Genealogy Jottings

Last week I said I would focus next on the newspaper microfilm from Charleston, Illinois. That plan did not work, because when I eagerly arrived at the library to look at it, I found they had ordered film from Charleston, South Carolina by mistake. So the reels went back, and the staff placed my order again. Microfilm reading will have to wait–probably another 6 weeks. In the meantime, I learned of a new Ancestry.com database of membership applications for the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Because I have several ancestors who served in that war, I decided to take a look at them. One who fought from Virginia was my great, great, ever-so-great uncle, Joshua Reed, and our family records show that he had just three daughters. I had assumed his line had daughtered out. When I looked at the applications submitted by his descendants, I was amazed to find that someone had applied for membership based on descent from Joshua’s son. He had a son? A new avenue to investigate! I am not sure yet where I will put this on the research priority list, but I am glad I took the time to search a new database.

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