New GenTales on Substack – Kettenring to Catron
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Category Archives: GenTales
Four Hundred Years of Praters – Lineage Book
Coming soon to ebook services, including subscription and library rentals, Cousins of Nunney Castle: Four Hundred Years of Praters from England to Indiana. It’s an extension to the Prater lineage in My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 2.
Watch for its availability here.
It is also available as a PDF at Ko-Fi.
The children of Elias Prater and Zilpha Adams available on Ko-Fi
The recent subscriber-only Substack newsletter is a listing of the nine children of Elias Prater and their children, his grandchildren, as they are known from the available records. It ends up being a 10-page PDF, and it’s also now available on Ko-Fi.
Get the PDF here, or subscribe to GenTales at Substack to read it.
New in Gen Tales – A Link to the Alamo
I was asked an interesting question on the Gen Tales Quora Space about whether Jim Bowie (of Alamo fame) has any living descendants. He doesn’t, as far as anyone knows, but I do share ancestors with him. Read more about it in the Substack newsletter
New on Substack – A Paine to Link to the Mayflower
When working on my first lineage book, I ran across the line of Solomon Paine. The trail I followed led back to the Mayflower. However, when attempting to get verification from The Mayflower Society, I was told they didn’t have a record of the marriage I claimed so he’s a different Solomon Paine. Here’s the information and evidence I have. Maybe you can help me see what’s been missed.
New on Substack – the Caudill-Adams sisters
This week in the GenTales Substack newsletter, I provide an example of pedigree collapse as seen with Nancy and Henrietta Caudill, two sisters who married brothers John Hobbes Adams, Jr. and Benjamin Adams. These lineages can be found in My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 2
New on Substack – The children of Charles Addington
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New on Substack – Prolific ancestors
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New on Substack – a genealogy dead-end
Free to all readers and subscribers, A Dead-end for Gastelin of Wightwick
I’ve finally finished My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 2 and while going through the final formatting I ran across a family line that seemed perfect for this newsletter. I have a snippet of information on the immediate family of my ancestor, including their land holdings, but then there’s nothing.
Read more at the link above