genealogy

Evernote tips from Family Tree Magazine

The September, 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine includes a nice article about Evernote.  I use Evernote just about every day and am always happy to see suggestions for new ways to use the program.  I am researching a second Patriot ancestor to add a Supplemental name to my DAR membership and use Evernote to keep track of the record copies that I have already found.  This weekend, I should do longer posts about my new DAR membership and using Evernote.  We'll see...

Revolutionary War ancestry

In the past few months, I have become more interested in Revolutionary War era research.  I am now an official member of the National Society Daughters of the Revolution, Clara Barton Chapter.  My entry as a descendant of John Rohrbaugh/Rohrbough/Rorebaugh was fairly simple compared to some that I have heard about.  I was able to use my copy of Rohrbach Genealogy, Vol. III to prove the earliest generations and then needed to obtain vital record copies for the more recent generations.

I have several potential supplemental ancestors, but will have a lot work ahead to prove my relationship to those lines.  Several of them provided aid during the war and did not qualify for a pension.  Footnote.com has some great resources and record groups related to the Revolutionary War, and I hope to be able to use them to learn more about these elusive ancestors.